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Another sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks dragged the U.S. market sharply lower. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6% Wednesday for its first back-to-back drop in three weeks and is back to where it was in early May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 953 points, and the Nasdaq composite led the market lower with a 2% slide. Wall Street has been shaky since last week, when AI stocks went from roaring to records to suddenly turning lower. Among the worries is that their prices have simply shot too high, too fast. Oil prices rose after President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in what will be his first visit in years. His trip will the latest in a series of steps by China to reinforce its close ties with its nuclear-armed neighbor, whose leader Kim Jong Un has reached out to Russia in recent years, notably by sending troops and conventional weapons to support its war against Ukraine. The announcement was made by both countries Friday a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear fuel. Experts say the plant’s disclosure implies that Kim is eager to cement his country’s status as a nuclear weapons state ahead of Xi’s visit.
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North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has visited a new facility to produce nuclear materials and announced plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate." The official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday that Kim visited the facility Wednesday to learn about its operations. KCNA didn't say where the site is located and when it began operation. But state media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium. Its disclosure is in line with Kim’s repeated vows to expand his nuclear weapons program to cope with what he called U.S. military threats.
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Ukraine has launched strikes on Russian energy sites. Russian authorities and media said on Sunday that drone debris set fire to a fuel storage facility in the Rostov region, and civilian infrastructure was reported damaged in Saratov province. Ukraine has increased attacks on Russia’s oil and gas facilities, saying they fund Moscow’s invasion. Meanwhile, Kyiv denied Russian claims that a Ukrainian drone struck the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Russia's state nuclear energy company accused Ukraine of a deliberate attack. The Zaporizhzhia plant has repeatedly come under fire since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
A chemical tank failure at a paper mill in Washington state this past week has struck at the heart of a historic mill town. Longview was founded by a timber baron about a century ago, and generations of families have worked in local mills. On Tuesday morning a tank containing more than 500,000 gallons of a highly destructive chemical mixture used in paper manufacturing collapsed. It is one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in recent decades, killing 11 people. Many Longview residents who spoke with The Associated Press had family or friends who currently or previously worked at the plant.
Crews have recovered another victim from a massive chemical tank rupture at a paper mill in Washington state. Among the 11 workers killed in the disaster were two brothers who worked there together, an electrician who would help his farmer neighbors cut hay, and a trivia champ. A tank containing more than 500,000 gallons (1.9 million liters) of a mixture used to break down wood for making paper collapsed Tuesday morning at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, a city along the Columbia River. The accident sent a flood of caustic chemicals powerful enough to overturn pickup trucks and damage buildings at the site.
Crews have recovered the remains of six of nine workers who were missing after a chemical tank ruptured at at paper mill in Washington state, officials said Thursday. In all, 11 people were killed in the disaster, including the three yet to be recovered. It’s one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in recent decades. A tank containing more than 500,000 gallons of a highly destructive chemical mixture used in paper manufacturing collapsed Tuesday at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, a city along the Columbia River. The six workers who were recovered had been in an area where they would congregate in the morning as they awaited their assignments for the day.
There are millions of chemical tanks around the U.S., and experts say it is exceedingly rare for them to fail. Yet this past week, there were two major hazardous chemical emergencies on the West Coast. A large tank containing a corrosive chemical at a Longview, Washington, paper mill ruptured on Tuesday, killing two and possibly nine others. And late last week about 50,000 people were evacuated in Southern California after a chemical tank overheated and threatened the area with a catastrophic explosion. The incidents have raised questions about who is responsible for regulating companies that handle dangerous materials. An Associated Press review has found that officials at the local, state and federal levels all play a part in keeping these facilities safe.
Crews are resuming the search for nine people presumed killed at a Washington state paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured. It's likely to be one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in years. Authorities on Wednesday said the presumed death toll rose to 11 after a second person died. Authorities says there's no hope of finding more survivors following Tuesday’s tank failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview. Some contamination made its way into the nearby Columbia River. Authorities say the tank failure hasn't impacted the region's air or drinking water, but testing is ongoing.