Aug 8 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N), opens new tab began reducing its enormous stockpile of cash in the second quarter, investing billions of dollars in stocks including Alphabet and repurchasing billions more of its own, as it reported higher earnings at its dozens of businesses. The conglomerate said on Saturday...
OSAKA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Australia held off a daring Japan side to win 35-32 in muggy conditions on Saturday, getting the reign of new coach Les Kiss off to a winning start in a helter-skelter, nine-try contest. Experienced outside backs Harry Potter and Tom Wright crossed for the Wallabies in...
The United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by a decisive 86-11 vote on Friday. Named after the late South Carolina Republican senator who died in July, the bipartisan legislation imposes strict sanctions on Russian and Iranian leadership while introducing aggressive...
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt recently sparked widespread online discussions after recounting a unique period from his past during an interview on the Armchair Expert podcast hosted by Dax Shepard. Pitt described a summer spent residing in former actor Errol Flynn’s historic bachelor pad, where his former girlfriend maintained an active...
Security researcher Gareth Heyes unveiled novel Cascading Style Sheets vulnerabilities at the Black Hat USA 2026 conference in Las Vegas, demonstrating that malicious email content can breach message boundaries. The research exposed severe flaws across major webmail platforms including Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Fastmail, Proton Mail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail....
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid announced that star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is unlikely to play in the team's upcoming preseason opener against the Los Angeles Rams and may skip the entire exhibition schedule. Mahomes continues his rehabilitation following December surgery to repair torn ACL and LCL ligaments in...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared Saturday that the peace established with Azerbaijan exactly one year ago has become visible and tangible for the nation. Speaking on the first anniversary of the August 8, 2025, White House trilateral summit mediated by United States President Donald Trump, Pashinyan hailed the milestone...
Taylor Swift’s song “august” has been removed from a TikTok video posted by Donald Trump’s political team. The platform activity followed the initial publication of a video that utilized the 2020 track alongside a direct caption addressing the pop star. The Trump team's original TikTok post featured the song with...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose on Wall Street and Treasury yields fell after the government reported that employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month. Every major index notched a second straight week of gains, which included several fresh records, marking a strong start to August following several weak months....
Nvidia will invest up to three billion dollars in power infrastructure developer Lancium. This investment will support Lancium's data center campus expansion in Texas. The initial two billion dollar investment secures roughly twenty percent ownership for Nvidia. Lancium plans a potential initial public offering in the year twenty twenty-seven. This...
