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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...

Suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targets ship in the Red Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a commercial ship late Sunday night traveling through the southern...

Poultry infected with bird flu found on commercial farm in England

Poultry on a commercial farm in England have been infected with the bird flu virus, the U.K. government said Sunday.The H5N1 virus was...

More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest

U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies...

Union workers picket for 3rd day at Las Vegas casino with no talks slated

LAS VEGAS -- Picketing continued Sunday outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip that remained open with no talks scheduled between management...