By Josephine Walker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate in the coming days is expected to consider a bipartisan measure that would compel the U.S. government to publicly release records relating to possible UFO sightings after decades of stonewalling. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, has teamed up with Senator Mike Rounds, a Republican, in…
By Liliana Salgado and Brad Brooks PHOENIX (Reuters) -A prolonged heat wave blanketed a swath of the U.S. stretching from California to South Florida on Wednesday, with forecasters expecting temperatures that could shatter records in parts of the Southwest in the coming days. The National Weather Service issued excessive heat advisories, watches and warnings for…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Toshiba plans to establish a domestic supply chain for offshore wind power equipment together with U.S. manufacturer General Electric, Nikkei reported on Saturday, as Japan is expanding in renewable energy in a zero-carbon push. Japan’s offshore wind power market is set to grow as the government aims to install up to…
By Julia Harte and Rami Ayyub NEW YORK (Reuters) -A man has been charged with the murders of three women in New York more than a decade ago and leaving their bodies near a Long Island beach, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said on Friday. Eleven sets of human remains were found in 2010…
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday called on China to play a “constructive role” in curbing North Korea’s threats, after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week. The remarks were made during a meeting with Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian…
(Reuters) – A fire broke out at Dow’s Plaquemine chemical facility in Louisiana, the U.S. chemical maker said in a statement late on Friday. Everyone at the facility was accounted for and the fire was being managed by the company’s Emergency Operations Center, Dow Louisiana said in a statement posted on Facebook, adding that they…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told the Indian foreign minister that bilateral ties need to be stabilised, as the two Asian neighbours searched for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their vast border. On the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Wang told Indian External Affairs Minister…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers expressed optimism on Saturday about progress on a long-awaited overhaul of global corporate taxation at a meeting of Group of 20 (G20) nations in India. “There’s been progress made over the years and we want to advance that progress further,” Chalmers told ABC television, referring to the meeting…
A moneyed titan appears to be going all-in on a pessimistic bet against Ford Motor (NYSE:F), an occurrence that demands our close attention. The sheer size of this bet hints at a potential iceberg ahead for the automotive giant. Who’s the player? It’s anybody’s guess. But what’s crystal clear is this: when F takes…
By Stephen Nellis, Andrea Shalal and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – The chief executives of Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc are planning to visit Washington next week to discuss China policy, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The executives plan to hold meetings with U.S. officials to talk about market conditions, export controls and…
