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Central Japan braces for Typhoon Lan arrival with air, rail cancellations

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Central Japan braces for Typhoon Lan arrival with air, rail cancellations

[1/2]High waves caused by Typhoon Lan break on the shores of Senjojiki, Shirahama town, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, August 14, 2023. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Japan braced for Typhoon Lan to make landfall, with airlines and railways cancelling services in central areas of the country’s main island, where it is expected … Read more

Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles

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Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles

Alexei Rakhmanov, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, delivers a speech during a farewell ceremony as Russia’s floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov leaves the service base of Rosatomflot company for a journey along the Northern Sea Route to Chukotka from Murmansk, Russia August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File… Read more Aug 14 (Reuters) – Russia … Read more

Earnings have beaten Wall Street estimates by more than usual in 2nd quarter, but 3rd quarter isn’t looking great

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Earnings have beaten Wall Street estimates by more than usual in 2nd quarter, but 3rd quarter isn’t looking great

Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN second-quarter results and third-quarter forecast sales last week were a bet that more consumers would start buying more things, but Wall Street’s expectations for the third quarter overall have only grown dimmer. With most of the 500 companies that make up the S&P 500 Index SPX already through the … Read more

China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains

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China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains

[1/3]Residents wade through floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China August 1, 2023. cnsphoto via REUTERS BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday dispatched thousands of rescue workers to Zhuozhou, a flooded city of over 600,000 residents southwest of Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri continued to wreak havoc on swathes … Read more

La Nouvelle-Écosse se débat avec les conséquences des inondations dévastatrices

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La Nouvelle-Écosse se débat avec les conséquences des inondations dévastatrices

23 juillet (Reuters) – La province de la Nouvelle-Écosse, sur la côte est du Canada, a commencé à nettoyer dimanche après que des pluies torrentielles ont provoqué des inondations dévastatrices, alors que la recherche se poursuivait pour quatre personnes, dont deux enfants, portées disparues pendant le déluge. La tempête, qui a commencé vendredi, a déversé … Read more