LOS ANGELES — A satellite intended to improve weather forecasting and an experimental inflatable heat shield to protect spacecraft entering atmospheres were launched into space from California on Thursday. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off […]
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Forecasters expect inflation to have cooled slightly in October
Investors and consumers will closely watch the release of October inflation data on Thursday, little more than a week after the Federal Reserve intensified its fight to dial back inflation last matched four decades ago. The Fed last week raised its short-term borrowing rate another 0.75%, marking the latest in […]
Mayor running for reelection dies in car crash just hours before polls close
A mayor running for reelection died in a car crash on election morning just hours before the polls were set to close and the results were announced, police said. The incident occurred shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday when the Louisiana State Police were notified of a crash involving two […]
Mayor running for reelection dies in car crash just hours before polls close
A mayor running for reelection died in a car crash on election morning just hours before the polls were set to close and the results were announced, police said. The incident occurred shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday when the Louisiana State Police were notified of a crash involving two […]
Biden heads on post-midterms trip to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia
President Joe Biden is set to depart Thursday for a three-country tour to Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia as he pivots to foreign policy following his party’s surprising electoral successes. The president plans to make a quick stop in Egypt for the annual United Nations global climate summit, followed by a […]
Iran protests rage on streets as officials renew threats
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Protests in Iran raged on streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country’s southeast, even as the nation’s intelligence minister and army chief renewed threats against local dissent and the broader world. Meanwhile, a top official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard […]
Japan, US hold joint arms drills amid China, N Korea worry
TOKYO — Japan and the United States began a major joint military exercise Thursday in southern Japan as the allies aim to step up readiness in the face of China’s increasing assertiveness and North Korea’s intensifying missile launches. The biennial “Keen Sword” drills kicked off at a Japanese air base […]
Russia’s Putin won’t attend upcoming G-20 summit in Bali
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia next week, an Indonesian government official said Thursday, avoiding a possible confrontation with the United States and its allies over his war in Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping and […]
7 killed as Philippine troops clash with Muslim rebels
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine troops have clashed with Muslim guerrillas in a southern village, leaving at least three soldiers and four rebels dead and sparking fears that an escalation could threaten a 2014 peace pact that has considerably eased years of heavy fighting. The sporadic clashes erupted Tuesday and Wednesday […]
100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, US says
WASHINGTON — Russia’s announced retreat from Kherson, a regional capital in southern Ukraine that it seized early in the war, and a potential stalemate in fighting over the winter could provide both countries an opportunity to negotiate peace, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said […]