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Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Q2 profit up 87% despite near-$10 bn writedown

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Saturday that it earned $26.3 billion, or $16,314 per Class A share, during the second quarter

UK appoints 'threat commander' as more migrants cross Channel on boats

On Thursday, 235 people were brought ashore, a record number for a single day. More than 650 have arrived so far in August, including babies and unaccompanied children

Covid-19 impact: Planned layoffs at British companies surge in June

Businesses are required to inform the Insolvency Service if they plan to cut 20 or more jobs

Masks in class? Many questions and confusions as Germans go back to school

Germany has seen some 217,000 confirmed cases and 9,200 deaths, and brought down a peak of some 6,000 new daily infections in March to the low hundreds

75 years of US atomic bombing: Nagasaki urges world leaders for nuclear ban

The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world's first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000

Potential Kodak deal paused until insider trading 'allegations are cleared'

Recent allegations of wrongdoing raise serious concerns, says the US government department

Trump signs executive order extending $400 weekly unemployment benefits

Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit for millions of Americans out of work during the outbreak

US elections: Voting by mail seems obvious, but can all states pull it off

Turmoil in the US Postal Service has only heightened concerns surrounding the ability of the nation's myriad election systems to manage a presidential vote

French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez makes masks mandatory outdoors

More cities and towns, especially in tourist areas, are imposing mask requirements as France's coronavirus infections creep up again, with more than 2,000 new cases reported on Friday

Federal suit filed against Saudi crown prince by former official

The lawsuit filed by Saad Aljabri is the latest effort by the former intelligence official to try and bring about international and public pressure on the crown prince

Air India Express flight skids off runway, breaks into two at Kozhikode

There were 6 crew members onboard, including two pilots

US adds 1.8 mn jobs in July as spike in Covid-19 cases stalls hiring

With confirmed viral cases still elevated in much of the nation and businesses under continued pressure, many employers appear reluctant or unable to hire

Iran is No. 1 sponsor of terrorism, says US ahead of UN arms embargo talks

Diplomat says the United States hopes Russia and China will not be co-sponsors of the number one state that sponsors terrorism and will see the importance of peace in the Middle East

Apple shines amid coronavirus pandemic with $2 trn value on horizon

Factories in China reopened by March and Apple's hugely loyal customer base trust its products so much that they continued to buy iPhones and other devices online

Mike Pompeo calls for ban on Chinese apps in US, but offers few specifics

President Donald Trump has also threatened to ban TikTok, although the legal basis for such a move remains uncertain

Eng vs Pak 1st Test highlights: Babar helps Pakistan post 139-2 on day 1

Pakistan's Babar Azam reached a half-century on a rain-affected first day of the opening test against England with the tourists reaching 139-2 at stumps

'It was a bomb of some kind': Trump insists Lebanon explosion was an attack

The Lebanese government ordered the house arrest of several port officials in connection with the explosion, which killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 more

Former Google engineer sent to prison for stealing robocar secrets

The sentence handed down Tuesday by US District Judge William Alsup came more than four months after former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski reached a plea agreement with the federal prosecutors

Trump mulls giving Republican convention speech from White House

Trump also called for the first formal presidential debate, scheduled for Sept. 29, to be moved up on the calendar because early voting will have already begun in some states.

Spotting opportunity, Facebook launches a new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

Instagram Reels will let users record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects