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Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Ukraine was relying on foreign help because the drones “simply would not be able to fly such a distance without carefully researched information from Western satellites.” Meanwhile, Moscow’s forces hit Kyiv with drones and missiles with what Ukrainian officials described as a “massive, combined attack” that killed two […]

A growing crisis in China’s “shadow banking” sector is threatening further damage to an economy reeling from multiple problems, even as a new report questions the ability of the government in Beijing to come to the rescue via fiscal stimulus. On Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported that Chinese authorities have enlisted the Citic Trust Co., a […]

Tropical Storm Idalia brought heavy rain Thursday to the U.S. state of North Carolina, a day after the storm slammed into Florida as a powerful hurricane. The National Hurricane Center reported widespread flash flooding in coastal areas of North Carolina, with the center of the storm expected to move out into the Atlantic later in […]

WASHINGTON — Astronomy enthusiasts are in for a treat Wednesday night: a rare “super blue moon” that won’t be seen again for more than a decade. Supermoons occur when the moon passes through its perigee — the point in its elliptical orbit that takes it closest to Earth. This makes it look about 14% bigger, compared […]

Hurricane Idalia is leaving a wake of destruction from the Gulf inland as it makes its way into Georgia. The storm, which rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm before dropping back to a Category 3 early Wednesday, made landfall about 7:45 a.m. near Keaton Beach, at the crux of Florida’s Big Bend region. […]

PARIS — The European Union’s fossil fuel energy production hit a record low the first half of the year, think tank Ember Climate reported Wednesday, although green sources are struggling to fill the gap. The decline in coal and gas generation was driven by a drop in electricity consumption across the bloc of 4.6% amid […]

People in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida are preparing for the arrival of what forecasters expect will be a major hurricane when it makes landfall Wednesday. Idalia reached hurricane strength early Tuesday, with the National Hurricane Center saying it expected the storm to rapidly intensify further during the day. Hurricane warnings were in effect […]

SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI on Monday said it was launching a business version of ChatGPT as its artificial intelligence sensation grapples with declining usership nine months after its historic debut. ChatGPT Enterprise will offer business customers a premium version of the bot, with “enterprise grade” security and privacy enhancements from previous versions, OpenAI said in a […]

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Kim Jong Un has called for boosting North Korea’s navy, saying the country’s waters brimmed with “the danger of a nuclear war,” state media reported Tuesday, as Seoul, Washington and Tokyo carried out joint naval drills. Kim slammed growing trilateral cooperation between the “gang bosses” of the United States, South Korea and […]

The Chinese government over the weekend launched an effort to shore up the country’s troubled stock market, putting in place various measures to encourage investment. As of Monday, those measures appeared to have had only a modest impact. After opening more than 5% higher Monday than it had been at the end of trading the […]