PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Paris on Monday to ask two dozen European leaders for help developing measures against Russia 's ballistic missiles, which have pummeled his country 's power grid in the more than four years since Moscow launched a full-scale...
Oil prices jumped and early trading on Wall Street was mixed Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.3%, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were unchanged and Nasdaq futures tumbled 0.8%. Chip and memory companies were dragging...
NARA (Jiji Press) -- Major Japanese printing firm Dai Nippon Printing Co. on Friday signed a partnership pact with a cultural property research institute in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on research and development for a next-generation heritage museum utilizing digital technologies. DNP and the...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Japan 's agriculture ministry said Friday that it has registered "Japanese tea" under its system designed to protect goods with specific geographical origin as intellectual property. The move is part of the ministry 's efforts to combat intellectual property...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- This season 's first batch of saury fetched a record price of 700,000 yen per kilogram for some large fish at Tokyo 's Toyosu wholesale market on Friday morning. The previous record was 500,000 yen, set two years ago. The first batch of saury, totaling about 30 kg,...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully landed a small test rocket on Saturday, with the goal of reusing rockets in the future. At its Noshiro testing center in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the RV-X test rocket slowly landed after rising about 11...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. The attacks, sparked by Iran striking a container ship...
BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.9% to $78.96 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4% to $74.26 per barrel. Prices for...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched several waves of strikes on Iran on Sunday over an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing earlier in the weekend. Iran responded with attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait,...
BANGKOK (AP) — A huge fire engulfed a pub in Bangkok early Monday morning, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens before firefighters brought the blaze under control, officials said. Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday killed at least five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, and wounded others, according to local health officials. A drone strike on a blacksmith shop in Gaza City 's Sabra neighborhood killed at least four Palestinians...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down on Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine 's government, saying he had offered a new and important position to the former premier. Zelenskyy, who has remained in office under...
