S. Korea’s president-elect wants US nuclear bombers, submarines to return
SEOUL — Advisers to South Korea’s president-elect sought redeployment of US strategic assets, such as nuclear bombers and submarines, to the Korean peninsula during...
Second booster shields elderly from COVID but protection wanes quickly
A FOURTH DOSE of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine lowered rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the elderly but the protection against infection appeared short-lived, a large study in Israel has found.
Obama, Biden reunite at White House to tout Obamacare, new provision
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office in 2017 to tout the benefits of his signature healthcare law and bolster his friend and former governing partner, President Joseph R. Biden.
U.S., allies ready new Russian sanctions after Bucha killings
By Oleksandr Kozkukhar
LVIV, Ukraine - The United States and its allies on Wednesday prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings which President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as "war crimes", as heavy fighting and Russian airstrikes...
U.S. approves $95-million boost to Taiwan’s air defence system
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of equipment, training and other items to support the Patriot Air Defense System in a deal valued at...
Yellen to press development banks to aid countries hit by food insecurity
WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will press multilateral development banks to channel positive net financing flows to countries hit with food insecurity...
Departing WarnerMedia CEO Kilar sees future of Hollywood in the blockchain
By Dawn Chmielewski
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said the future of Hollywood is in the blockchain as he prepares to leave the media company that he helped lead into the streaming era.
Mr. Kilar said he saw new...
Tesla’s Musk may add to SEC ire with late report about Twitter stake
By Hyunjoo Jin and Chris Prentice
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - Did Elon Musk break securities laws again?
Former securities officials and professors said Musk may have missed a key disclosure deadline when he bought 9% of Twitter. And Securities and Exchange Commission...
N.Korea says it will strike with nuclear weapons if South attacks —KCNA
SEOUL — North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday, in a warning that analysts said is probably aimed at the South’s incoming conservative president.
Shanghai’s 26M people in lockdown after tests uncover COVID infections
SHANGHAI — Chinese authorities extended the lockdown of Shanghai to cover all of the financial center’s 26 million people on Tuesday, after city-wide testing saw new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases surge to more than 13,000 amid growing public anger over quarantine rules.
Cities driving climate change, but part of the solution — UN report
CITIES are driving the human-caused climate change that threatens the global environment, but also offer hope.
‘Now or never’: Only severe emissions cuts will avoid climate extremes – U.N. report
By Gloria Dickie
Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global...