MANILA, Philippines — Two Philippine supply boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South China Sea on Wednesday in a recurring confrontation near a disputed shoal some fear could spark a larger security crisis that could draw in the United States. Two Philippine coast guard ships escorted the smaller supply boats, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether the ships were blocked by the…

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the ethnic Armenian enclave back under its control, officials and experts say. Just weeks before Azerbaijan launched its 24-hour assault on Sept. 19, Azerbaijani military cargo planes repeatedly flew between a southern Israeli airbase and an airfield…

TOKYO — Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said it began releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea on Thursday after the first round of discharges ended smoothly. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said workers activated pumps to dilute the treated water with large amounts of seawater, slowly sending the mixture into the ocean through an undersea tunnel for…

Investor Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man for more than five decades, has made a $40 million gift to a California museum he has supported in the past ByJOSH FUNK AP business writer FILE – Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger listens to a question during an interview, May 7, 2018, in Omaha, Neb., with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network’s “Countdown to the Closing…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: CalAmp, Levi Strauss fall; Pioneer Natural, NuScale rise ByThe Associated Press October 6, 2023, 12:12 PM NEW YORK — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Pioneer Natural Resources Co., up $22.47 to $237.43. Exxon Mobil is reportedly considering buying the oil and gas company. Levi Strauss & Co., down…

Amazon has launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service ByMARCIA DUNN AP aerospace writer An Atlas 5 rocket with the Amazon’s Project Kuiper Protoflight spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.(AP Photo/Terry Renna) The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Amazon launched the first test satellites for its…

NEW YORK — Wall Street rallied in a whipsaw Friday and erased its morning losses after looking deeper into the nuances of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% after charging back from an earlier drop of 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 288 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite flipped to a gain of 1.6%….

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit’s three automakers after General Motors made a breakthrough concession on unionizing electric vehicle battery plants. The announcement of the pause in adding factories to the strikes came minutes after GM agreed to bring workers at battery factories into the UAW’s national contract, essentially assuring they will represented by…

LOS ANGELES — A massive health care strike over wages and staffing shortages entered its final day on Friday without a deal between industry giant Kaiser Permanente and the unions representing the 75,000 workers who picketed this week. The three-day strike carried out in multiple states is set to officially end Saturday at 6 a.m., and workers were expected to return to their jobs in…

The numbers have been drawn for an estimated $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot that ranks as the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize ByThe Associated Press October 7, 2023, 12:59 AM FILE – Powerball lottery tickets are displayed Oct. 4, 2023, in Surfside, Fla. An estimated $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot that has been growing since July is about to be on the line. Saturday night’s jackpot is the…