BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s U.N.-backed government says gunmen have stormed the headquarters of the country’s national oil company in the capital Tripoli and taken hostages. Interior Minister Brig. Gen....
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — China’s government says it will retaliate if Washington goes ahead with more tariff increases following President Donald Trump’s comment that he was considering extending penalties to more Chinese...
Read MoreSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden is facing weeks of political uncertainty after the country’s two rival blocs failed to secure a governing majority in elections that saw a boost for a far-right party amid growing discontent with...
Read MoreANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Official data show that Turkey’s economy slowed in the second quarter of 2018 as its currency was sliding. The figures released Monday by the Turkish Statistics Institute indicated that the economy...
Read MoreSINGAPORE (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared he was considering tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese goods, ratcheting up tensions between the world’s two...
Read MoreSINGAPORE (AP) — A Singaporean court has ordered the return of 15.3 million Singapore dollars ($11.1 million) linked to the indebted 1MDB Malaysian state investment fund. Law firm Tan Rajah & Cheah said Monday that the...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The #MeToo movement fighting sexual misconduct had already claimed one of Hollywood’s top movie moguls in Harvey Weinstein. Now it has done the same for Leslie Moonves, one of the television...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to dismiss his critics, President Donald Trump is fabricating the circumstances regarding jobs, the economy and the social safety net. He insists that Social Security and Medicare are becoming stronger...
Read MoreBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Men wait outside the metal-grill door of a soup kitchen in a slum, hoping to get a small serving of beef and mashed potatoes. At a barter market on the capital’s outskirts, a woman tries to...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Jack Ma, who founded e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and helped to launch China’s online retailing boom, announced Monday that he will step down as the company’s chairman next September. In a letter...
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