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The French drugmaker had made an unsolicited $9.3 billion acquisition bid for the American biotech firm Thursday.

Four people were also reportedly injured in the fire, which started underground in a pile of insulation material.

Thousands of delegates are expected in the capital, Pyongyang, from May 6 for the first congress in 36 years.

Venezuela struggles with days of looting, following widespread shortages in energy and basic goods.

A deadly U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan Oct. 3 destroyed a hospital run by the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders.

The company has been diversifying away from search advertising as customers choose smartphones over PCs for browsing the web.

The Canadian airplane manufacturer used "aggressive" pricing to secure the U.S. carrier's business, sources told Reuters.

Now Congress has until Dec. 1 to reject or modify the changes to federal rules. If Congress does not act, the changes take effect automatically.

The president's plan has come under fire from Republicans concerned that violent militants could enter the U.S. posing as refugees.

It will spend 725 million euros on defense in 2017, about 1.8 percent of its economy and almost as much as it spent from 2011 to 2013.

Workers striking Thursday burned tires as tens of thousands of protesters marched in Paris, Rennes, Nantes and Marseille.

It is the first visit for Vice President Joe Biden since U.S. forces withdrew in 2011 following a nine-year occupation.

Excluding one-time items, Ford’s earnings per share of 68 cents easily beat Wall Street expectations of 48 cents a share.

Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei's documentary on the migrant crisis will be released next year, he says.

Order for up to 125 of its CSeries passenger jets helps the troubled program, which nearly sank the Canadian company last year.

A woman injured eight bystanders as she blew herself up in the northwestern city of Bursa on Wednesday.

The law is part of a raft of legislation put forward amid a renewed crackdown on dissent by President Xi Jinping’s administration.

Shares in the Japanese automaker surged 8 percent Thursday, the first day of gains since the scandal erupted last week.

Boasting an improved camera, waterproofing and microSD storage support, Galaxy S7 is on track to set a first-year shipments record.

A federal judge in Washington state noted that 1,573 customers who sought refunds did not receive them.

The company has driven growth through digital-payment deals with partners such as Alibaba Wholesale and Facebook Messenger.

The bill's prospects in the Senate remained unclear, though the unanimous House vote was likely to pressure the upper chamber to approve it.

When the agency hired an outside party to unlock a gunman's phone, it did not purchase the rights to the technique, an FBI official said.

The local governor’s office said the woman was thought to have detonated a device she was wearing near the western gate of Bursa’s Grand Mosque.

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveils plans aimed at ending the kingdom's dependence on oil.

Price of crude is on course for its strongest monthly performance since last April.

Lobsang Sangay, who has led the 150,000-odd Tibetan diaspora since 2011 when the Dalai Lama relinquished his political power, won 57 percent of the almost 60,000 votes cast.

The Bank of Japan makes its policy decision Thursday amid some speculation it could ramp up its already extensive monetary stimulus scheme.

The controversial tactic consists of firing a warning missile above or near an intended target, to give residents time to flee.