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Samsung Electronics forecasts 56% fall in Q2 profit over weak chip market

Revenue is expected to fall 4.2 percent to 56 trillion won. Samsung is scheduled to report final results later this month

Brazilian Prez Bolsonaro kicks up controversy by defending child labour

'I worked from the age of eight planting corn, picking bananas... while studying at the same time', said President Jair Bolsonaro

Karnataka political crisis deepens as 13 Congress, JD(S) MLAs resign

The state government on the brink; BJP, which has a majority in the House, says it was not involved in the resignations

Critics of $5-trillion economy are 'professional pessimists', says PM Modi

PM Modi said India should use its demographic dividend to join the league of developed countries

South California hit by 7.1-magnitude earthquake, largest in two decades

The latest quake was 11 times stronger than the previous day's 'foreshock', according to the United States Geological Survey, and is part of what seismologists are calling an 'earthquake sequence'

Amazon's Jeff Bezos to pay $38 bn to wife for divorce settlement: Report

Under the agreement, MacKenzie Bezos, 49, will receive approximately 19.7 million Amazon.com shares, giving her a four per cent stake in the company valued at $38.3 billion

From Income Tax sop to GST cut: Budget 2019's push for electric vehicles

Sitharaman also said that Rs 10,000 crore has already been approved on April 1, 2019, to encourage faster adoption of EVs under the FAME II scheme

Smith, Warner will be under no extra pressure against Proteas: Langer

Then-captain Smith and Warner, his deputy, were hit with year-long bans by Cricket Australia for their roles in an extraordinary incident during a Test in Cape Town

Donald Trump praises American heroes, avoids politics in July 4 speech

Trump used the traditionally politics-free holiday to deliver shoutouts to each arm of the military, as well as singling out first responders

ICC CWC 2019: Pressure will be on Pakistan, says Bangladesh coach Rhodes

Pakistan are not technically out of the competition yet but would need a freakishly big win against already eliminated Bangladesh to overtake New Zealand cricket team on run rate.

Pressure on Europe to save nuclear deal as Iran warns of uranium enrichment

The heightened tensions between the US and Iran have seen a series of incidents spiral across the wider Persian Gulf

Japan forced to evacuate more than million residents due to heavy rains

It said a total of 1.12 million people in Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures had been ordered to evacuate to shelters, and that landslides had swept away several cars and buried a house in Kagoshima

Forex reserves hit lifetime high of $426 bn, thanks to currency swaps

The present level is highest since April 13, 2018, when the reserves were at $426.08 billion

"Don't meddle in the elections", Trump tells Putin jokingly in G20 meet

The moment at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka echoed one of the most defining moments of Trump's presidency in Helsinki, Finland

Nasa plans to send a drone to explore Saturn's largest moon 'Titan'

Using propellers, the drone will fly and land on several spots on the icy moon to study whether it can support microbial life

Around the globe, selfies kill five times more people than shark attacks

India, with a population of more than 1.3 billion and 800 million cell phones, holds the record for the number of people dying in the act of photographing themselves

Payment data has to be stored in India, says RBI in clarification

Global payment firms have expressed concerns about the RBI's April directive and the issue is believed to have been on the agenda of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit

Boris Johnson pledges to bring new system to control migration after Brexit

Johnson is vying with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to take over as prime minister from Theresa May

Boeing must address a new 'potential risk' in 737 MAX, says US FAA

Boeing's global fleet of 737 MAX planes has been grounded since mid-March following two crashes which claimed 346 lives

Trump leaves to attend G20 Summit, says China is 'ripe' for new tariffs

The US president will meet his Chinese and Russian counterparts Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin