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VIENNA (Reuters) – OPEC approached Friday to boost oil production, as its leader Saudi Arabia appeared to have persuaded its archrival Iran to cooperate after major consumers warned of a shortage of …

The late summer sun sets over mountains and icebergs around the island of Adelaide, on the Antarctic Peninsula, while 24-hour daylight gives way to the long polar winter of winter. BAS / …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A taxi crashed into a crowd of pedestrians near Moscow's Red Square on Saturday, wounding eight people, including two Mexicans in the city, for the soccer World Cup that …

WASHINGTON – "The economy," declared Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell this week, "is doing very well." And it is. Stable hiring has reduced unemployment to 3.8 percent, the lowest since the 1960s. …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – DirecTV owner AT & T expects a court ruling that will determine whether it can buy Time Warner Inc, a decision that could trigger a cascade of pay-TV companies …

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters will learn on Sunday if their country will be the first in the world to introduce a radical new financial system that would prohibit commercial banks from …

HONG KONG / SHENZHEN (Reuters) – The president of ZTE Corp apologized to staff and clients on Friday after the Chinese technology firm agreed to pay a one billion dollar fine to …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (Reuters) – Malaysia is seeking to arrest finance company Low Taek Jho, who is believed to be living abroad, for his involvement in a corruption scandal at the …

SEOUL, June 7 (UPI) – North Korea appears to have demolished its main missile test post last month before proceeding to dismantle its Punggye-ri nuclear testing site. North Korea tracker 38 North …

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban until June 20, coinciding with the end of the Muslim fasting season, but he excluded all …