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China’s decision to halt intervention in the stock market this week reflects a debate at the heart of the country’s leadership on the role of markets in …

PARIS (AFP) — The suspect in the attack on a high-speed train in France looked at an online video of jihadist songs on his mobile phone shortly before …

Record numbers of refugees are streaming into EU member Hungary from Serbia, posing a new headache for regional leaders at a summit this week set to be …

BEIJING (AP) – China cut interest rates Tuesday for a fifth time in nine months in a new effort to shore up slowing economic growth. The benchmark rate …

Stocks plunged across Asia and U.S. index futures signaled more losses as the selloff in commodities deepened, sending South Africa’s currency toward its …

KATHMANDU (AFP) — Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered …

TEHRAN (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond reopened the British Embassy in Tehran on Sunday, nearly four years after it was closed following …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Lingering health problems afflicting many of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors have galvanized global and local health officials …

PARIS (AFP) — A heavily-armed gunman previously flagged by intelligence services who was overpowered by passengers in a crowded train said he was …

Vice President Joe Biden left the seclusion of the Delaware home where he’s been weighing a presidential run to meet Saturday with Elizabeth Warren ― …