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Asian shares swing higher after a wobbly day on Wall Street

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares swung higher in Asia on Wednesday as hopes for a U.S. interest rate cut helped to offset worries over simmering trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. U.S. futures rose, while oil prices retreated. Gold rose ...
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Mississippi is set to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a college student

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Charles Crawford, 59, has been on death ...
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Trump’s approval on immigration drops among AAPI adults, new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of aggressive immigration enforcement measures from the Trump administration, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely to hold a negative view of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration, a new ...
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Chinese airlines protest US plan to ban their flights over Russian airspace

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s biggest state-owned air carriers have hit back at a U.S. proposal to bar them from flying over Russia when traveling to or from the U.S. The U.S. side has said such flights give Chinese ...
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Trump officials back firm in fight over California offshore oil drilling after huge spill

When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of oil gushed out, blackening beaches for 150 miles (240 kilometers) ...
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Social Security cost-of-living increase announcement delayed by government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, the 2024 Social Security COLA announcement will now be Oct. 24. It ...
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Top South Korea officials to visit US for tariff talks amid hope for progress

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s industry minister and the chief presidential secretary for policy will travel to the United States on Thursday for follow-up talks on lowering tariffs applied to the Asian country’s goods, the government said on Wednesday. South ...
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BHP’s Slattery says Australia must cut red tape, power costs, to compete

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -BHP’s head of Australia, Geraldine Slattery, said on Wednesday the country must speed up environmental approvals and boost access to cheap power if it hopes to compete for mining investment capital with other nations. The comments from the ...
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Pfizer CEO says US pharma industry needs to collaborate with China

By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Tuesday that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry needs to collaborate with China’s, where speedy processes have vaulted it to 30% of global drug development over the past decade. “In ...
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CBA’s Comyn to remain head of Australia’s largest bank at least to 2028

By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) -Commonwealth Bank of Australia Chief Executive Matt Comyn will remain at the helm of the country’s largest lender for at least the next three years, its chair said on Wednesday, presiding over one of the ...
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Oil drops as investors weigh a supply surplus outlook and US-China trade tensions

By Sam Li and Jeslyn Lerh (Reuters) -Oil prices fell in early trade on Wednesday, extending losses from the previous session, as investors weighed the International Energy Agency’s warning of a supply surplus in 2026 and U.S.-China trade tensions that could hurt demand. Brent crude futures fell 12 cents, ...
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Dollar under pressure on Fed rate cut bets, China trade tensions

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was on the defensive early on Wednesday after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bolstered wagers on an interest rate cut this month. The greenback had lost ground to the safe-haven yen ...
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