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There are millions of chemical tanks around the U.S., and experts say it is exceedingly rare for them to fail as long as they are properly maintained and inspected. Yet this past week, there were two major hazardous chemical emergencies on the West Coast. A large tank containing a corrosive chemical at a Longview, Washington, paper mill ruptured on Tuesday, killing two and possibly nine others. And late last week […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues. The law, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, also expressly allows police to establish 50-foot security perimeters outside houses of worship where protests are […]

May 28 (Reuters) – Australia’s HealthCo Healthcare & Wellness REIT said on Thursday Healthscope has agreed to appoint Bethesda Health Care as the new operator of its Mount Private Hospital. Here are some details: • Unlisted Healthcare Fund (UHF) and HealthCo Healthcare own 11 Healthscope hospitals. Mount Private Hospital is a part of Healthscope’s network of hospitals • Healthscope, one of Australia’s largest private hospital operators, has a network of […]

By Greg Torode and Jun Yuan Yong SINGAPORE, May 28 (Reuters) – A conflict between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defence research centre said on Thursday. In a strategic assessment ahead of Asia’s biggest annual defence meeting in Singapore this weekend, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies […]

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, May 28 (Reuters) – South Korean exports likely rose for a 12th straight month in May, as a global boom in AI investment drove a surge in chip sales, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. Exports from Asia’s fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global trade, were projected to have risen 48.4% from a year earlier, according to a median forecast of nine economists. That would be […]

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The top U.S. government watchdog for consumer financial protection on Wednesday said it would reassign virtually all staff nationwide to its Washington headquarters later this year, the latest move likely to weaken an agency the Trump administration is seeking to minimize if not eliminate. The decision to relocate roughly 450 employees stationed near the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s former regional offices in San […]

May 27 (Reuters) – Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to join the advisory board of a Beijing university which counts Apple’s Tim Cook as chair, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Huang, who joined U.S. President Donald Trump on his recent visit to China, has accepted an invitation from Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management to join its advisory board, the report […]

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it carried out a strike in the eastern Pacific, killing two men. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the U.S. Southern Command said in statement. (Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has begun running outside after imaging on his ailing right calf left the club feeling good about his recovery, but manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday that it was still unclear when he would be back in the lineup. Stanton has been sidelined since April 24, after he experienced some stiffness while running the bases in a game against Houston. “I think […]