Pentagon needs what the firm offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance, billionaire's global interests
Global greenhouse gas emissions hit record highs in 2023. At the same time, Earth experienced its hottest year
The sanctions also targeted more than two dozen Hong Kong-based entities for shipping components and microelectronics for use in Russia's defense industry
The attack came as senior US diplomats were in the region to push for cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza, hoping to wind down the wars in the Middle East in the Biden administration's final months
Sharmahd, 69, was put to death in Iran on Monday on terrorism charges, the Iranian judiciary said
Initial claims decreased by 12,000 to 216,000 in the week ended Oct. 26. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 230,000 applications
The federal government has also overly committed on behalf of the four provincial governments that, too, are struggling to meet their conditions soon after the deal became effective
The BOJ cut its core consumer inflation forecast but said risks were skewed to the upside for that year, causing the yen to rise, said Andrea Cicione, head of strategy at GlobalData.TSLombard
Combined with reduced funding for emergency food and agriculture assistance are driving alarming levels of acute food insecurity
Opinion polls are too close to call a winner between Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris
The death toll from more than a year of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has passed 43,000, Palestinian officials reported Monday, without distinguishing between civilians and combatants
Regional authorities said late Wednesday it appeared there was no one left stranded on rooftops or in cars in need of rescue after helicopters had saved some 70 people
Lee cited a tightening of laws on security and rights of assembly and a sharp increase in the number of asylum-seekers from the city-state over the past decade under the rule of his estranged brother
No deaths or major property damage have been reported from Kong-rey so far in Taiwan
As the race for the White House remained razor-tight, Trump mounted a sharp attack on Harris while using President Joe Biden's comments that appeared to call Trump's supporters 'garbage'
UNRWA has been the main agency procuring and distributing aid in the Gaza Strip, where almost the entire population of around 2.3 million Palestinians relies on the agency for survival
China has increased its military activities around Taiwan by deploying aircraft and naval vessels since September 2020
A total of 17 Russian television channels, including state-affiliated outlets, have filed legal suits against Google after it began blocking channels in 2020
In public spaces, women still openly defy Iran's mandatory law on the headscarf, or hijab, a result of the mass demonstrations over the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini that still haunts the country
This new law is meant to start the transition sooner, no matter who wins, allowing both sides to get additional government funding and logistical support to begin working toward transitioning to power