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Acting FBI chief declines to say if Trump under investigation

The firing of Comey left the fate of the FBI's probe into Russia's election meddling and possible ties to the Trump campaign deeply uncertain. On Tuesday, the...

Snapchat parent company's value plummets after earnings report

A large part of the $2.2 billion hit that Snapchat took last quarter was expected due to the IPO , which involved awarding $2 billion in stock-based compensa...

Oil producers have consensus to extend cuts, 2 OPEC members say

In March, OPEC announced the possibility that such cuts would be extended. Production from all 13 members slipped by 18,200 barrels a day to 31.73 million last ...

US, China reach deals on access for beef, financial services

The new deal does not touch on issues such as Chinese exports of steel and aluminum that are a growing source of discontent over trade. Analysts said that t...

Sean Spicer absent from briefings during key week for Trump

The president added that he asked Comey three times - once in person, twice on the phone - if he was under investigation. In a series of tweets posted F...

Bank of England says rates may need to rise before late 2019

The BoE policymakers said on Thursday they could only do so much to offset the Brexit hit to the economy. However, the Bank also warned that rates may have to r...

North Korea test-fires ballistic missile

He says Japan and the US also started discussing the sanctions on North Korea, but did not elaborate. The missile was sacked from the region of Kusong, northw...

Trump Says Government Shutdown Could Be Needed to Get Spending Plan Passed

Mr. Trump complained in a pair of tweets about the government spending deal that the Republican majority had to negotiate with Democrats because of the 60-vot...

Don't politicise CPEC, says Nawaz Sharif

The U.S. embassy did not mention that in its statement on Sunday, but cited Pottinger as saying American firms were ready to participate in Belt and Road projec...

G-7 nations seek ways to make growth help more people

Still, both he and Mnuchin stressed how important the U.S. Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau rejected U.S. duties on softwood lumber as "baseless" in a m...

Nebraska welcomes trade deal to feed China's taste for beef

The talks with China are latest in a series of actions since Trump took office in January aimed at remaking USA worldwide trade relations. Nebraska Cattle...

Bank warns of 'moderate' growth as it keeps interest rates at 0.25%

The combination of higher inflation and weaker growth puts the Bank of England in a bind. "Note that the MPC stated that interest rates may need to rise by a ...

AAP comes to Arvind Kejriwal's defence, says Kapil Mishra parroting BJP allegations

He insisted that he will present proof of his allegations only to investigative agencies. "I never thought my son would ask you questions and you would avoid ...

Pound slips below $1.29 as Bank of England warns of a slowdown

At the Monetary Policy Committee meeting this month, one of its members, Kristen Forbes, voted for an increase in interest rates from their current level of 0.2...

Trump warns Comey not to leak conversations

Comey's successor and associates in the Bureau have indicated that they intend to pursue the case regardless of Trump's views on the matter, while infuriating t...

Hollywood writers' guild strikes deal

The Guild was negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents entertainment giants Comcast Corp CMSCA.O , Walt Disn...

Jimmy Kimmel's powerful, personal monologue touches off health care debate

Jimmy ended his monologue by praising the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), a USA health care law, in danger of being repealed. During Kimmel's monologue, h...

Pakistan signs nearly $500 million in China deals at Silk Road summit

Two sources with knowledge of the situation said the USA embassy in Beijing had submitted a diplomatic note to China's foreign ministry, saying that inviting No...

Venezuela hopes no country hinders China's 'fantastic' Silk Road initiative

This week, China will host the Belt and Road Forum for International Co-operation (BRF) in Beijing . Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote spee...

Workers fix hole in Washington nuclear site tunnel

Edwin Lyman, a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told The Washington Post yesterday that there is considerable cause for concern about th...