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Nippon Steel says it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal

The King’s Trust has celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III’s long-running charity The Prince’s Trust

European and Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of a key report on the U.S. jobs market

The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over

A weekly newspaper in a rural Oklahoma community was at the center of a path of destruction

Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's first trip to Europe in five years, which starts in France on Monday

The world is producing more electronic waste than ever — 62 million metric tons in 2022

Comcast has blacked out 15 regional sports networks offered by Bally Sports, escalating a contract dispute with their distributor

The American economy likely delivered another solid hiring gain in April, showing continuing durability in the face of the highest interest rates in two decades

A man charged with killing a St. Louis police officer in 2020 has been found guilty of murder

Everyone knows Warren Buffett’s successor won’t be able to match the legendary investor

Global Citizen NOW says it wants 2024 conference attendees to invest long-term in the African continent's fast-growing youth population and increase outreach to young changemakers

Airbnb has created a special category for guests who want to live like movie stars. The online marketplace for consumers to book short or long-term stays is offering homes inspired by movies.

Maui County is suing major cellular carriers for failing to properly inform police of widespread service outages during the height of last summer’s deadly wildfire

Turkey has announced that it is suspending all imports and exports to Israel over its ongoing military action in Gaza

Sony Pictures and Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion

Apple has posted its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset

The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to keep its benchmark rate at a two-decade high should have ripple effects across the economy

Gov. Andy Beshear is predicting that his recent economic development trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments in Kentucky

U.S. stocks closed higher and trimmed their losses for the week

The Fed held interest rates steady at a meeting this week.

A study by the nonprofit Brookings Institution says Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell 5 cents to $78.95 per barrel Thursday

The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers

Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company’s board of directors

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Qualcomm, Carvana rise; DoorDash, Qorvo fall

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbed this week to its highest level in more than five months, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers in what’s typically the housing market’s busiest stretch of the year

An administrative law judge has ruled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor law by making certain anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago

Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the damage from intensifying airstrikes aimed at pulverizing Ukraine’s energy grid

The final cost of the Mets’ sorry 2023 season has been totaled: $420 million

The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly

Broadband internet are disrupted in many parts of Nepal as Indian vendors from whom most Nepali private operators source the bandwidth stopped providing the services because of payment defaults

The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge

A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration

Peloton is cutting about 400 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring effort and its CEO Barry McCarthy is stepping down after two years as the company continues to work on turning around its business

The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the fourth straight time as inflation dropped and the economy has shown signs of recovery

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week and remains historically low as the labor market continues to show resiliency in the face of high interest rates and elevated inflation

Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute

The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to strengthening border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI

Toothbrushes used to be simple, powered only by your hand so they never broke down

Cyprus has given Chevron another six months to come up with a revised plan to develop a sizeable natural gas deposit off the island nation’s southern coastline after an earlier plan was deemed lacking in a specific timetable

Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of a report on the U.S. jobs market

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Malaysia

Michael Blowen can step outside his house anytime and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago

African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa

The judge presiding over the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to detainees' mistreatment at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq two decades ago is speculating that the jury may not be able to reach a verdict

Consumer groups are pushing Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed for several hours

Gamers’ appetites for immersive sports video games have not changed much since the heyday of EA Sports' college football

Missouri voters have gotten a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour