Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
A strike by dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas, the first in decades, could snarl supply chains and lead to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more ...
Biden to survey Helene’s devastation in North Carolina as death toll climbs
Exhausted emergency workers continued to work around-the-clock to clear roads, restore power and cellphone service, and reach people left stranded by Hurricane Helene.
Port workers strike for first time in nearly 50 years
( The Hill) – Tens of thousands of longshoremen at ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico went on strike shortly after midnight, the first strike by the port workers’ union in nearly 50 years.
Israeli military orders evacuation of several Lebanese communities near the border
The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities. The orders on Tuesday came hours after Israel sent ground forces into southern ...
Sony’s PlayStation Network suffers hourslong outage, irking videogamers
Sony’s PlayStation Network went down for hours on Tuesday, frustrating gamers around the world who complained they weren’t able to sign in to their accounts. PlayStation ...
Inflation in Europe falls below 2% and opens the way for faster rate cuts
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s target of 2% for the first time in more than three ...
A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 7 at a Ukrainian market, officials say
An apparent Russian artillery strike hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding three others, authorities ...
School bus catches fire outside Bangkok and 25 on board are feared dead, government officials say
A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday with 25 of those on board feared dead, according to officials and rescuers. The bus was ...
South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea’s underground bunkers
South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons targeting North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony Tuesday, as the South’s ...
Asian markets mixed, Japanese stocks rally from Monday’s slump
Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier. A quarterly “tankan” survey by the Bank of Japan showed ...
NATO’s long-time chief hands over to a former Dutch premier
One of NATO’s longest serving top officials, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, steps down on Tuesday and will hand over the reins to former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, as ...
Rescuers search for people still missing in Nepal after flooding and landslides that killed 217
Rescuers on Tuesday searched for people still missing and tried to recover bodies of those killed in weekend flooding and ...