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Brazil's top three papers also reported late on Monday that the former president was expected to accept a ministerial position in the coming days.

The South American nation suffers from runaway inflation and product shortages that critics blame on heavy-handed government policies.

Jeff Miller, the National Football League's senior vice president for health and safety, testified Monday before a U.S. House panel.

The Bank of Japan meets Tuesday, followed by the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday and banks in Britain and Switzerland on Thursday.

Access to Apple's "source code" and "signing key" could help the government develop spyware that it could trick iPhones into installing.

The Republican made appearances Monday in North Carolina, Florida and Ohio ahead of Tuesday's primaries.

State representatives this month are set to take up a bill that would allow adults to buy and smoke the drug beginning in 2018.

Security firms Attack Research, InGuardians and G-C Partners said they have separately investigated ransomware attacks since December.

The deal will allow the offering of voice services between the U.S. and Cuba, Cuban telecom officials said.

The case against Volkswagen, filed Monday, is being brought by 278 global investors, including U.S. pension fund Calpers.

Bond manager Bill Gross abruptly left Pimco in September 2014 after negative reports about his management style and weak returns.

The Fed is not expected to raise interest rates at a two-day meeting that begins Tuesday, but investors will be watching for clues about future hikes.

The price of crude fell about 3 percent Monday on fears that a six-week market recovery has gone beyond fundamentals as stockpiles continue to build.

The former CEO of Chesapeake Energy tapped his vehicle's brakes twice while driving at roughly 88 miles per hour before a fatal accident earlier this month.

At a hearing Wednesday, Apple, McDonald’s, Google And Ikea will be asked about special arrangements they've negotiated in Europe.

Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq were attacked Monday, one day after 37 people were killed in an Ankara car bombing.

This week, fresh forecasts released after the meeting will almost certainly signal a retreat to perhaps two or three rate hikes this year, economists predict.

The military has been on alert for possible attacks after incidents such as the July 2015 shooting rampage that killed five service members at two military offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that a possible mandate for an operation against terrorists in the country must be defined unambiguously.

Marzuki Darusman said North Korea is devoting huge resources to developing nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction while its citizens lack sufficient food.

President Barack Obama declared flooding in Louisiana a major disaster Sunday, providing aid for victims.

With the economy shrinking again and prices flat, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to consider fresh stimulus.

The U.S. dollar wallowed at one-month lows against a basket of major currencies early on Monday with the Fed seen almost certain to stand pat at this week's policy review.

Julie Bishop said Monday she will challenge Mohammad Javad Zarif when they meet this week in Canberra over reported missile tests.

As the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting begins Monday, Asian shares started the week higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and glimmers of strength in weekend data from China.

The officer was shot in what authorities said was an unprovoked attack at a police station about 8 miles from Washington, D.C.

The president told a prominent dissident group in Cuba that he would raise the issues of freedom of speech and assembly with Cuban President Raul Castro this month.

Hundreds of thousands demonstrated in major cities as a recession and a corruption investigation threaten to unseat leftist leader Dilma Rousseff.

A gunfight began early Sunday during an operation against a gang based in Reynosa, Mexico, the Tamaulipas state government said in a statement.