President Donald Trump said the United States will share guarded technology to help South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine, following talks with President Lee Jae Myung. Lee pushed to modernize the alliance and plans to increase defense spending, clarifying Seoul seeks nuclear fuel, not weapons, and saying nuclear boats would...
Markets lost steam after Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ended a summit aimed at easing trade tensions. US equity-index futures erased gains, leaving S&P 500 contracts flat, while Asian shares slipped 0.1%. The yen weakened. Sentiment cooled further after Fed Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that a December rate cut...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said four men were killed Wednesday in a U.S. airstrike on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, posting an “unclassified” video and citing President Donald Trump’s direction. The attack follows Monday strikes on four alleged drug vessels that killed 14, and is the 14th...
The World Series is knotted 2-2 after Toronto beat Los Angeles 6-2 in Game 4, less than a day after their 18-inning epic. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s two-run shot set the tone, and after Shohei Ohtani was lifted two batters into the seventh, the Blue Jays sent nine to the plate...
Arne Slot’s rotated Liverpool crashed 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup last 16, as Ismaila Sarr struck twice before halftime and 18-year-old Amara Nallo was sent off; Yeremy Pino added a late third in the rain. Slot defended giving teenagers minutes, citing club tradition and a...
The Virginia House of Delegates voted Wednesday to advance a constitutional amendment letting the legislature redraw congressional maps for 2026, despite a voter-created bipartisan commission. The measure, headed to a Senate expected to approve it, would permit mid-decade remapping only after another state acts and would expire in October 2030....
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia successfully tested the nuclear-powered Poseidon underwater drone, calling it unmatched in speed and depth and impossible to intercept. He gave no launch details, saying it "traveled for a certain amount of time." The claim followed his weekend announcement that the nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile had...
Starbucks posted a mixed fourth quarter: revenue rose 5.5% to $9.57 billion, topping forecasts, while adjusted EPS fell 35% to 52 cents, missing estimates. Global same-store sales grew 1%, beating expectations, with U.S. comps flat but turning positive in September and into October. In China, comps rose 2% on 9%...
Senate Democrats accused President Donald Trump of losing a self-inflicted trade war with China in a report ahead of his meeting with Xi Jinping in South Korea, warning tariffs have raised costs, hurt farmers, and left the U.S. with a weak hand. Citing data, they note CPI inflation rebounded to...
Federal prosecutors charged 12 people tied to protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, most stemming from a June 8 clash near a downtown L.A. detention center. Officials say the freeway-overpass unrest included fires, projectiles thrown at CHP officers, and tear gas deployments. Ten defendants are in federal custody; one...
