BANGKOK (AP) — Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia. In Bangkok, a combination of construction dust, auto exhaust and other pollutants has taken air quality to unhealthy levels...
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media, is preparing to bid for newspaper publisher Gannett Co. The newspaper, citing “people familiar with the matter,”...
Read MoreHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Protesters have blocked roads in some parts in Zimbabwe’s capital after the government more than doubled the price of gasoline. Police deployed in large numbers in Harare and few people ventured...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump often points to farmers as among the biggest winners from the administration’s proposed rollback of federal protections for wetlands and waterways across the country. But under...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Military salutes. Heaps of contraband. Oval Office optics. President Donald Trump, who has long put a premium on stagecraft, is discovering he cannot resolve the partial government shutdown simply by putting on...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — As Sears teeters on the brink of collapse, one man stands at the center of the fight for the future of the iconic retailer. Eddie Lampert plays several often-conflicting roles in what could be the final chapter...
Read MoreBANGKOK (AP) — Shares were lower in Asia on Monday, extending the latest losses on Wall Street, as China reported a slowdown in exports. KEEPING SCORE: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost 1.4 percent to 26,299.19 while the...
Read MoreJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A search effort has located the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, an Indonesian official said Monday, in a possible boost to the accident investigation....
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — The Latest on China-U.S. trade and the tariffs battle between the two biggest economies (all times local): 11:55 a.m. China’s politically sensitive trade surplus with the United States surged to a record...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Chinese customs data show December exports to US contracted 3.5 percent compared with year ago as Trump tariff hikes hit.
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