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A data cable across Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany has broken and the cause is unknown
HELSINKI -- A submarine data communications cable across the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany has broken and the cause for the disruption...
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom
Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the...
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president appoints his Cabinet after a resounding election win
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president swore in a 21-member Cabinet on Monday after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary...
French farmers mobilize for protests over EU-Mercosur trade deal
PARIS -- French farmers are mobilizing for widespread protests called Monday targeting the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. They argue the deal threatens their livelihoods...
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street suffers worst loss since Election Day
BANGKOK -- Shares started out the week mixed in Asia after U.S. stocks fell to their worst loss since Election Day.Japan's Nikkei 225...
Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency
President-elect Donald Trump has named the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating...