TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales grew at the strongest pace in 5-1/2 years in September as consumers rushed to buy big-ticket items to beat a rise in the country’s sales tax, raising concerns spending could pull back sharply in the coming months. FILE PHOTO: A man walks in front of an electronics store in
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has unveiled a new design for a smartphone that folds into a square, racing ahead in folding devices after it launched its first model in September. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior White House official testified on Tuesday he was so alarmed by hearing U.S. President Donald Trump ask Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, that he reported the matter to a White House lawyer. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman became the first current White House staff member
BURBANK, Calif. (Reuters) – HBO ordered 10 episodes of a “Game of Thrones” spinoff called “House of the Dragon,” the network said on Tuesday, shortly after reports emerged that the premium cable channel had nixed another series set in the world created by author George R.R. Martin. FILE PHOTO: 71st Primetime Emmy Awards – Show
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) – Immigration arrests at the U.S. border with Mexico soared 88 percent in fiscal 2019 in what U.S. officials on Tuesday labeled a crisis while unveiling their latest measure to combat the trend: expediting the deportation of asylum seekers. FILE PHOTO: Migrant men sit on the ground after being detained by
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said he would submit his resignation on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a “dead end” in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge protests against Lebanon’s ruling elite. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 hovered near its record high on Tuesday, lifted by upbeat earnings from drugmakers Merck and Pfizer, while a disappointing quarterly profit from Google-parent Alphabet kept the Nasdaq firmly in the negative territory. FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S.,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon announced pricing details on Tuesday for its agreement with Lockheed Martin Co that lowers the cost of the F-35 jets it plans to purchase through 2022 by 12.7%, which may encourage other nations to buy warplanes. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Lockheed Martin is seen at Euronaval, the world naval
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Sberbank (SBER.MM) has agreed to buy Gazprombank’s (GZPRI.MM) holding stake in internet company Mail.ru (MAILRq.L) as Russia’s largest lender continues its transformation under Chief Executive German Gref into a banking-to-online services company. The logo of Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group is seen on the facade of its headquarters in Moscow, Russia June
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials will not testify in the U.S. Congress in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump because Kiev does not want to get involved in the internal affairs of another country, Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko attends a news conference with his
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc (T.N) executives on Tuesday are expected to reveal new details about pricing, programming and distribution of the company’s forthcoming HBO Max streaming video service as they plot the phone giant’s entrance into the streaming war. The logo for WarnerMedia’s new HBO Max service is seen in this handout photo obtained on
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outs a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dave Paresh (Reuters) – Australia’s consumer regulator filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday, alleging it misled consumers about how it was collecting, storing and using personal location data. The
(Reuters) – A North Carolina court on Monday temporarily blocked the state from using its congressional map in next year’s elections and strongly suggested it would eventually rule the districts were illegally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. FILE PHOTO: Diptych images show the east and west side of the boundary line between Congressional Districts 6 and
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. telecommunications regulator plans to vote in November to designate China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) as national security risks, barring their U.S. rural carrier customers from tapping an $8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment or services. FILE PHOTO: The Huawei logo is pictured at the IFA consumer tech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in Congress, answering Republican complaints that their impeachment investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump is being conducted in secret, plan a vote on Thursday on a format for going public with their inquiry, marking a significant new stage in the probe. Trump and his fellow Republicans have for weeks branded as
BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) – Olivia Newton-John’s black leather jacket and very tight pants from “Grease”, complete with a broken zipper, go up for auction this week as the top item in a sale to help raise money for her cancer treatment center in Australia. FILE PHOTO: Cast members John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John dance at