U.S., Philippine Forces Sink Decommissioned Warship in South China Sea War Games
U.S. and Philippine armed forces unleashed a volley of missiles on a mock enemy warship in the South China Sea on Wednesday, in a...
Valero Seeks U.S. Approval to Import Venezuelan Oil
Valero Energy Corp VLO.N, the second-largest U.S. oil refiner, is seeking Washington’s permission to import Venezuelan crude, according to four people close to the matter,...
U.S. Biotech Company to Lay Off Nearly One Third of American Staff
U.S. biotech company FibroGen will lay off 104 workers, nearly a third of its U.S. employees, the company announced on Wednesday. FibroGen, which is...
U.S. Economist Declines Top EU Antitrust Job Offer After Backlash
American economist Fiona Scott Morton has withdrawn from her appointment as the European Commission’s chief competition economist, the Commission’s Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager...
Office Vacancies Hit New High as U.S. Cities Struggle to Recover From Pandemic
From West Coast to East Coast, major cities in the United States are seeing their office buildings getting emptier as they struggle to rebound...
Damage of U.S. “Decoupling” or “De-risking” From China Goes Beyond Trade
Whether the United States calls it “decoupling” or “de-risking” from China, the damage goes beyond trade, reported the South China Morning Post, a Hong...
3 Toxic PFAS Leaks Confirmed at U.S. Military Base in Tokyo
Three cases of leakage involving toxic per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) between 2010 and 2012 have been confirmed at the U.S. military’s Yokota base in...
U.S. Entertainment Industry Faces Shutdown as Hollywood Actors Announce Strike
Hollywood’s largest union representing about 160,000 actors and workers in television and film announced a strike on Thursday, leading to the first industry-wide shutdown...
Biden Offers New Student Debt Relief Plan, Lashes Out at GOP After Supreme Court Ruling
President Joe Biden vowed Friday to push ahead with a new plan providing student loan relief for millions of borrowers, while blaming Republican “hypocrisy”...
What’s ‘Bidenomics’? The President Hopes a Dubious Nation Embraces His Ideas Condensed Into the Term
President Joe Biden has long struggled to neatly summarize his sprawling economic vision. It’s been hard for voters to digest the mix of roads-and-bridges...