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Pakistan suspends train services in the country's southwest after deadly train station bombing

QUETTA, Pakistan -- Pakistan's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at...

Round 2 in the Trump-vs-Mexico matchup looks ominous for Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump's...

UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution

BAKU, Azerbaijan -- A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming world.Curbing...

The Singles' Day shopping festival loses its shine under China's lagging economy

HONG KONG -- Merchants and consumers alike found the Singles' Day shopping festival Monday less shiny than in years past as e-commerce firms...

Stock market today: Asian stocks decline as China stimulus plan disappoints markets

HONG KONG -- Asian stocks fell on Monday, led by a more than 2% drop in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, as China's...

Alitalia will lay off over 2,000 remaining employees as liquidation nears

ROME -- Italy’s former national carrier Alitalia has started procedures for the collective dismissal of its remaining 2,059 employees, its administrators told unions....