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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A trade group has reinstated an award to the makers of a robotic sex toy for women that it had taken away four months ago for not keeping with its image. The Consumer Technology Association on Wednesday...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition parties were out campaigning Thursday for the upcoming European Parliament election. The governing Conservatives were wishing it wasn’t happening. For months, Prime Minister Theresa...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street as investors keep a close eye on trade talks between the U.S. and China. Top trade...

SIBIU, Romania (AP) — Cyprus’ president has slammed Turkey for an “unprecedented escalation of illegal action” in the eastern Mediterranean, equating Ankara’s bid to drill for gas in waters where the...

PARIS (AP) — French unions are holding strikes and protests against 120,000 job cuts and other deep changes to France’s huge public sector by President Emmanuel Macron’s government. France’s unions have been...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit increased slightly in March even though the deficit with China fell to the lowest point in five years. The deficit in goods and services edged up 1.5% to $50 billion in March, after...

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Chevron won’t increase its buyout offer for Anadarko, cutting short a potential bidding war with Occidental Petroleum. Occidental challenged Chevron’s initial bid last month, offering $57...

While much of the stock market sprints ahead powered by economic gains and investor confidence, the health care sector is limping behind. Drugmakers and health insurers have been on the defensive most of the year as politicians...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Five international investors are bidding for a 35-year concession to operate the main ?irport in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. Bulgaria’s transport ministry said Thursday that all five bidders met...