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WASHINGTON (AP) – When Chinese President Xi Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan visit Washington later this week, President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, …

NEW YORK (AFP) – The chief executive of Volkswagen America, Michael Horn, used unusually candid language to apologize and admit wrongdoing after the …

CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, Michael Horn introduces the new Volkswagen Passat at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York on Monday. (AP-Yonhap) FRANKFURT …

ATHENS (AFP) ― Greece’s left-wing prime minister-elect Alexis Tsipras has won a thumping poll victory that hands him a mandate to drive through unpopular …

At least 13 migrants died off the coast of Turkey Sunday after the inflatable dinghy carrying them to Greece collided with a ferry, Turkish media reported. …

Nepal Sunday adopted a new constitution aimed at bolstering its transformation from a Hindu monarchy to a secular democracy, as violent protests raged against …

The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate locked at zero Thursday, citing worries about how the slowdown in China will hit the US economy.    Fed Chair …

Europe was off to a tepid start with Britain’s FTSE 100 down 0.4 percent to 6,205.60. France’s CAC 40 dipped 0.2 percent to 4,631.50. …

Events on the Serbia-Hungarian border where police tear-gassed crowds of migrants including women and children reveal “a dark side of the European …

After a decade of political infighting and violent protests, the long-awaited passage of Nepal’s constitution should be a reason to celebrate.    But …