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By Ju-min Park, Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim Kelly SEOUL/WASHINGTON/TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) – South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines is gaining traction following President Donald Trump’s endorsement, ending decades of U.S. resistance in a move that could reshape Asia’s security landscape and escalate an underwater arms race. Seoul has long sought to join the elite group of nations operating nuclear submarines to counter North Korea. Trump’s approval removed a key […]

(Refiles to insert dateline) By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Dec 5 (Reuters) – WTI oil prices were heading for weekly gains of close to 2% in early trading on Friday, supported by an expected Federal Reserve interest rate cut, escalating U.S.-Venezuela tensions and stalled peace talks in Moscow. It would be a second straight week of increases. Prices were little changed at market open on Friday, with Brent crude up 6 […]

HONG KONG (AP) — The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades is piling pressure on Beijing’s “patriots-only” governance system, casting a shadow on elections widely seen as a further step to tighten control over the city’s legislature. Sunday’s vote to elect new lawmakers to Hong Kong’s 90-member Legislative Council comes just 11 days after a massive fire engulfed seven towers in a high-rise apartment complex, killing at least 159 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks. It is the 22nd strike the U.S. military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking drugs. There were four casualties in Thursday’s strike, according to the […]

Two New York City police officers won’t be charged in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man during a mental health crisis last year as his mother and brother begged the officers not to open fire, state Attorney General Letitia James’ office said Thursday. Win Rozario was shot five times by the officers at his family’s home in Queens on March 27, 2024, as he came at them while holding […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who as part of the “Clinton 12” helped integrate one of the first public schools in the South, died on Wednesday at her Los Angeles home. She was 84. Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Kamlyn Young, who said her mother died from pancreatic cancer after living with it for a decade. Clinton High School in Tennessee was integrated in 1956, […]

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was a limited practice participant on Thursday, three days after undergoing left hand surgery. The team termed Herbert as day-to-day after the surgery, but he is counting on playing in Monday night’s home game against the Philadelphia Eagles. During the surgery, Herbert had a plate and multiple screws inserted into his non-throwing hand. “As long as it’s stabilized and fixed and the doctors feel […]

Dec 4 (Reuters) – U.s. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday said President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban from 19 to more than 30. “I won’t be specific on the number, but it’s over 30, and the president is continuing to evaluate countries,” Noem said in an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.” Noem did not specify […]

Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Australian unit of U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp said on Friday that the partners of the Gorgon Joint Venture have made a final investment decision on the A$3 billion ($1.98 billion) Gorgon Stage 3 development off Western Australia’s northwest coast. The investment will link the offshore Geryon and Eurytion natural gas fields to Gorgon’s existing infrastructure on Barrow Island. The Chevron-operated Gorgon Project is a […]