PRESS DIGEST- Wall Street Journal - Aug 21

Aug 21 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Opening-round talks to remake the North American Free Trade Agreement revealed early fissures dividing the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, including a Trump administration proposal to require a "substantial" portion of autos and auto parts produced under the pact be made in the U.S. http://on.wsj.com/2ijkBlt

- Sempra Energy has reached a deal to buy Oncor for $9.45 billion after swooping in to snatch the power-transmission company away from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc . http://on.wsj.com/2iijqmf

- Ten U.S. sailors were missing and five were injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel near the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, U.S. Navy officials said, making it the second destroyer accident in just over two months. http://on.wsj.com/2ijplHG

- The Samsung conglomerate is pressing ahead with efforts to build a full-fledged prescription-drugs business, inking a deal with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co to develop novel drugs for hard-to-treat diseases. http://on.wsj.com/2iimI8S

- Electronic Arts Inc and the National Football League are teaming up to create an annual videogame tournament aimed at a different kind of esports competitor: the player sitting at home on the couch. http://on.wsj.com/2ijOe66

- Jerry Lewis, the frantic funnyman whose knack for broad comedy took him from the Borscht Belt of upstate New York to the pinnacle of 20th-century stardom, has died, according to his manager. He was 91. http://on.wsj.com/2ij2uff (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)