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The United Steelworkers union claims that Nippon Steel's latest offer is tantamount to bribery.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2024
Union blasts Nippon Steel’s $5,000 per worker bonus in U.S. Steel deal
The United Steelworkers called Nippon Steel's move “a classic union-busting tactic” and a “desperate attempt to win over support for its doomed acquisition.”
Possible new sanctions on Russian oil highlight how Biden’s team is more willing to take risks in confronting Russia as it prepares to depart.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2024
U.S. mulls new Russia oil sanctions to weaken Putin ahead of Trump
The European Union is planning similar measures on Russia’s shadow fleet before the end of the year.
U.S. President Joe Biden — born in U.S. Steel’s home state of Pennsylvania — has long signaled opposition to the company's sale to Nippon Steel.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2024
U.S. says review of Nippon Steel bid ongoing as U.S. Steel shares tumble
The companies are poised to pursue litigation over the process if U.S. President Joe Biden decides to block the merger, sources added.
A firefighter sprays water as the Franklin Fire burns in Malibu, California, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Dec 11, 2024
Malibu fire explodes in size and forces thousands to evacuate
The Franklin fire has swelled to more than 2,700 acres and remained completely out of control as of Tuesday afternoon.
Police escort Luigi Mangione to his arraignment at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2024
Murder charges filed against suspect in UnitedHealthcare shooting
The suspect, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in a McDonald's after a customer and an employee believed he resembled the gunman.
A person holds a sign while standing on the roadside near the McDonald's restaurant where a suspect in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2024
Killing of UnitedHealthcare exec ignites patient anger over insurance
The attack called fresh attention to deepening frustrations faced by Americans in their struggle to receive and pay for medical care.
The U.S. decision to suspend the use of a firing range in the Senkakus has had lasting consequences, undermining Japan's claims to the islets and sending mixed signals about U.S. support for Japanese sovereignty over the area.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2024
A restart of Senkaku firing ranges is long overdue
The suspension also had strategic consequences, depriving both U.S. and Japanese forces of vital military training ranges.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands inside the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris ahead of a ceremony to mark its reopening following a 2019 fire, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2024
Trump plays 'shadow president' on world stage
He does not take office until Jan. 20, but he is already acting as if he is U.S. president.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp speaks on a panel at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2024
Trump's Musk-led efficiency drive may spur defense-tech partnerships
Smaller tech firms to play a bigger role given that Musk, one of their own, is entering a position of enormous influence.
A poster advertising a reward for information is posted near the site where Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally gunned down in New York on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2024
CEO killing and rage over insurance plunges UnitedHealth into crisis
Instead of eliciting sympathy from the public, the death of UnitedHealth’s CEO has spawned a hate machine against the insurance industry.
X owner Elon Musk and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attend a viewing of the launch of a SpaceX test flight on Nov. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2024
Trump is on collision course with EU over big tech crackdown
In the coming months, several U.S. tech companies could face billions in fines or even mandatory divestment orders from EU investigations.
The French headquarters of Huawei Technologies in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris in 2020. Companies that maintain business ties with Huawei could lose access to work for the Pentagon, which committed nearly $460 billion on contracts in fiscal 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 10, 2024
Huawei suppliers to face further U.S. limits under defense bill
The bill's language effectively bars Pentagon contractors from selling chips and the equipment for making or designing them to Huawei or its affiliates.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) walks with French President Emmanuel Macron (center) and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump after a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2024
Zelenskyy warns Trump and Macron about risk of frozen conflict
Ukraine can only enter into ceasefire talks with Russia from a position of strength, Ukrainian president says.
A smartphone with a displayed Nvidia logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2024
Nvidia hit with China probe in global tech war escalation
The move against Nvidia is Beijing’s latest riposte to escalating U.S. technology curbs.
Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui are enjoying record earnings and they are determined to fund overseas expansion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2024
Japan's megabanks are flush with cash and hunting overseas deals
The primary focus is on the U.S. and India, respectively the world’s largest economy and the fastest-growing.
The exterior of a blast furnace building is seen during a media tour by Nippon Steel at their East Nippon Works Kashima Area facility in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2024
Nippon Steel makes final push to win over U.S. workers
Nippon Steel said it made new commitments with regards to where and when a previously announced $1.4 billion capital expenditure commitment would be spent.
Japanese investors sold overseas stocks in November as they sought to capitalize on robust gains in global equities, particularly as U.S. stocks reached record highs.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 9, 2024
Japanese investors sell overseas equities for second straight month
Investors' net sales of overseas stocks totaled ¥1.22 trillion last month, following about ¥2.37 trillion worth of net withdrawals in the prior month.
A TikTok creator and advocate wears a button showing support outside of the U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 9, 2024
‘It’s for real this time’: TikTok creators react to potential ban
Many of TikTok’s users seemed to have only just begun to grasp that the app could be on its last legs in this country.
Elon Musk, a co-leader of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, carries his son X Æ A-Xii Musk following a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2024
DOGE's best idea yet is permanent daylight saving time
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s support for adopting a year-round clock would give the U.S. more sunshine and less confusion.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the White House in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 9, 2024
Trump says he has no plan to remove Powell as Fed chair
Powell, whose term expires in May 2026, told reporters last month that he wouldn’t step aside early if Trump asked for his resignation.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

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