(Reuters) - Four people were injured in a fire at a coal processing plant in far northeastern Russia, Russian officials and the Mechel mining company said early on Wednesday.
Mechel said in a statement that personnel were evacuated from the coal processing plant located in Neryungri in the Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, after a methane fire occurred in a finished goods warehouse.
Several Russian Telegram news channels... (continue reading...)
By Rocky Swift
TOKYO (Reuters) -The dollar steadied on Wednesday before a Federal Reserve meeting to determine policy for an uncertain economy and as major investors in Asia continued cashing out of U.S. assets.
News that the United States and China are due to talk on Saturday eased concerns about a trade war that has shaken investor confidence in the dollar and U.S. markets. Fed Chair Jerome Powell was expected to say more data is needed... (continue reading...)
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Some Asian airlines on Wednesday said they were re-routing or cancelling flights to and from Europe because of fighting between India and Pakistan.
India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies.
Taiwan's EVA Air said that it will adjust its flights to and from Europe to avoid... (continue reading...)
BEIJING (Reuters) -China will expand a pilot scheme allowing insurance companies to invest in stock markets, the head of the financial regulator said on Wednesday.
The country will approve the investment of an additional 60 billion yuan ($8.31 billion) from long-term insurance funds in the stock market, Li Yunze, head of the National Financial Regulatory Administration, told a news briefing.
The regulator will also take further steps to... (continue reading...)
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Tuesday it will review an incident at the University of Washington in which pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a university building while demanding the school cut ties with Boeing over its contracts with the Israeli military.
The administration of President Donald Trump labeled the incident as antisemitic activity. While it praised the university and law enforcement... (continue reading...)
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