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January 2, 2025

BHP warns of potential hit from China slowdown when tariffs bite
SYDNEY — BHP achieved record copper and iron ore production over the past nine months, but the Australian mining giant warned of the potential fallout from an economic slowdown as the trade war between the U.S. and China escalates. The diversified miner released its operational results for the nine months to March 31 on Thursday.…
3 dead in boat crash at Alabama fishing tournament
Three people died in a boat crash on an Alabama lake during a fishing tournament Wednesday morning, officials said. The crash between two vessels on Lewis Smith Lake happened at 7:03 a.m. when a Nitro Bass Boat struck a Center Console boat, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. The accident occurred on the second day…
China leads world in quality of EV patents, says think tank
TOKYO — Chinese car and battery makers are outpacing their Japanese and U.S. rivals in the quality of their electric vehicle-related patents, opening up opportunities for them to license their technology in response to the U.S. tariff threat, according to a Tokyo-based think tank. Chinese companies, such as Contempor Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) and…
Dozens searched for a missing 2-year-old in the Arizona desert. Buford the dog was the real hero.
The rescue made him a hero — and earned Buford, a 6-year-old Anatolian Pyrenees, a hero’s dinner. “He got a 2-pound rib-eye last night,” Buford’s owner, Scotty Dunton, said Wednesday. “He’s just a cool, cool dog.” Buford earned the meal after he wandered home Tuesday morning with a 2-year-old boy who disappeared the day before…
Trump tariffs hit Japan, South Korea steel exports
TOKYO — Steel exports to the United States fell sharply in Japan and South Korea in March, dropping 16.6% and 24%, respectively, from a year earlier as Washington’s imposition of 25% tariffs on March 12 hit the trade balance of the two close U.S. trading partners. President Donald Trump’s new import duties are aimed at reducing…
Gov. Josh Shapiro says he hasn’t heard from Trump since arson attack
After a man tried to assassinate Donald Trump in July at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the state’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, quickly issued a statement condemning the attempt on the Republican presidential candidate’s life. “Violence targeted at any political party or political leader is absolutely unacceptable,” Shapiro posted on X that day. “It has…
Southeast Asian VCs move to set startup governance standards
JAKARTA — Southeast Asia’s venture capital associations have released guidelines to set regional governance benchmarks for startups as they begin to address rising concerns of poor professionalism in the tech industry. The collaboration of leading private capital groups from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia has resulted in the launch of a document titled Maturation…
New documents detail government’s case that mistakenly deported man was a gang member
The Trump administration released a series of documents Wednesday that revealed new details in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Mland man deported to El Salvador a month ago in what a government lawyer called an “administrative error.” The documents were released after weeks of pressure on the government to prove its contention that…
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
WASHINGTON () — In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet’s atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes. The two gases — dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, and…