ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund have launched the final round of talks over the $8 billion bailout package for Islamabad, a deal that’s expected to be signed next month. The round started on...
Read MoreJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s decades long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners’ optimism is showing more signs of ebbing. That’s one of the findings of a semiannual survey of owners released Monday by Bank of America. Forty-eight percent of the 1,504 owners...
Read MoreCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military...
Read MoreCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A strike among pilots at Scandinavian Airlines has entered its fourth day with the carrier being forced to cancel 1,213 flights Monday and Tuesday, affecting some 110,000 passengers. The flag carrier...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Britain’s government and opposition are holding more talks about striking a compromise Brexit deal, although neither side sounds optimistic about progress. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and...
Read MoreCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Greenpeace says four of its members have boarded an oil rig belonging to Norway’s largest oil and gas company off the northernmost part of the country to protest drilling in the pristine Arctic...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday as investors looked ahead to U.S.-Chinese trade talks and the Federal Reserve’s update on its U.S. interest rate outlook. Benchmarks in Hong Kong and Seoul advanced,...
Read MoreDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Political uncertainty and volatile oil prices are weighing heavily on economic growth in the Middle East this year, according to a new report released Monday by the International Monetary Fund....
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is spreading misleading rhetoric about illegal immigration. At a Wisconsin rally, he suggested he’s launched his plan to transport immigrants in the U.S. illegally to sanctuary...
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