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Bayer had sent a confidential acquisition proposal to Monsanto on May 10. Media reports surfaced two days later that Bayer was considering a bid. 

Binali Yildirim’s appointment marks another step in President Tayyip Erdogan’s plan to create a full presidential system in Turkey.

A spokesman for U.S.-led coalition forces in Baghdad said troops were “conducting advise and assist operations to help Kurdish Peshmerga forces.”

President Nicolas Maduro is locked in a standoff with the Legislature after the opposition won a sweeping majority last year amid a deepening economic crisis.

The subpoena comes amid a wider probe by U.S. regulators into steep increases in the prices of generic medicines in recent years.

Venezuela is struggling with a deep recession and the world’s highest inflation rate, which has put foreign travel out of the reach of most of its citizens.

Shinzo Abe reportedly has told the finance minister of the country and the secretary general of his ruling party about his plan to propose postponing the tax hike a second time.

Cleveland’s mayor, police chief and other officials will present a “comprehensive overview” of preparations for the Republican National Convention in July.

NATO’s former chief says Kiev’s progress on reforms could heavily influence the European Union’s decision about whether to renew its sanctions on Moscow.

The average cost of replacing a service water line in the Michigan city was actually $7,500, nearly twice as much as the $4,000 average cost projected by the state last fall.

China’s trade in services should rise to $1 trillion in 2020 from $750 billion this year, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng says.

Salvatore Girone is one of two marines arrested in 2012 over fishermen’s deaths during an operation to protect an Italian oil tanker.

The International Olympic Committee announced 23 athletes had tested positive in retests of 265 samples from the London Olympics.

Because of the media obsession with one of the biggest events in modern British politics, the disappointment of some in the press corps was palpable.

Pirelli’s racing manager said the new Formula One tires will take more speed through corners, with an expected improvement of 4 seconds in lap time.

Relations plummeted after Riyadh broke diplomatic ties when its Tehran embassy was stormed in January over the Saudi execution of a Shiite cleric.

The release of the reporters could help move the rebels and the government toward beginning the peace talks they announced in March.

The prime minister of the multiethnic country has shown support for an Islamic penal code that includes amputations and stoning.

Police in riot gear declared the gathering an unlawful assembly and ordered the crowd, waving U.S. and Mexican flags, to disperse.

A court in Buenos Aires finds 15 defendants guilty in Operation Condor, a joint terror program of South American regimes in the 1970s and '80s

On his 93rd birthday, the majority owner of the media conglomerate shows no sign of backing off.

The head of Airports Council International says security proposals being considered by the U.N. could make travelers sitting ducks.

A father and son accused of supporting terrorism say they were tortured in prison.

The prototype habitat being tested in orbit could provide living quarters one day for crews going to Mars.

The Russian ruler said the ex-Soviet satellite states could be targeted for hosting U.S. missiles. "How can that not create a threat for us?"

Italian authorities plucked about 130 people off a large rubber boat — one of 17 operations coordinated by the coast guard.

G-7 leaders wrapped up a summit in central Japan vowing to use “all policy tools” to boost demand and ease supply constraints.

Mexico’s macroeconomic policies “remain very strong,” but there are risks given global market volatility, an IMF official said.

The move is in line with a second phase in Indian e-commerce development, with the some of the country’s oldest corporations entering an industry established by startups.