NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks jumped Tuesday after Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing would reduce tariffs on imported cars and improve intellectual property protection, steps that could ease trade tensions.  Facebook climbed as CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Senate...

Saudi Arabia and France signed 20 economic deals worth more than $18 billion, Al Arabiya TV said Tuesday as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman visits Paris, without specifying whether they were full contracts or memorandums of understanding. State oil giant Saudi Aramco earlier...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Blockchain technology has the potential to shake up the travel industry by giving airlines and hotels a way to bypass controlling intermediaries like Expedia (EXPE.O) or Amadeus (AMA.MC) and gain better access to customer data. Major players including Lufthansa...

Egypt's official statistics agency says the inflation rate dropped to 13.3 percent in March, the month of the country's presidential election, from 14.4 percent in February. The drop continues a decline since inflation peaked last summer, hovering around 30 percent after the government cut...