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By Suzanne McGee PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Higher long-end Treasury yields are unlikely to retreat anytime soon, and a host of intertwined supply and demand factors will likely hamstring U.S. policymakers seeking to cap borrowing costs. That is because the renewed surge in rates reflects immediate concerns about the inflation picture in the U.S., alongside longer-term questions centering on how the market will absorb a flood of […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have acquired Luke Evangelista in a trade with the Nashville Predators. The teams announced the deal Tuesday. New Jersey sent a conditional first-round pick and its own second-rounder in 2028 to Nashville for the 24-year-old forward. Evangelista is coming off setting career highs with 44 assists and 56 points while also scoring 12 goals last season. He has one more year on […]

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbors fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been rebuilt the previous year after a 2015 earthquake. The steep mountain folds of the Himalayas, already prone to earthquakes, have seen more frequent flash floods as high mountain glaciers melt, redrawing rivers at sometimes terrifying […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement. It was the second time Wong, a former student leader in the pro-democracy movement, has been prosecuted under the national security law introduced in Hong Kong in 2020, following massive anti-government protests […]

BENGALURU, India (AP) — When India’s power demand surged at the height of summer, the country struggled to meet evening needs as air conditioners ran longer amid hotter nights. Despite this demand, some renewable energy providers were told to limit their output because the country had more clean electricity available than its grid could safely handle. In the last 15 months, India curtailed nearly 11 terawatt-hours of solar generation — […]

By Alasdair Pal and Kanishka Singh SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The United States and Australia on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands, as both nations battle China for influence in the region. Australia will offer a A$600 million ($430 million) package to combat drug smuggling in the region at a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, including funds for enhanced aerial […]

SEOUL, Sept 2 (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister nominee vowed on Wednesday to quickly proceed with “mega projects” for AI investments and actively utilise policy capacity from a global chip boom. • The pledge follows the government’s unveiling on Tuesday of its most aggressive fiscal spending plan on record for next year, which includes creating a fund for long-term investments, to strengthen the country’s technological edge amid the global […]

By Field Level Media Sep 02 (Field Level Media) – Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. hinted at the possibility of sitting out regular-season games without a new contract. Porter Jr. is entering the final year of his contract but practiced Tuesday for the first time since being activated from the physically unable to perform list on Sunday. A back injury limited him during preseason after he tweaked his back on […]

WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Iran found themselves back in a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange in weeks, with Washington threatening even more devastating strikes while Iran protested an attack that it said killed five and wounded dozens of civilians at a wedding. The U.S. military’s Central Command said it completed a wave of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets on Tuesday […]