China issued a raft of upbeat data on Tuesday showing the economy got off to a strong start to 2017, supported by strong bank lending, a government infrastructure spree and a much-needed resurgence...
A company owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is set to receive more than $400 million from a Chinese firm that is investing in its Manhattan office tower,...
Oil hovered around three-month lows on Monday, as rising U. S. inventories and drilling activity offset optimism over OPEC's efforts to restrict crude output. Brent crude LCOc1 was down 7 cents on...
China is considering easing proposed quotas aimed at producing more electric vehicles, as Beijing gets pushback from the automotive industry over the scale and pace of the plans. If adopted, proposed...
U. S. household wealth has hit record levels. U.S. stock prices recently hit all-time highs. Inflation is nearing the Federal Reserve's 2.0 percent goal, and the world economy including the once-sick...
A $1 billion bid by China's Wanda Group for the operator of the Golden Globe awards has been aborted, the US firm's parent has said, following reports that it was a victim of a Chinese clampdown on...
At least 34 people have been killed after a runaway bus veered into crowd in the Haitian city of Gonaives, officials say. The vehicle first knocked over two pedestrians, killing one, French-language...
Facing pressure from environmentalists and shareholder activists, major US food companies and restaurant chains are moving to limit antibiotics in farm animals raised for meat. Last month, Tyson...
Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p. DE) pleaded guilty on Friday to fraud, obstruction of justice and falsifying statements as part of a $4.3 billion settlement reached with the U.S. Justice Department in January...
Traders see it as almost "inevitable" the US Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday after strong jobs growth. Markets which track investors' expectations for the key rate...
John Surtees, a Formula One great who won the 1964 championship with Ferrari and remains the only man to win world titles on two wheels and four, died on Friday at the age of 83, his family said in a...
Thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria remain beyond the reach of aid, Doctors Without Borders said. Many of them have been trapped between Boko Haram Islamist insurgents and counter-insurgency...
Pope Francis has said he may consider ordaining married men – under very specific circumstances – to address the shortage of Catholic priests. He was speaking about the possibility of viri...
Crude oil resumed a sharp decline and global equity markets rose on Friday after a robust U. S. jobs report drove home the strength of the world's biggest economy and set the stage for the Federal...
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye is keeping her silence as calls grow for her arrest. Ms Park was forced from office on Friday, after judges unanimously upheld parliament's decision to...
Opponents of South Korea's ousted leader, Park Geun-hye, demanded on Saturday that she be arrested a day after she was thrown out of office over a corruption scandal involving the country's...
As competition in the live streaming space heats up, Facebook has scored a significant deal that will allow it to stream at least 22 live Major League Soccer matches on its social network. Through...
Thai police ended their search of Thailand's biggest temple on Friday after laying siege to it for more than three weeks without finding the former abbot, who is wanted for suspected...
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM. N), the world's biggest publicly traded oil producer, has agreed to pay Italy's Eni (ENI.MI) $2.8 billion for a 25 percent stake in a giant Mozambique gas field to strengthen...
The US has sent 400 additional troops to Syria to support an allied local force aiming to capture the so-called Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. They include Marines, who arrived in the past few...
