LONDON — British political commentator Sami Hamdi said, on his arrival back in the United Kingdom on Thursday, that he was considering suing U.S. authorities for his detention in an immigration detention center over what he claims were his views on Gaza and Israel. Two days after revealing he was leaving the U.S. voluntarily, Hamdi lauded federal…
President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal, on Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. File Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House/UPI | License Photo Nov. 9 (UPI) — China’s Commerce Ministry announced Sunday that it would suspend a ban on the export…
1 of 2 | A Starbucks barista pictured in December 2012 in in University City, Mo., with the words “Come Together” on a Starbucks cup. “Starbucks knows where our union stands. They know our demands,” the union said Wednesday. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Nov. 5 (UPI) — Starbucks workers could strike…
Nov. 1 (UPI) — Berkshire Hathaway has a record-high cash reserve of $381.7 billion after increasing its third-quarter earnings by 34% from a year ago, the firm said in its quarterly report on Saturday. Berkshire Hathaway generated $13.485 billion in revenue during the third quarter, which is a 34% increase from $10.1 billion a year…
Oct. 31 (UPI) — President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to “get rid of the filibuster,” allowing them to pass legislation with a simple majority and end the government shutdown, which entered its 31st day Friday. The president’s suggestion would have the majority party of the Senate implement a so-called nuclear option, which ends…
General Motors officials on Wednesday announced the layoff of 3.300 workers as the U.S. automaker scales back its electric vehicle manufacturing amid federal regulatory changes and other market challenges. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA Oct. 29 (UPI) — Automaker General Motors laid off 3,300 workers at manufacturing plants in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee amid changes…
Oct. 29 (UPI) — Nvidia became the first tech company to have $5 trillion market value Tuesday after stock scores rose more than 4%. The company’s stock has risen more than 50% this year. The stock rise came one day after CEO Jensen Huang said the company expects $500 billion in AI chip orders and…
Oct. 28 (UPI) — Tech mogul Elon Musk launched his own online encyclopedia with his company xAI, calling it Grokipedia as a rival to the non-profit Wikipedia. Grokipedia, named for xAI’s chatbot Grok, uses Wikipedia as its source and it’s modeled like Wikipedia. But it has sanitized versions of pages about Musk, reporting nothing critical…
Oct. 28 (UPI) — The U.S. Senate voted for the 13th time and failed to reopen the government Tuesday. Democrats won’t back down from their insistence on funding for health care, and Republicans won’t agree to it. The government shutdown is on Day 28. Senators voted 54-45 on the funding patch that would fund the…
The logo of American semiconductor company Qualcomm on display in March at the 2025 Smart City Summit and Expo in Taipei, Taiwan. On Monday, U.S.-based Qualcomm said its Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 mobile chip set will offer a 36% CPU performance boost and its Adreno GPU upgrades will deliver a 59% faster user experience. File…