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BOSTON -- Brown University has rejected a proposal to divest from 10 companies that protesters say were facilitating the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The vote Tuesday by the Corporation of Brown follows a committee report…

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks rose Wednesday following the latest scary swerves for markets in China.The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in afternoon trading and on track to top its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up…

TOKYO -- Shares soared Tuesday in Shanghai as Chinese markets reopened after a weeklong holiday but then gave up a chunk of their initial gains as officials in Beijing outlined details of plans to revive the world's second-largest…

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some of the…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied Friday after a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market raised optimism about the economy. The S&P 500 climbed 0.9% and got close to its all-time…

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the EU "could die" as he issued a warning about over-regulation and under-investment. Speaking at the Global Dialogue event, Macron expressed grave concerns about the EU's economic…

KWINELLA, Gambia (AP) — Binta Bah met her husband last year on a dating app and instantly fell in love. They spent hours every day glued to their mobile phones and soon got married on a video…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are drifting around their records Friday as hopes hold that the…

Shares rolled higher in Asia on Thursday after U.S. stocks edged back from their records. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained more than 2% and U.S. futures and oil prices also advanced.The rally in Asia followed an announcement that the…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a new $7 billion loan for cash-strapped Pakistan, authorities said Wednesday, more than two months after the…