Samsung Elec upbeat on chip outlook as third-quarter profit plunges
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said chip sales should pick up next year after it reported on Thursday that third-quarter operating profit more than halved due...
Ford reaches tentative labor deal with United Auto Workers union
Ford Motor and the United Auto Workers union on Wednesday announced a tentative agreement for a new labor deal, allowing the No. 2 U.S. automaker...
Chicago Teachers Union poised to vote on deal to end 10-day strike
Union leaders representing Chicago’s striking teachers huddled behind closed doors to scrutinize, and perhaps vote on, a tentative deal reached at the bargaining table to...
Peru announces reforms to ‘improve lives’ as protests rock neighboring countries
Peru’s government on Wednesday announced plans for an ambitious reform package including better health care and a higher minimum wage amid regional protests against market...
Twin Southern California wildfires menace Reagan Library, Getty Museum, homes
A major wildfire threatened thousands of homes and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library near Los Angeles on Wednesday as the fiercest Santa Ana winds yet...
Former CIA Director Brennan: Votes were swayed by Russian influence operation
Former CIA Director John Brennan said on Wednesday that at least some American voters were swayed as a result of Russia’s 2016 election interference operation,...
NBA notebook: Hawks’ Young to be re-evaluated Monday
Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young is not expected to miss significant time after spraining his right ankle in a road loss to the Miami...
Motor racing: F1 boss says Miami race faces fresh hurdles
Formula One has hurdles to overcome if it is to have a race in Miami in May 2021, the sport’s chairman Chase Carey said on...
Pompeo says U.S. must confront China’s Communist Party
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday stepped up recent U.S. rhetoric targeting China’s ruling Communist Party, saying it was focused on international domination...
Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes west of Davao, Philippines: USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck on Tuesday 37 km (23 miles) west of the city of Davao, Philippines, at a depth of...