UNITED STATES

Marvin the hamster has won over the internet with a series of whimsical cartoons.

The food distributor raised $1.02 billion Wednesday in the second-largest U.S. initial public offering this year.

Supply disruptions in Canada, Libya and Nigeria continue to shrink a global supply glut that has weighed on oil markets for almost two years.

The event has raised over $1 billion in the past 30 years.

After the lifting of the U.S. arms embargo, Vietnam aims to upgrade its air and maritime defense capabilities.

Multiple Asia-Pacific countries have made conflicting land claims in the region as tensions have risen.

The G-7 meeting comes at a time when economies are still struggling to recover from the China slowdown and the plunge in commodities.

The world’s biggest coffee company says it will open next year a coffee roastery in Shanghai, its first outside the U.S.

The bill is now headed to Gov. John Kasich, and if he approves it, Ohio will become the 25th U.S. state, and the first in the Midwest, to legalize the use of medical marijuana.

The incident, which the U.S. called an “unsafe” intercept of its military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, took place last week.

China's Commerce Ministry said it was extremely dissatisfied at what it called the "irrational" move by the United States.

Samsung is set to bring consistency to the names of its flagship smartphones by launching the Galaxy Note 7 this year, rather than the Galaxy Note 6.

Shares of the troubled Japanese air bag manufacturer, responsible for the largest safety-related recall in automotive history, climbed 21 percent.

Questions about growth and its relations with affiliated companies have dogged the Chinese e-commerce giant for years.

The comments by the Japanese prime minister come ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Hiroshima later this week.

The American teen retailer said customer traffic to its stores dropped, mainly in markets outside the U.S., resulting in its 13th straight quarter of declining sales.

A slump in mainland China stocks dampened broader interest in riskier assets in Asia, offsetting overnight gains on Wall Street.

Brent futures climbed on Thursday, boosted after U.S. government figures showed a sharper-than-expected drawdown in crude stocks last week.

Donald Trump told staffers before a rally in California on Wednesday that Rick Wiley “should be fired” for his handling of a fundraising deal, campaign sources said.

Official documents contradict the claims of valor made in the book by Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.

Australian share futures rose 0.6 percent overnight, while U.S.-traded Nikkei futures point to a gain of 1.0 percent in Japanese shares.