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Arizona’s attorney general is having misgivings about agreeing to Purdue Pharma’s proposal to settle litigation over the opioid crisis. Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, said in a court filing late Monday that the OxyContin maker has “sought to undermine material terms of the deal.” He did not specify how he alleges the company has […]

Lego is looking to keep its plastic bricks out of the trash. The Danish toymaker is testing a way for customers to ship their unwanted bricks back and get them into the hands of other kids. It said Tuesday that customers in the U.S. can print out a mailing label on its site, dump their

BEIJING, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that China had no intention of intervening in U.S. domestic affairs when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Beijing investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son. The Republican president, the subject of an impeachment inquiry in the U.S. Congress

The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The European Parliament’s chief Brexit official is warning proponents of a no-deal divorce in Britain that the thorny issues that have hobbled discussions won’t miraculously go away. Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt said issues about the future relationship between Britain and the European Union will remain and

Increased tensions ahead of U.S.-China trade negotiations knocked down stocks on Wall Street in early trading Tuesday and stretched the market’s losses deeper into a fourth week. The U.S. blacklisted a group of Chinese companies after claiming that their technology plays a role in the repression of China’s Muslim minority groups. The latest move casts

TV show South Park and a major video game studio are the latest businesses to get swept into a controversy over how to handle China’s censorship efforts. Interested in China? Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Video games maker Activision

The British government said Tuesday that the chances of a Brexit deal with the European Union were fading fast, as the two sides remained unwilling to shift from their entrenched positions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office gave a gloomy assessment after a call between Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday morning. In a

The truck drivers at Phoenix Transit & Logistics in Dearborn, Mich., are long gone. Around three dozen of the trailers they once ferried between auto plants — packed with dashboards, engine components, lights and other parts for General Motors — are sitting in a lot with nowhere to go. It’s an increasingly familiar scene as

China’s chief trade envoy is going to Washington on Thursday for talks aimed at ending a tariff war. Vice Premier Liu He will lead a delegation that includes China’s commerce minister and central bank governor and industry, technology and agriculture regulators, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. The two governments have made conciliatory gestures ahead

Asian shares rose Tuesday despite continuing worries about the health of the global economy ahead of trade talks between the U.S. and China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.0% to 21,587.78 and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.5% to 6,593.40. South Korea’s Kospi gained 1.2% to 2,045.90. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed 0.7% to 25,992.12. Chinese