A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Louisiana provision that requires doctors who perform abortions in the state to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/i_r0oSbmWRc/u-s-court-upholds-louisiana-restriction-on-abortion-clinics-idUSKCN1M70CO
The woman who accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982 will testify at a high-stakes Senate hearing on Thursday that could determine whether he is confirmed or rejected. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ezT8JP1AsJk/kavanaugh-accuser-face-scrutiny-at-senate-hearing-idUSKCN1M70CY
A U.S.-Japan agreement to start new trade talks avoids a bust-up over the allies’ bilateral trade gap for now, but any deal would probably do little to narrow the U.S. trade deficit that infuriates U.S. President Donald Trump. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/nrkgF3YHJvI/japan-u-s-trade-talks-temporary-relief-but-no-panacea-for-imbalance-idUSKCN1M70GC
SoftBank Group Corp plans to create a new $100 billion fund every two to three years and spend $50 billion annually, its Chief Executive Masayoshi Son told Bloomberg Businessweek in an interview published on Thursday. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ZWtA2urze_M/softbank-to-raise-100-billion-fund-every-2-3-years-spend-50-billion-annually-bloomberg-idUSKCN1M70HL
Japan’s automaking lobby on Thursday said that it welcomed the fact that the United States would refrain from raising tariffs on Japanese car imports for the moment after the two countries agreed to start discussing a new trade framework. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/CPBxGdZjHmI/japan-auto-lobby-hopes-for-forward-looking-trade-talks-with-u-s-idUSKCN1M70LY
When a former intern at China’s state broadcaster wrote in July about being groped and forcibly kissed by one of the country’s most recognizable television stars, her story ignited a social media firestorm in a country where a backlash against sexual harassment was growing. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/u6jpLPfVBXs/from-chatroom-to-courtroom-chinas-metoo-movement-takes-legal-turn-idUSKCN1M705A
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Wednesday to start trade talks in an arrangement that, for now, protects Japanese automakers from further tariffs, seen as a major threat to the export-dependent economy. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/9rZnPVP8Q6g/japan-dodges-u-s-auto-tariffs-for-now-as-trump-and-abe-agree-on-trade-talks-idUSKCN1M62Q9
China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that Beijing does not interfere in other countries’ internal affairs, after U.S. President Donald Trump accused it of seeking to meddle in the Nov. 6 U.S. congressional elections. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/E0ipM77AZ4Q/china-says-does-not-interfere-in-other-countries-internal-affairs-idUSKCN1M70OW
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China of seeking to meddle in the Nov. 6 U.S. congressional elections, saying Beijing did not want his Republican Party to do well because of his pugnacious stance on trade. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/WZV1fXV0r8Q/trump-accuses-china-of-2018-election-meddling-beijing-rejects-charge-idUSKCN1M623Y
U.S. gasoline prices are sitting at four-year seasonal highs headed into the November midterm elections, even as President Donald Trump has called repeatedly for OPEC to push prices lower. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/E6sYlMzW_gQ/u-s-gasoline-prices-at-seasonal-four-year-high-ahead-of-midterm-elections-idUSKCN1M70D0