As the state prepared, Idalia thrashed Cuba with heavy rain, especially in the westernmost part of the island, where the tobacco-producing province of Pinar del Rio is still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian almost a year ago.

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Kuo: Apple aims for iPhone 15 Pro Max to make up 35%-40% of iPhone 15 shipments, optimistic about the phone’s exclusive periscope lens camera as a selling point  —  Apple is aiming for the highest-end iPhone 1…

A county in eastern China is offering couples a “reward” of 1,000 yuan ($137) if the bride is aged 25 or younger, the latest measure to incentivise young people to get married amid rising concern over a declining birth rate.

Toyota said Tuesday it halted operations at 12 of its 14 factories in Japan due to a system glitch, but that it did not appear to be a cyberattack.

Bernardo Arevalo’s victory in Guatemala’s presidential election has been ratified by the supreme electoral tribunal, despite a new attempt to suspend his party. Arevalo, a center-left candidate, won the second-round run-off in August, but his party Sem…