WASHINGTON (AP) — Annual inflation in the United States cooled last month yet remained elevated in the latest sign that the pandemic-fueled price surge is only gradually and fitfully coming under control. Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the consumer price index rose 0.3% from December to January, up from a 0.2% increase […]
Hackers got busy as Taiwanese voters prepared to cast ballots last month. Officials at U.S.-based cybersecurity firm Trellix said they detected a surge in hacking efforts against the island democracy just before fraught national elections. The firm assessed that the hackers were likely searching for compromising material to spring a last-minute surprise and shift voters’ […]
Nearly two-thirds of American Jews feel less secure in the U.S. than they did a year ago, according to a new national survey. The American Jewish Committee, a prominent advocacy organization, conducted the survey last fall just as the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7. The number of American Jews who say they feel less […]
Five U.S. venture capital companies have invested an estimated $3 billion in Chinese advanced technology that congressional investigators say is bankrolling the Chinese military and fueling human rights abuses. The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party contended in a new report that the American funds […]
Diamondback Energy will buy rival Endeavor Energy Resources in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $26 billion to create a drilling giant in the Southwestern United States. Growing confidence in an economic recovery, particularly in the U.S., has driven massive deals in the energy sector in recent months, including Chevron’s $53 billion acquisition of Hess […]
SEOUL, South Korea — In a region overshadowed by China and North Korea, Washington has been keen to encourage the new cooperative spirit currently uniting Seoul and Tokyo, enabling the trilateralism U.S. defense planners have so long sought to project in the region. The voters in America’s two key East Asian allies, however, are far […]
HONOLULU — The U.S. Geological Survey said Friday that a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck just south of the Big Island of Hawaii. The earthquake, which the USGS initially reported as magnitude 6.3 before downgrading it, was centered 11 miles (18 kilometers) south of Naalehu, Hawaii, at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers). The Pacific […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he will run for U.S. Senate, giving Republicans a prominent candidate who is well-positioned to run a competitive campaign for the GOP in a state that hasn’t had a Republican U.S. senator in 37 years. The decision marks a surprise turnaround for Hogan, a […]
The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces accused Turkey of launching airstrikes against civilian targets in the northeast part of the country, including oil facilities that underpin much of the local economy. Gen. Mazloum Abdi briefed journalists in Washington on Thursday about the U.S.-backed force’s operations alongside coalition allies to prevent a resurgence of […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombed targets in overcrowded Rafah early Friday, hours after Biden administration officials and aid agencies warned Israel against expanding its Gaza ground offensive to the southern city where more than half of the territory’s 2.3 million people have sought refuge. Airstrikes overnight and into Friday hit two residential buildings […]
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