BEIJING (AP) — The foreign ministers of China and Australia are meeting in Beijing in a sign of a thaw in the recently frosty relationship between the key economic partners. Wang Yi was to meet with his counterpart Marise Payne...
Read MoreMOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea (AP) — The two-lane highway south from North Korea’s Mount Kumgang into and across the Demilitarized Zone is lined by tall green fences and street lamps that are only turned on for special...
Read MoreCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s competition watchdog on Thursday approved the proposed merger of television network Nine Entertainment and newspaper publisher Fairfax Media into a media giant to be known only as...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is planning a major expansion in New York City. The newspaper reported Wednesday that the company plans to add space for more than 12,000 additional New York workers....
Read MoreLAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Strip won’t have a lagoon after all. Casino operator Wynn Resorts revealed during its third quarter earnings call Wednesday that it has scratched plans for an artificial lake that would have...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Republicans expanded their Senate majority, the Trump administration on Wednesday finalized a policy change that allows some employers with religious or moral objections to opt out of providing...
Read MorePHOENIX (AP) — The national budget chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay up to $7.6 million to Latino guests who say the company’s employees shared their private information with immigration officials, according to a proposed...
Read MoreDETROIT (AP) — Two former Fiat Chrysler executives and a union official have been sentenced to prison in a corruption scandal at a labor training center. Jerome Durden, who controlled the finances at the UAW-Chrysler National...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: UnitedHealth Group Inc., up $11.09 to $274.63 Health insurers climbed after Democrats won control of the House of Representatives, which likely...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — With Democrats now in control of the House, President Donald Trump faces a tough test of whether he can forge compromises with a group of lawmakers who, he had warned his supporters, would wreck the U.S....
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