US, South Korea, Japan hold missile defense exercise after North launches ICBM

SEOUL, July 16 (Reuters) – The United States, South Korea and Japan held a joint naval missile defense exercise on Sunday to counter evolving nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, China said. South Korean Navy, a few days after the North launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). North Korea fired its latest Hwasong-18 missile, … Read more

DeSantis will become the first GOP candidate to file for the South Carolina primary when he visits next week

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to file his candidacy for the 2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary when he is in the South’s first voting state next week, becoming the first hope of the GOP to do so. DeSantis will file his documents at the state’s GOP headquarters in Columbia on … Read more

Chinese economic data likely to show recovery fading fast

BEIJING (Reuters) – A flurry of economic data out of China on Monday is expected to show its post-pandemic rebound quickly waning, raising fears that Beijing may soon unveil more stimulus to bolster activity and confidence. vulnerable consumers. After a strong start to the year following the dismantling of strict COVID-19 measures, recent data has … Read more

Former White Sox player named new Northwest baseball head coach

Former White Sox player named new Northwest baseball head coach originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Northwest Athletic Department fired baseball head coach Jim Foster on Thursday after an investigation, according to 670 the Score’s Danny Parkins, found he “engaged in abusive behavior.” bullying and abusive” with the team. Shortly after, Northwestern hired former … Read more

Ukraine and Poland announce arrival of Wagner fighters in Belarus

(Reuters) – Wagner Group fighters have arrived in Belarus from Russia, Ukrainian and Polish officials said on Saturday, a day after Minsk said mercenaries were training the country’s soldiers southeast of the capital. “Wagner is in Belarus,” Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s border agency, said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. He added … Read more

Chevron chose to buy rather than build US LNG processing

(Correct 2nd paragraph to read “June 2022” instead of “last month”) By Curtis Williams (Reuters) – Chevron Corp is comfortable buying U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) under long-term contracts rather than building its own U.S. export facility, Freeman Shaheen said , the company’s head of global gas. The second-largest US oil and gas producer in … Read more