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Samsung posts third-biggest quarterly profit in Q4 on chip sales

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) — Samsung Electronics posted the third-biggest operating profit in the company’s history in the fourth quarter thanks to brisk sales in semiconductors, which took up more than half of the total earnings, the company said Tuesday. Consolidated operating profit reached 9.22 trillion won (7.92 billion U.S. dollars) in the October-December quarter, […]

First day of Astana talks ends with expected tension

DAMASCUS, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The first day of the two-day Syrian negotiations in Astana ended on Monday, with government delegation and rebels holding indirect meeting, with expected tension surfacing in that venue. The delegations of the rebels and the Syrian government were set to meet face to face for the first time in the […]

Trump signs executive orders on TPP, abortion-supporting foreign NGOs, federal hiring freeze

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed three memorandums, ordering the withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a freeze on federal hiring and a ban on financing pro-abortion programs abroad with U.S. federal funds. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time,” Trump said as he signed the paper […]

Iraqi forces recapture last central areas in eastern Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Iraqi security forces recaptured on Sunday the last areas in the central part of the eastern side of Mosul, while the troops continued fighting the Islamic State (IS) group to drive them out from their last stronghold on the northern outskirts of the city, the Iraqi military said. The […]

Children with asthma more likely to become obese: study

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Children with asthma may be at higher obesity risk later in childhood or in adolescence, according to new research published online this week. Researchers from the University of Southern California found that young children with asthma were 51 percent more likely to become obese over the next 10 years than […]

Uncertainty remains over Samsung’s wish to restore consumer trust after Note 7 debacle

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — Samsung Electronics announced its independent investigation result on Monday over its fiery Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, but uncertainties remain about its wish to restore consumer trust following one of the largest debacles in tech history. Samsung held a special press conference in its headquarters in Seoul, saying faulty batteries were […]

695 mln Chinese surf Internet via cell phone in 2016

BEIJING, Jan. 23 (NsNewsWire) — About 695 million Chinese people — around half of the country’s population — had used mobile phones to access the Internet as of the end of 2016, an official report showed Sunday. The number of Chinese who surfed online using their phones increased more than 10 percent annually for the […]

Coffee consumption may counter age-related inflammation

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have unearthed a connection between advancing age, systemic inflammation, cardiovascular disease and coffee consumption. An extensive analysis of blood samples, survey data and medical and family histories obtained from more than 100 human participants has revealed a fundamental inflammatory mechanism associated with […]

Pacific tsunami alert issued after 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Papua New Guinea

SYDNEY, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has issued an alert for the Pacific after a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The undersea earthquake struck 41 km northwest of Panguna on the Papua New Guinea autonomous island of Bougainville at 15:30 local time (0430 GMT), the […]