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Disappointing earnings from American blue chip companies sapped investors’ risk appetite on the week’s last trading day.

Marquee names like Donnie Yen are seeing their paydays as much as triple, thanks to a strong local box office and global ambitions.

Ancient monkey fossils indicate the primate at one point made a 100-mile ocean crossing between North America and South America into modern-day Panama.

Human-induced climate change, coupled with the effects of El Niño, is responsible for the rise in sea temperatures that triggered the bleaching.

Dreaming of an international getaway? Here’s why now is the perfect time to book a cheap flight for your next vacation.

Commodity prices rose early Wednesday, boosting the resource-dependent Australian dollar.

Two pieces of airplane debris found on the Mozambique coast will be sent to Malaysia for further examination.

Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently ahead of his rivals in opinion polls, recently commented on the rape and murder of an Australian missionary in Davao in 1989.

The actress pleaded guilty and avoided the possibility of charges that carry up to a 10-year sentence.

The U.S. dollar consolidated its weekly gains, and investors awaited a meeting between oil-producing nations to be held in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.

Asian stocks surged Thursday while European stock markets opened lower as investors tracked a dip in crude oil prices.

The microblogging site suffered intermittent outage mostly in the U.S. and Australia.

All major stock indexes around the globe gained during Wednesday trade even as crude oil prices slipped again due to oversupply concerns.

The world’s largest privately owned coal producer had warned in March that it may seek bankruptcy protection after failing to make an interest payment.

Stronger commodity prices failed to offset domestic concerns over the stability of improvement of the real economy in China.

The transport minister told reporters Sunday that three pieces of wreckage had arrived from Africa.

European countries as well as Australia and New Zealand have promised to investigate high-profile entities named in the huge leak.

Ben Mendelsohn, a veteran character actor famous for roles in "Bloodline" and "Animal Kingdom," plays a new villain in the upcoming "Star Wars: Rogue One."

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says a strong El Niño event and global warming has led to the severe drought plaguing the country’s energy grid.

Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said Wednesday that authorities were seeking information over the detention of journalist Tara Brown and her crew.

A new plan aimed at outbound travelers is part of efforts worldwide to curb the number of ISIS sympathizers traveling to the Middle East.