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Striking South Korean truckers are considering blocking shipments of coal to a power plant if the government rejects their demands for minimum pay guarantees, a senior trade union official said on Monday.

A strike by South Korean truckers has cost key industrial sectors more than $1.2 billion in lost production and unfulfilled deliveries, the government estimated on Monday, as the damage spreads deeper throughout the economy.

South Korean petrochemical firms on Monday joined the automobile and steel makers in cutting operations due to mounting inventories as transport disruptions from a strike by truckers spread quickly across Asia's manufacturing powerhouse.

A strike by South Korean truckers entered its seventh day on Monday, posing a test for the country's new president and deepening stress on Asia's fourth-largest economy, already facing stagflationary pressures.

A strike by South Korean truckers entered its seventh day on Monday, posing a test for the country's new president and deepening stress on Asia's fourth-largest economy, already facing stagflationary pressures.

Flood of net zero vows suffer 'credibility gap': report

World headed for new era of nuclear rearmament: SIPRI

Corporate plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions fall short of what is needed to combat climate change, with "major credibility gaps" found among the world's largest companies, according to a new stocktake of net-zero efforts in the public and private sector.

David Fong made his way from a poor village in central China to the southern boomtown of Shenzhen as a young man in 1997.

Iraqi MPs from firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc resign: official

Life goes on as Ukraine army holds war weddings

Lawmakers from the Sadrist bloc in Iraq's parliament resigned on Sunday after their leader, powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, asked them to step down amid a prolonged stalemate over forming a government.

A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday proposed steps to curb gun violence following devastating mass shootings in Texas and New York, but the limited measures fall far short of Biden's calls for change.

Despite major gas deal, energy giant warns consumers to turn down heating

By Rebecca RubinLOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Jurassic World Dominion" stomped to the top of box office charts, scoring a massive $143 million in its domestic box office debut.

Israel's government plans to sharply boost construction starts and expand a discount scheme aimed at restraining rapidly rising housing prices as demand continues to outstrip supply.

Italians were voting on Sunday for mayors in almost 1,000 towns and cities, providing an opportunity for far-right leader Giorgia Meloni to establish her dominance of the centre-right alliance ahead of a parliamentary election early next year.

TotalEnergies takes $2 billion foothold in Qatar's giant gas expansion

One year after ending the record reign of Benjamin Netanyahu following months of political turmoil, Israel's fragile coalition government is teetering on the edge of collapse, raising the prospect of a snap election in the coming months.

Quebec's plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.

Quebec's plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.

TotalEnergies gains foothold in Qatar gas expansion

End of an era as Russia's McDonald's reopens under new name

Pope Francis apologised to the people of Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan on Sunday for having to cancel his visit because of walking problems, and said he was hopeful his condition would improve.

World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that more than 100 trade ministers meeting in Geneva would achieve one or two global deals this week, but warned the path there would be bumpy and rocky.

Ukraine has established two routes through Poland and Romania to export grain and avert a global food crisis although bottlenecks have slowed the supply chain, Kyiv's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.

Schwartzel celebrates as golf's power struggle deepens

Australia, China defence ministers meet for first time in 3 years

In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop.