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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose California-based attorney Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his long-shot presidential bid.

Prosecutors will drop felony charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in exchange for his restitution to his accusers and attendance at legal education classes.

Venezuela’s regime, led by Nicolás Maduro, barred leading opposition candidate Corina Yoris from running in July’s presidential election.

Over six years, the Russian leader stockpiled American detainees, enhancing his bargaining position and thwarting backchannel efforts by Trump and Biden to bring citizens home.

USD/SGD rose during Asian trade, supported by bets the Fed will maintain monetary policy tight for now.

The Japanese yen hit its weakest level against the dollar in 34 years on waning expectations that the Bank of Japan would raise interest rates further, after it dropped its negative interest rate policy last week.

The probe is just starting, but contaminated fuel can create problems with a ship’s main power generators.

The Bank of Japan will cautiously unwind its monetary policy easing, board member Naoki Tamura said, with a virtuous cycle of wages and prices expected to continue.

Gold was flat in early Asia trade with traders awaiting fresh clues on the Fed’s interest-rate path, ANZ research analysts said.

Oil futures fell in early Asian trade as the market contemplated ongoing geopolitical tensions and OPEC cutbacks.

A containership plowed into and destroyed a major Baltimore bridge Tuesday, killing six people and disrupting one of America’s busiest ports. The U.S. Coast Guard and other authorities led a search-and-rescue effort throughout the day, but those efforts were suspended in the early evening. “At this point, we do not believe that we’re going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said. The Francis Scott Key Bridge, named after the poet whose verses became... Читать дальше...

Australia’s monthly inflation indicator came in below expectations in February, signaling that price pressures would likely continue to retreat over coming months.

Corrections & Amplifications for the edition of March 27, 2024.

The average age of participants has risen over the past few years, outfitters say, thanks in part to better gear and more-accommodating trips.

People without diabetes will soon be able to track their glucose levels more easily. It isn’t clear whether they should.

There have never been more options for food delivery to your room—or other parts of the hotel.

The probe is just starting, but contaminated fuel can create problems with a ship’s main power generators.

The eurozone economy may be freed of a headwind that enfeebled growth in 2023, with new forecasts pointing to a return to expansion for Ireland, one of the currency area’s smallest but most changeable members.

A list of companies banned over forced labor concerns is expected to grow in the next few months, says Laura Murphy, a Homeland Security adviser.

New tech and a patchwork of procedures are creating headaches at TSA checkpoints.

U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges against KuCoin and two of its founders, accusing the global cryptocurrency exchange of violating U.S. anti-money-laundering laws.

The reverse stock split comes about five months after it received a Nasdaq notification that the company had until April 17 to regain compliance with the index’s listing rules.

The company expects to book about $2 million in estimated aggregate costs in the first quarter as a result of the workforce reduction.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 looks set to fall at the start of a session that will straddle the release of February inflation data.