Toilet paper makers say US port strike isn’t causing shortages

There is no squeeze on Charmin. Toilet paper makers say that U.S. consumers don’t need to fear shortages due to the three-day strike this week at U.S. ports. The American…

Libya to resume oil production at two of its major fields

Libya’s National Oil Corporation has announced that crude oil production will resume at two of its major fields, where operations stopped in August amid tensions between the country’s dueling authorities…

Helene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they were investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane…

ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots

OpenAI said Wednesday it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots. Led by venture…

US dockworkers press on with second day of strike, with no deal in sight

US President Biden urged for a quick deal to end the standoff, which threatens to drain billions from the US economy. Tens of thousands of United States dockworkers have continued…

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 10/02/2024

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close near their record levels U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close near their record levels. The S&P 500 ended little changed Wednesday, a…

Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact

NEW YORK — The massive port workers’ strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a…

‘Deadly cycle of tit for tat must stop’ says Guterres

NewsFeed ‘It’s high time to stop the sickening cycle of escalation after escalation that is leading the people of the Middle East straight over the cliff,’ warned Antonio Guterres at…

Is the Middle East inching closer to full-blown war?

Inside Story Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran will pay for missile attack, as Tehran threatens a crushing response if Israel hits back. Iran has carried out a major missile attack on…

Beirut’s southern suburbs reduced to rubble by Israeli strikes

People check the site of an Israeli air strike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon. [Hassan Ammar/AP Photo] In Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday, smoke was rising from buildings hit by overnight…