News Headlines - 12 November 2018

▽Dow Jones falls 600 points as tech stocks slip

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 600 points Monday as major tech stocks faltered... Apple drove the decline in the tech sector after one of its key suppliers, Lumentum, said it would cut its outlook for the second quarter of 2019 due to lower predicted production volume for one of its major clients.
Concern over demand for Apple's iPhone line caused the company's stock to fall 5 percent Monday.

▽Exposure of Israel special forces unit in Gaza turns deadly - The Washington Post

Israel’s military said it had rushed extra infantry troops and air defenses to the border with Gaza as at least 300 projectiles were launched toward Israeli territory on Monday. Several rockets hit residential buildings, while an antitank missile struck a bus transporting soldiers, the military said, critically injuring a 19-year-old.

▽US jet crashes in 2nd accident involving US carrier in month - The Washington Post

A U.S. combat jet from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan crashed into the sea northeast of the Philippines on Monday, but its two pilots were rescued safely.
The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the F/A-18 Hornet had a mechanical problem during routine operations in the Philippine Sea... The crash was the second involving aircraft belonging to the USS Ronald Reagan in less than a month.

▽Miley Cyrus, Neil Young, Gerard Butler among those to lose homes in California wildfires - CNN

The deadly wildfires ripping through California have forced hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate, including some celebrities whose homes have been lost to the blazes.
Neil Young, Robin Thicke, Gerard Butler and Miley Cyrus are among those whose houses were ravaged by the Woolsey fire raging north of Los Angeles in Southern California, according to the entertainers' respective online posts.

▽Japanese shot in Malate | Philstar.com

A Japanese man who was accused of estafa was shot in front of the Ambassador Hotel in Malate, Manila before noon Thursday.
Masato Ogushi, 67, had just boarded a pedicab in front of the hotel, where he was billeted, when he was shot in the neck by motorcycle-riding assailants along Mabini street at around 11:40 a.m.
The pedicab driver took the victim to the Ospital ng Maynila, where he was reported to be in critical condition.