6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (507+ words) VIENNA — The Assad-era government in Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor that was configured to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday. The "configuration" and the "technical…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (498+ words) TOKYO — Global shares were trading mixed on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers' stocks. France's CAC 40 was little changed, inching up less than 0.1% in early trading to 8,282.06. The German DAX shed…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (219+ words) MIAMI — Tropical Storm Karina strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and could become a major storm this week, forecasters said. The cyclone's center was at far out sea and was not threatening land. Karina had maximum…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (958+ words) TORONTO — Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday, with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs and Prime Minister Mark…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (999+ words) TORONTO — Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada's prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries. Now President Donald Trump is putting that warning to the test with sweeping new tariffs that could…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (656+ words) NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are rising Friday and trimming their losses from what's been a shaky week. That's even though the bond market, which has been the center of Wall Street's action, remains jumpy and continues to add pressure. The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (752+ words) NEW YORK — A rise in oil prices on Thursday is sending worries about inflation and yields in the bond market higher, erasing some of the relief the U.S. Treasury Department created the day before. The higher yields and a big…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (380+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news more than a month after the startup's…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (341+ words) As people in Hawaii work to remove massive amounts of debris and fix damaged infrastructure in the wake of Lala, forecasters on Wednesday warned of the likelihood for another tropical cyclone forming southeast of the islands. The death toll from…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (420+ words) Berkshire Hathaway is increasing the size of its stake in Google's parent company and beefing up its holdings in homebuilders, according to the conglomerate's latest snapshot of its investment portfolio. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company also continued to pare its stake…...