By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing “gray-zone” activity, despite Manila’s one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday. The Philippines and Taiwan have…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday evening killed one resident and injured eight others, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said. The statement said material damage was being assessed. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba in…
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The US Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday it has confirmed the first detection of flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in US wildlife in an elk in Pecos County, Texas. • The elk was located on a game ranch and…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Australia’s Fortescue said on Thursday its operations might be affected if talks with state-backed buyer China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) did not conclude by year-end, as the world’s fourth-largest iron ore miner released results that showed sales lagging shipments. Fortescue maintained…
By Andrew Chung Oct 21 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to let it proceed with a plan to build a US-Mexico border barrier in a remote region in West Texas that includes Big Bend National Park. The…
SEOUL, Oct 22 (Reuters) – North Korea will place anti-South Korea loudspeakers on standby along the entire border within days and has put new countermeasures on alert, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader, said on Thursday, warning Seoul of “the most…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Molecular testing company Qiagen said on Wednesday Swedish buyout firm EQT would acquire it for about €9.6 billion ($10.78 billion). EQT offered €46.50 ($52.22) a share for Qiagen, representing an 8.6% premium to its last close. The buyout ends years of…
By Field Level Media Oct 21 (Field Level Media) – Although the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bid for a three-peat ended last week with a sweep by the Milwaukee Brewers, superstar Shohei Ohtani is expected to avoid offseason surgery and resume pitching next season. At the…
By Field Level Media Oct 21 (Field Level Media) – Former Dallas Cowboys star defensive back Cornell Green died Wednesday. He was 86. The Cowboys announced Green’s passing but didn’t reveal a cause of death. “We are sad to share news of the passing of…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Wednesday evening, damaging homes, a petrol station and transport equipment and injuring six people, officials said. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram there were strikes in two districts on the east…
