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October 20, 2017

US stocks end higher; S&P 500, Dow on 6-week winning streak

Wall Street capped a week with no shortage of milestones with a few more Friday. U.S. stocks closed modestly higher, lifting ...

October 20, 2017

South Koreans recommend gov't complete 2 nuclear reactors

South Koreans recommended the government Friday continue building two stalled nuclear reactors that the new president had ...

October 19, 2017

BP chairman who presided over Gulf spill crisis to retire

Energy firm BP announced Thursday that Carl-Henric Svanberg, the chairman who presided over the company during the Deepwater ...

October 18, 2017

US looking to Japan for help in boosting LNG exports to Asia

The U.S. is keen to work with Japan in expanding exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas in Asia, and hopes for more Japanese ...

October 16, 2017

The Latest: Putin halts NKorea ties in line with UN demands

The Latest on European sanctions against North Korea (all times local): 5:15 p.m. President Vladimir Putin says Russia is ...

October 16, 2017

EU slaps new sanctions on North Korea

The European Union has slapped new sanctions on North Korea for developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

October 12, 2017

Greenpeace activists light fireworks at French nuclear plant

Eight environmental have broken into a French nuclear power station and set off fireworks to urge better protection for ...

October 12, 2017

Shell to buy electric vehicle charging providers

Oil company Shell has signed an agreement to buy electric vehicle charging firm NewMotion. It did not disclose terms.

October 11, 2017

Russian prime minister strikes energy deals in Morocco

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a string of energy, military and other deals with Morocco during a North ...

October 11, 2017

Catalonia closely watched from Scotland to South Pacific

When Catalans voted for independence 10 days ago, Scottish independence activist Math Campbell-Sturgess traveled to Spain to ...

October 11, 2017

OPEC oil production grows again beyond its limit

Oil production by the OPEC cartel increased again September to a level that's beyond the limit the group had agreed on in ...

October 11, 2017

Explosion at Turkish oil refinery kills 4, injures 2

Turkey's state-run news agency says four people have died in an explosion at an oil refinery in Izmir. Anadolu Agency said ...

October 10, 2017

4 ships banned from all ports for violating NKorea sanctions

The U.N. Security Council has banned all nations from allowing four ships that transported prohibited goods to and from North ...

October 07, 2017

The Latest: Spain minister warns of Catalan business exodus

The Latest on Spain's political crisis amid Catalonia's push for independence (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Spain's Minister ...

October 06, 2017

Global stocks soften on report of US jobs decline

Global stocks weakened Friday after official figures showed that the U.S. economy shed jobs for the first time in six years ...

October 05, 2017

Iraq says it has retaken one of IS group's last strongholds

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Thursday that Iraqi forces have driven the Islamic State group from one of the ...

October 05, 2017

Putin and Saudi king turn the page on decades of tensions

In a major break with decades of rivalry, Russia and Saudi Arabia on Friday struck a slew of deals, including contracts for ...

October 05, 2017

Explosives found under LafargeHolcim cement trucks in Paris

Paris authorities are investigating a possible attempt to blow up cement trucks belonging to a company suspected of striking ...

October 05, 2017

Russian investigators raid homes of Khodorkovsky's employees

Russian investigators have raided the homes of at least five people working for an exiled oligarch, in connection with a ...