By John Geddie TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – US soldiers stationed on Japan’s Okinawa have been given a month-long curfew and banned from drinking alcohol while they undergo discipline training after a Marine was alleged to have murdered and robbed a local woman. Lance Corporal…
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday, damaging buildings and warehouses across the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram, as Moscow keeps up nearly daily round-the-clock attacks. Explosions were heard in the city, a…
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has found that while Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s education documentation for his candidacy in the 2024 election was incomplete, it did not disqualify him from office and left the assessment of his eligibility…
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Two missiles launched by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis targeted the international airport of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday but no casualties were reported, the media office of Aden’s security department said. The attack comes amid renewed fighting after…
By Rocky Swift TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The US dollar remained lower on Wednesday after stress in European bond markets abated and as eyes turned to the release of Federal Reserve minutes and speeches by its policymakers for signals on a potential rate hike.…
By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen HANOI, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Vietnamese banks are planning nearly $7 billion in share sales as the country’s fast-growing economy fuels demand for capital, opening a window for foreign investors to expand in the tightly controlled sector. Communist-run Vietnam,…
By Field Level Media Oct 07 (Field Level Media) – Tennessee will turn to quarterback George MacIntyre to make his first career start against Arkansas on Saturday, ESPN and On3 reported Tuesday. MacIntyre will take over for Faizon Brandon, who is dealing with a shoulder…
By Helen Clark PERTH, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Wednesday as the market weighed supply constraints from a storm heading for US oil-producing regions and attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi Arabia against increased supplies of Middle East crude. Brent futures…
NADI, Fiji/SYDNEY, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Countries must urgently scale up their commitments to keep temperature rises within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) to limit the impacts of extreme weather, a statement from a conference leading up to the UN’s COP31 summit said. The…
By Field Level Media Oct 07 (Field Level Media) – The NFL Referees Association is challenging the severity of the suspensions given to two officials Monday for unprofessional conduct. The union released a statement Tuesday saying the league’s suspensions of line judge Jeff Seeman for…
