Rescuers work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine August 27, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer |
- Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks targeting scores of Ukrainian regions and killing at least four people, Ukraine's military said, a day after Moscow's biggest air attack of the war on its neighbor.
- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, says the near-term risk of a broader war in the Middle East has eased off slightly after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged cross-border fire without further escalation. Listen as Phil Stewart, who is traveling with Brown, joins the Reuters World News podcast.
- Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said it would take a long time to rebuild Britain and rid it of the rot he says took hold under the previous Conservative government, warning "things will get worse before they get better".
- US Army Private Travis King, who last year ran into North Korea and was taken into custody there, will plead guilty to five charges, including desertion, while taking responsibility for his conduct, his lawyer said in a statement.
- France's Socialists and Greens will not participate in further talks with President Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of the country's political deadlock, their leaders said, calling on their supporters to hold peaceful protests instead.
- Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected and often in areas where experts lack the funding and equipment to properly track it.
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- NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts over the future of the unit, analysts and industry sources said.
- The US Commerce Department said it plans to award $50 million to HP to support the expansion and modernization of an existing company facility in Oregon that will boost key semiconductor technologies.
- Media veteran Edgar Bronfman Jr. has withdrawn from the race to buy Paramount clearing the way for Skydance Media to take control of Shari Redstone's empire and ending one of the most chaotic media bidding wars in recent history.
- Tesla chief Elon Musk, who also owns social media platform X, said he feels California should pass an AI bill that would require tech companies and AI developers to conduct safety testing on some of their own models.
- Canada, following the lead of the US and European Union, said it would impose a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese electric vehicles and announced a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum from China.
- Japan's Seven & i Holdings must act fast to negotiate a takeover bid from Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard that has "historic implications", according to a fund manager at activist shareholder Artisan Partners.
- BHP will focus on growing its copper business through existing and incoming projects after its failed attempt to buy Anglo American, it said as it reported a better-than-expected 2% rise in annual underlying profit.
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Korea's birth rate drive struggles to sway 'YOLO' generation |
People shop at a flea market hosted by Bunjang, an e-commerce platform for secondhand sales, in Seoul, South Korea, August 3, 2024. REUTERS/Jihoon Lee |
As South Korea scrambles to halt the sharp decline in its birth rate, policymakers are having a hard time convincing many in their 20s and 30s that parenthood is a better investment than stylish clothes or fancy restaurants. Asia's fourth-largest economy plans to launch a new government ministry dedicated to demographic challenges after years of incentives failed to ease the baby crisis. |
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British rock band Oasis during a news conference in Hong Kong February 25, 2006. REUTERS/Paul Yeung/File Photo |
British rock band Oasis said they would reunite after 15 years, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher planning a series of live shows in 2025. The band, whose debut album "Definitely Maybe" was released 30 years ago, split in 2009 when lead guitarist and main songwriter Noel said he could no longer work with Liam, the band's frontman. |
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