Oil falls as U.S. reports surprise fuel build, weak demand
U.S. crude stocks fell more than expected last week as refiners in the country ramped up to their highest utilization rates in over nine months. Read more
U.S. crude stocks fell more than expected last week as refiners in the country ramped up to their highest utilization rates in over nine months. Read more
“This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who is corrupt,” Trump told reporters afterward. Read more
Toyota Motor’s April global sales and production fell from a year earlier, hurt by an intense price war in China and a decline in Japan after a production stoppage of some models and a safety test scandal at its small car unit. Read more
Sony sees its anime streaming service Crunchyroll as a growth driver, the head of its movies business said on Thursday, as the group looks to ride the growth of anime outside Japan. Read more
Japan’s Sony on Thursday emphasised the strength of user engagement with its gaming platform as sales of the PlayStation 5 console taper off and companies in the sector look for recurring revenue. Read more
McIlroy, winner of the Canadian Open in 2019 and 2022, has also been dealing with some personal turmoil. Read more
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“We’ve made it a priority to refund customers who were overcharged, and we did not take action on the undercharges with our customers,” the spokesperson, Mischa Dunton, said. Read more
Fierro, who is not on the top-tier world championship tour but has qualified to represent France at the Olympics, was unstoppable in the heaving tubes as waves reached heights of four to five meters on finals day. Read more
The dollar reached as high as 157.715 yen today, edging closer to levels that led to bouts of likely intervention from Tokyo at the end of April and early May. Read more
Meta, in a quarterly security report, said the accounts posed as Jewish students, African Americans and other concerned citizens, targeting audiences in the United States and Canada. Read more
Trump campaign spokesperson Brian Hughes told the Journal that only Trump will decide “what role an individual plays in his presidency.” Read more
The telecom firm said it will offer YouTube Premium for $10 per month, offering savings of 30% to myPlan customers, starting Thursday. Read more
Alito said that in both cases his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, was responsible for flying the flags, and that he had no involvement. Read more
“Time is super-crucial and, to repel the attacks, we need to have [the deliveries] on time in place,” Kyiv’s defense minister Rustem Umerov said. Read more
Republican donors are mostly eyeing a growing number of public opinion polls that put Trump ahead against Biden in some battleground states. Read more
The proposal underscores how a weak yen and an exit from ultra-low interest rates are piling pressure on Japan to rein in its huge public debt. Read more
The North condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for discussing denuclearization of the peninsula. Read more
By Wednesday afternoon, more than 260 balloons had been detected, and most of them have landed on the ground, carrying animal feces and rubbish, the South Korean military said in a statement. Read more
Samsung Electronics’ union in South Korea will begin escalating strike action next week by staging the first ever walkout over demands for higher wages, union officials said on Wednesday. Read more
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday new rules outlined by China’s coast guard that could result in the detention of foreigners in the South China Sea were an escalation and “worrisome”. Read more
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed a trade pact on Wednesday to sharply cut import duties at a summit of their leaders that pledged closer business and investment ties. Read more