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Japan's Honda aims to cut more than $9 billion in costs over the next four years and has instructed suppliers to drastically reduce their prices, according to internal documents and one person familiar with the matter.The plan, reported here for the first time, is one of the most striking examples yet of how Japanese automakers are scrambling to deal with intensifying competition from China. BYD and other Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers are capturing sizeable market share in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Europe, powered by advanced software and battery technology — and prices that

Honda tells suppliers to cut costs in $9 billion push to fend off China, documents show

America's story intertwined with its military history, but a military-civilian disconnect persists

Italians enter uneasy truce with invasive blue crabs, exporting crustaceans they won't eat

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Devils acquire Luke Evangelista from the Predators for 2 high draft picks

The New Jersey Devils have acquired Luke Evangelista in a trade with the Nashville Predators. The teams announced the deal Tuesday. New Jersey sent a conditional first-round pick and its own second-rounder in 2028 to Nashville for the 24-year-old forward. Evangelista is coming off setting career highs with 44 assists and 56 points while also scoring 12 goals last season. He has one more year on his contract at a salary cap hit of $3 million. “We know Luke is a good, young player who has endeared himself to our fans, so this decision was not made lig

BHP's chief commercial officer to step down in January, internal memo shows

US and Iran exchange attacks as lull in war appears over

Economy

BOJ's Takata urges nimble rate hikes to counter inflation pressures

The Bank of Japan should conduct interest rate hikes nimbly in response to inflationary pressures, rather than at a fixed semiannual pace, hawkish board member Hajime Takata said on Wednesday.Rather than semiannual rate hikes previously anticipated by markets, 2026 represents a regime change, with future hikes becoming more nimble and data-dependent, driven by domestic inflation and growth trends as well as overseas developments, Takata said in a speech to business leaders in Sapporo in northern Japan."I consider it necessary for the BOJ to shift from the current stance of encouraging a rise

US military says it completed latest wave of strikes on Iran

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case

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Hate crime probe opened after two killed outside Tucson gay bar by suspect with a list of LGBTQ businesses, police say

Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a deadly shooting early Monday morning in the parking lot of a gay bar near downtown Tucson.The suspect, identified as 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay, had a note listing several LGBTQ-associated businesses, Tucson police said.Ceesay confronted Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, in the parking lot of Venture-N, a longtime Tucson gay bar, before fatally shooting them, police said. Ceesay was also wounded and died at a local hospital.“It’s just heartbreaking. Such a senseless, tragic shooting,” LGBTQ community member

The long wait: Inside the courthouse where Lindsay Clancy’s fate hangs in the balance

Over the last six weeks, Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial has transformed the Plymouth courthouse – a lofty building flanked by fields and farmland – into a chaotic scene bustling with swarms of journalists, true crime fanatics and outspoken spectators.Now there’s nothing left for them to do but wait.Clancy’s jury concluded its fourth day of deliberations Tuesday afternoon, hours after they told the judge they had reached a standstill. The news, revealed in court earlier in the day, elicited an audible gasp inside the courtroom and prompted Judge William Sullivan to implore juror

Iran retaliates after US strikes, defying Trump’s warning it could be hit ‘much harder’

Whistleblower says USPS mail-in voting restrictions could discard thousands of legal ballots

USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public

The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*t show,” according to a new whistleblower report released Tuesday by a Democratic senator.The unnamed whistleblower is alleging that some of the procedures USPS is planning – under mandates put forward by President Donald Trump – have been hidden from the public. Those procedures will make an already complicated and risky plan even more vulnerable to potential mass disenfranchisement, the

State Farm sued by Los Angeles County for allegedly mishandling wildfire claims

State Farm was sued on Monday by Los Angeles County, which accused the largest U.S. home insurer of mishandling claims by victims of the January 2025 wildfires in southern California.According to the complaint, State Farm handled claims worse than any other insurer, including by failing to pay benefits, lowballing loss estimates, bouncing policyholders from one adjuster to another, and pressuring policyholders whose contaminated homes remained standing to return home.The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeks restitution for people whose homes were damaged or destroyed i

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Exclusive: DHS plans to launch voter fraud investigation surge Tuesday

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Tucson, Arizona, police investigate gay bar shooting as a possible hate crime

Police in Arizona say a shooting at a Tucson gay bar that left three people dead, including the shooter, is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, were shot in the parking lot of Venture-N shortly after midnight Monday, and both died at the scene, the Tucson Police Department said. The suspect, Ousman Ceesay, 44, also suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the department. Ceesay was carrying a note that listed several LGBTQIA+-associated busi

Europe|Political|Technology|World

Germany blames Russia for drone attack on Leipzig airport

Germany has accused Russia of being responsible for the drone attack targeting Leipzig airport last month, and announced a slew of new measures against Moscow.“We are not at war, but we are a daily target of hybrid attacks,” Germany’s interior minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters on Tuesday, as he raised the country’s threat level assessment from “general” to “high”.Germany’s foreign minister Johann Wadephul also ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Bonn, and the Russian House, a cultural center, in Berlin. Germany is also tightening controls Russians enterin

Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth

Crime|World

DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder

A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and then disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said Monday. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said at a news conference in Winston-Salem that the girl, identified in court records as Sarah L. Santiago, was arrested last week. A grand jury indicted her on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy Monday. “At this time I

MidEast|Political|World

Israel’s far-right competes for votes with increasingly extreme visions

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir has made it a point to post videos of himself on social media taunting or mocking Palestinian prisoners. He boasted of threatening the most high-profile Palestinian prisoner. He showed off activists from a Gaza flotilla bound on the floor. And he is proud of a new law he pushed to expand the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism.But as elections near, his messaging has grown more extreme. His latest AI-generated campaign video shows rows of numbered Palestinian prisoners in brown uniforms moving along a conveyor belt into a fenced comp

Israeli settlers storm Palestinian village, seizing home with owner inside

At least 2 dead in Grand Canyon flooding; Park Service says 20-plus may be missing

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Democrats shocked after 2 members cross aisle to help Republicans

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Sen. Ed Markey, 80, wins Mass. Democratic primary over opponent who called for generational change

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office

Economy|Finance

House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election

The House has passed a short-term measure to fund the federal government into early December

Trump's oil deal with Venezuela raises red flags for some major producers, sources say

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Global bonds sell off as Middle East conflict escalates, further stoking inflation fears

Election

JD Vance confronts Jewish GOP skeptics ahead of a potential 2028 run

Economy|Technology

I feel your pain vs. ‘let Data Reign’: How Trump and his VP are out of step on data centers

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FTC sues Amazon, alleging it overcharged advertisers

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Sources: Army Secretary resigns amid tensions with Hegseth

Senator Elissa Slotkin slams Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for what she calls a "never-ending purge" of independent military officials following the sudden resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. Speaking with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Slotkin—an Armed Services Committee member and former CIA analyst—warned that the growing number of internal vacancies at the Pentagon threatens institutional stability.

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UCLA ousts athletic director Martin Jarmond, taps former Lakers executive Tim Harris to replace him

UCLA has fired athletic director Martin Jarmond after six years and is replacing him with former Los Angeles Lakers executive Tim Harris

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls