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By Daniel Trotta and Joseph Ax -A U.S. court rejected on Monday the Alabama legislature’s redrawn U.S. congressional district map for November elections, saying it likely violated the Voting Rights …

(Editor’s note: Language in the third paragraph might offend some readers) WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic cursing a Fox News reporter at a …

By Cynthia Kim SEOUL -South Korea’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in 11 years in 2021 helped by a jump in exports and construction activity, tempering declines in capital …

By Sudipto Ganguly MELBOURNE – Fans are free to wear, “Where is Peng Shuai?” shirts at the Australian Open but they must not become “disruptive”, Tennis Australia chief Craig Tiley …

HOUSTON – Talks for a new national contract for U.S. refinery and chemical plant workers intensified on Monday between the United Steelworkers Union (USW) and oil companies, the union told …

By Barbara Goldberg and Julia Harte NEW YORK -New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced a plan to end gun violence in a city reeling from the fatal …

SHANGHAI – Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media and video games company, on Tuesday said it fired nearly 70 staff over bribery and embezzlement incidents last year and named 13 …

By Daniel Trotta and Brad Brooks – A New York judge struck down the state’s mask mandate on Monday, one week before it was due to expire, ruling the governor …

BEIJING – China has confidence that it will maintain full-year foreign trade operations within a reasonable range, Li Xingqian, a commerce ministry official told a news conference on Tuesday. (Reporting …

TOKYO – The head of Japan’s biggest business lobby said on Tuesday that companies must determine wages depending on their own situation rather than in a uniform manner as a …

By Kanishka Singh and Alexandra Ulmer -The Georgia prosecutor investigating then-U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state will be allowed to seat a …

WASHINGTON – The new head of the Justice Department Antitrust Division, Jonathan Kanter, said on Monday the government should seek to stop proposed mergers which pose anticompetitive concerns rather than …

By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON -Around 30 oil and gas facilities across the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico spewed large amounts of methane for three years, …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australia’s core inflation flew to its fastest annual pace since 2014 in the December quarter as fuel and housing costs led broad-based price pressures, a …

By Dmitry Antonov and Sabine Siebold MOSCOW/BRUSSELS -NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia …

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday recent price rises in the country were driven largely by rising energy and global commodity costs. “It’s desirable to create …

SYDNEY – A measure of Australian business confidence has swung into the red as a surge in coronavirus cases hit consumer spending and played havoc with staffing, though sales overall …

By Rami Ayyub – A Connecticut man faces a hate crime charge and has lost his job as a financial adviser after hurling a drink and an anti-immigrant insult at …

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Noel Randewich NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO – The S&P 500’s early tumble on Monday put the world’s most-followed stock index within reach of confirming its first …

By Fergal Smith TORONTO – The Canadian bond market is coming to the view that expected multiple interest rate hikes in 2022 by the Bank of Canada, including one potentially …

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss -Peloton Interactive Inc’s stock surged on Monday after investment firm Blackwells Capital urged the exercise equipment maker’s board to fire its chief executive and put the company …

By Chavi Mehta -IBM on Monday beat Wall Street estimates for revenue in the fourth quarter, as its focus on the cloud paid off in Big Blue’s first earnings after …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) announced on Monday it is issuing a new rule to make it easier for regulators to move faster to protect airline …

By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. – Three former Minneapolis officers broke the law by failing to stop Derek Chauvin killing George Floyd during an arrest and were indifferent to …

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK – Wall Street bounced back from a steep sell-off late in the session to close higher on Monday, with bargain hunters pushing the indexes into …