Asian shares held within one-year peaks on Thursday as Chinese trade data topped forecasts and imports recorded their first annual rise since late 2014, a promising sign for global demand that gave the Australia dollar a lift. Beijing reported imports rose 1.5 percent in August from a year...

Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka outlasted tiring former champion Juan Martin del Potro in four sets to advance to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Twice grand slam winner Wawrinka ended the rousing comeback effort by the Argentine at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 6-2...

Presidential candidates of the two major parties, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, stepped on the same stage to answer questions from American military veterans during a unique televised forum that left a lot to be desired on specifics. Confronted by a rapid-fire round of questions from...

Kenyan workers involved in supplying khat were left wondering if their livelihood would ever return Thursday following Somalia’s sudden and unexplained ban on the mildly narcotic plant. The farmers, packers, transporters and wholesalers of khat, known as miraa in Kenya, were shocked Monday...