TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors looked cautiously ahead to a key policy update from the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the day. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.9% to finish at...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its key interest rate Wednesday to counter what it sees as threats to the U.S. economy ranging from uncertainties caused by President Donald Trump’s trade conflicts to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is working on a plan that would allow Americans to import lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday. Azar made his comments...
Read MoreSHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. and Chinese negotiators have resumed talks aimed at ending a tariff war over trade and technology amid scant expectations for progress. This week’s meeting is the first since Presidents Donald Trump...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — China reports that its factory activity contracted in July for a third straight month amid a tariff war with Washington and weak domestic demand. A monthly index released Wednesday by an industry group, the China...
Read MoreBANGALORE, India (AP) — Police say fishermen found the body of an Indian coffee shop founder in a river two days after he disappeared. Police Commissioner Sandeep Patel says the body of Cafe Coffee Day founder V.G.Siddhartha was...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Houston-based Hearst Newspapers executive has been named the new publisher of the San Antonio Express-News. Michael Sacks came to Hearst Newspapers in 2012 from Tribune Media and served most recently as the...
Read MoreSHANGHAI (AP) — China’s biggest city has dived headfirst into a trash sorting program that marks the country’s first serious attempt at cutting the amount of garbage headed for landfills nationwide. But despite a...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Ten Democratic presidential contenders vied for advantage Tuesday night in the second round of the party’s 2020 campaign debates. A look at some of their statements in Detroit and how they compare with...
Read MoreOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadians won’t find out until after this fall’s federal election whether Chinese tech giant Huawei can provide equipment for the country’s next-generation 5G wireless network,...
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