The United States and China said their trade war negotiations resulted in major progress as the clock ticks on a March deadline to avert a massive escalation of tariffs that could bruise the global economy. US President Donald Trump hailed "tremendous progress" and welcomed a "beautiful"...

Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank reported Friday a 2018 bottom line in the black for the first time in four years, with a cost-cutting drive delivering results even as revenues fell. The firm reported 267 million euros ($305 million) net profit, compared with a loss of 751 million in...

The death toll from the bursting of a tailings dam at an iron ore mining complex in southeastern Brazil has risen to 110, local media reported Thursday, citing officials. Another 238 people were said to be missing while 71 victims of the disaster have been identified. The dam, owned by...

A U.S. federal court in Washington, D.C., late yesterday found the Syrian government culpable in the 2012 killing of Marie Colvin, a correspondent for the U.K. newspaper Sunday Times, and ordered the government to pay US$302.5 million to her family, AFP reported today. According to the opinion,...