A group of 22 states and US territories on Wednesday moved to block a proposed $10.3 billion settlement that would resolve claims against 3M Co. over water…
SYDNEY – South Korea’s biggest defense company Hanwha Aerospace on Thursday beat Germany’s Rheinmetall to win an Australian contract worth up to A$7 billion ($4.74 billion) for building 129…
TAIPEI – Southern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled hundreds of flights amid warnings of landslides and floods as Typhoon Doksuri churned past the island en…
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and Fed…
SINGAPORE — Global rice importers are likely to seek direct deals with governments in exporting countries as India’s ban…
PANAMA CITY — The Panama Canal will extend restrictions on ships’ maximum depth, it said on Tuesday, and it…
SINGAPORE — A spate of political scandals in Singapore, including a corruption case and the resignations of senior lawmakers,…
KEY LARGO, Florida — The surface ocean temperature in and around the Florida Keys soared to typical hot tub…
TOKYO — The number of Japanese people has decreased at the fastest pace ever while the number of foreign…