TOKYO — Global shares were mostly lower on Thursday as markets digested a strong profit report from U.S. chipmaker Nvidia. Nvidia again topped analysts’ expectations. But technology shares in Tokyo declined as they had already risen earlier in anticipation. In after-hours trading, Nvidia’s shares lost 2.5%. France’s CAC 40 lost nearly 0.2% in early trading…
Police departments are getting reports of phone scam activity across the area. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Huber Height Police said on social media that there is an increase in scam phone calls from people posing as either law enforcement or from the IRS. TRENDING STORIES: “If called, and requested…
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the Crimea peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, would have to be restored to Ukrainian sovereignty through diplomacy. Zelenskiy, interviewed by Fox News on a train in Ukraine and broadcast on Wednesday, said his country could not afford to lose the number of lives that would be required…
The progressive Georgia district attorney who was prosecuting Jose Antonio Ibarra, Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s killer, has triggered outrage after the suspect dodged the death penalty and was instead sentenced to life without parole. Athens-Clarke District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez refused to seek the death penalty for the defendant even after she removed herself from…
HONOLULU (KHON2) — It has been nine days since Hannah Kobayashi’s cell phone was last located at the Los Angeles airport and the 31-year-old Maui woman’s family said new information regarding her disappearance is alarming. Hannah Kobayashi’s family said authorities showed them a video of Hannah that was taken on the evening of Monday, Nov….
By Naveen Thukral and Renee Hickman SINGAPORE/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wheat growers in several exporting countries are reluctant to sell their crops with prices near four-year lows, traders, farmers and millers say, leaving flour makers with dwindling supplies and vulnerable to any potential upswing in prices. Typically grain processors buy wheat three to four months in…
A Florida man has been arrested and charged in connection with a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange in an effort to “reboot” the US government, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, from Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempting to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building…
Following the footsteps of Australia, the UK government is considering a potential ban on social media for children under 16. UK technology secretary Peter Kyle said he would “do what it takes” to ensure online safety, especially for children, the BBC reported. A teenager uses his mobile phone to access social media, Sydney, Wednesday, Nov….
The University of Mobile in Alabama is mourning the sudden death of freshman basketball player Kaiden Francis this week. Francis, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, collapsed on campus Tuesday morning and died, university President Charles Smith said in a letter to students and faculty members. “Despite the quick and heroic efforts of students and medical professionals,…
Australian teen Bianca Jones has become the fourth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old’s family confirmed her death to the media on Thursday. Hours earlier, the US State Department told the media that an American man died in the tourist town of Vang Vieng. Two Danish women, aged…