CANBERRA, Australia — The first tropical cyclone to hit Australia in the current season weakened to a low pressure system but continued to lash the northeast coast Thursday with flooding rain and left almost 40,000 homes and businesses without power. Cyclone Jasper crossed the Queensland state coast late Wednesday as a category 2 storm on … Read more
Shanghai cityscape at night. Wangwukong China’s factory activity shrank for a second straight month in November, while non-manufacturing activity hit yet another new low for the year, signaling that the world’s second-largest economy is not yet out of the woods and may require more muscular policy support. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index unexpectedly fell … Read more
Hurricane Norma has weakened slightly but remains a major storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast ByThe Associated Press October 19, 2023, 11:52 AM This satellite image provided by NOAA on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, shows Hurricane Storm Norma approaching the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula on Mexico’s Pacific coast. (NOAA via AP) The Associated … Read more
A woman looks at a board showing the rates of dollars and euros against the ruble in front of the exchange office on February 19, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. Russia’s economy is beginning to feel the weight of Western sanctions, following the start of the war against Ukraine. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — Flights and trains resumed and energy was principally restored Friday after a tropical storm blew by means of South Korea, which was getting ready a pop live performance for 40,000 Scouts whose world Jamboree was disrupted by the climate. A lot of Khanun’s harm was concentrated within the nation’s southern and … Read more