Reuters

Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel Aleppo and other targets.

The mood soured after data showed Chinese imports in dollar terms contracted in September while exports dropped by a sharper-than-expected 10 percent.

The San Francisco-based bank said Stumpf, 63, was retiring and would be replaced as chief executive by President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Sloan.

According to minutes from a Sept. 20-21 meeting, several voting Fed policymakers judged a rate hike would be warranted "relatively soon" if the U.S. economy continued to strengthen.

Last month, several Senate Democrats called on the SEC to investigate whether the bank misled investors by failing to disclose "widespread fraud."

The British prime minister has defended her "prerogative" to trigger the divorce without parliamentary approval.

Lawyers for the only known survivor of a group of militants who killed 130 people in Paris last year said his continued refusal to testify was due to the conditions of his detention.

The British pound jumped back from lows in a volatile trading session, though concerns about a “hard Brexit” are likely to keep the currency under pressure.

Coronado, California, a beach enclave across the bay from San Diego, is considered one of the best places to spend retirement.

A nonpartisan tax research group said that Donald Trump's tax plan offers other goodies for Wall Street.

Reading, Pennsylvania Maor Wally Scott agreed to erect a donated 34-foot synthetic tree rather than take another chance a "Charlie Brown tree."

Rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported casualties from the airstrikes but gave no immediate toll.

Oil prices hovered near one-year highs on growing expectations of an output cut by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Many Democratic activists believe that reinstating the Glass-Steagall law and breaking up large financial institutions would help prevent future financial crises.

The economics prize was established in 1968 and was not part of the original group of awards set out in Alfred Nobel's will.

U.S. stock futures also crept higher as markets saw less chance of a victory by Republican nominee Donald Trump amid a scandal over comments he made about women.

Although Matthew lost its tropical characteristics, the storm still packed hurricane-force winds as far as 70 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds 240 miles away

Naming new cardinals is one of the most significant powers of the papacy, allowing a pontiff to put his stamp on the future of the 1.2-billion-member global Church.

Matthew, which topped out as a ferocious Category 5 storm days before and killed at least 877 people in Haiti, has now been downgraded to Category 1.

On Friday, the United States formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyberattacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election.

The Southeast Asian country said California-based Viet Tan, or Vietnam Reform Party, had recruited and trained operatives to use weapons and explosives.

Thirty-two rebels were wounded fighting in an operation to push ISIS away from the border area in Syria, Turkey's military said Friday, indicating a fresh surge in clashes.

The pound fell almost 10 percent at one point to $1.1378 before stabilizing around $1.2415, still down 1.5 percent from late U.S. levels.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump blamed regulations for stifling business but said regulations for the environment and safety would remain.

The incidents raise questions about security and screening procedures for the programs.

The army, backed by Shiite militias from Iraq and Lebanon, as well as Russia's air force, began an offensive against eastern Aleppo on Sept. 19 after the collapse of a weeklong truce.

Turkey says it deployed troops at a base in northern Iraq late last year as part of an international mission to train and equip Iraqi forces to fight against the Islamic State group.

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has been the top pick in the five closed-door polls since July.

The storm is forecast to spread hurricane force winds and up to three feet of rain across denuded hills prone to flash floods and mudslides.