Smoky Singapore gears up to talk money ahead of F1
SINGAPORE — Regional, business, cryptocurrency and sports leaders are meeting in Singapore for a slew of finance-focused conferences ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix as haze continues to shroud the city-state. Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., famed investor Ray Dalio and Eric Trump, co-founder of the family-backed cryptocurrency business, are expected, while hundreds of […]
Middle East crude oil exports exceed pre-war levels but tanker attacks increase
SINGAPORE — Crude oil exports from the Middle East rose above pre-war levels in four of the seven days of the final week of September, shipping data showed on Monday, despite attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Crude exports from the region exceeded pre-war levels on September 24 and between September 27 […]
What we know about the Cornell University rape investigation
NEW YORK state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student, after the woman filed a civil lawsuit last month saying several members of a campus fraternity drugged and assaulted her. The case has prompted public outcry and raised questions about how law enforcement and the university […]
About 400 French schools closed as some student protests turn violent
PARIS — About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances turned violent in some places. The protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings erupted in the Paris region last month but have turned increasingly violent as they spread nationwide, with dozens injured and police […]
G20 trade chiefs to denounce food trade coercion but not excess factory capacity
MILWAUKEE — G20 trade ministers agreed on Thursday to denounce the weaponization of food through coercive trade actions, but failed to reach consensus on statements denouncing forced labor in supply chains and on addressing structural excess industrial capacity, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said. Mr. Greer told a news conference that many of the G20 […]
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt
CHRISTA Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee’s effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state’s first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries. Ms. Pike’s condition following the ordeal was not immediately known, and it was not […]
US forces exit Iraq, emboldening Iran’s proxies and Islamic State
BAGHDAD — US forces ended their mission in Iraq on Wednesday, raising fears they will leave behind a security vacuum, further embolden Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias and give the resurgent Islamic State group an opening to regroup. The withdrawal, mainly from an airbase in Erbil in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, was celebrated as a victory by […]
North Korea and Russia open their first road bridge, a symbol of expanding ties
MOSCOW — North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge on Monday in a carefully choreographed display of friendship, a structure which spans the Tumen river and which both sides cast as an important milestone in their deepening strategic partnership. The first flag-adorned trucks trundled across the 1 km (0.6 mile) long two-lane bridge […]
US pressure on Iran starting to tell, as sanctions and blockade bite
DUBAI — A US campaign to throttle Iran’s economy by blockading its oil exports and stopping sanctions evasion is growing increasingly difficult to withstand, three senior Iranian sources said. Washington has in recent weeks sought to ratchet up the economic pressure on Tehran, in an effort to extract concessions in any future negotiation that six […]
Japan’s record rains strand thousands at Narita airport; kill eight
OAMISHIROSATO, Japan — Record rainfall in Japan stranded thousands of travelers at Tokyo’s Narita airport on Friday, bringing floods to the surrounding area that disrupted transport, knocked out power to 20,000 homes and killed eight. During one of Japan’s busiest holiday weeks, more than 360 mm (14 inches) of rain fell in 24 hours in […]