Oil prices rise as US, Iran test truce with strikes
Oil prices climbed, and stocks across Asia fell on Friday after the United States said it had struck Iranian military sites in retaliation for Iran firing on U.S. warships in the S…
Hantavirus is not COVID, not influenza: WHO
Health officials in a growing list of countries scrambled Thursday to track people connected to a deadly outbreak of the hantavirus on a cruise ship. The World Health Organization…
Toyota expects $4.3 billion hit from war fallout
TOKYO: Toyota expects the fallout from the Iran war to cost it around $4.3 billion this financial year, the world’s largest automaker said on Friday, in one of the biggest warnin…
China confirms attack on oil tanker in Hormuz
China’s foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that an oil products tanker carrying a Chinese crew was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, and expressed deep concern about vessels…
Iran accuses the US of violating the ceasefire
Iran accused the United States of violating a ceasefire by targeting two ships at the Strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, the country’s top joint military command s…
Consumers aren’t cutting back on fast food
Consumers have continued to pick up chicken nuggets, tacos, and coffee from some of the nation’s largest restaurant chains despite concerns that higher gas prices from the war with…
Your doctor is using AI to take notes. What could go wrong?
At your next appointment, your doctor may have a new kind of assistant listening in: artificial intelligence.Across the nation, AI programs are quietly recording these conversation…
Air-conditioning is in short supply as Asia swelters
Gavianne Sommer Viar cranked her hand-held fan to its highest setting as she tried to listen to a university lecture. It was another sweltering morning in Manila, and her classroom…
US awaits Tehran’s response to peace proposal
The United States was waiting Thursday for Iran to convey its response to the latest American proposal to end the war, after public messages from top-ranking officials on both side…
President of Egypt leaves Oman
Muscat: President Abdul Fattah el Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt and his accompanying delegation left Muscat on Thursday, following a private fraternal visit to the Sultanate o…