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Russian President Vladimir Putin praised China‘s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative Friday, underscoring warming ties between the neighboring powers. Putin’s comments Friday to a forum in Beijing appeared to downplay the potential for tensions between China and Russia. They also reflect Beijing and Moscow’s shared resistance to U.S. global influence. The Belt and Road is […]

LAS VEGAS, April 27 (Reuters) – Six Democratic presidential hopefuls declared their support for American workers and a $15 federal minimum wage on Saturday as they seek the backing of labor unions in their battle to become the candidate to take on Republican President Donald Trump next year. The candidates spoke to an audience of

Global stock markets mostly edged lower on Friday amid weak corporate news and ahead of the release of U.S. economic growth data later in the day. After losses in much of Asia, Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.2% to 7,420, though Germany’s DAX eked out a 0.1% gain to 12,300. The CAC40 in Paris was roughly

The Latest on China’s Belt and Road infrastructure building conference. (all times local): 8:00 p.m. British treasury chief Philip Hammond says Britain’s finance industry would be a “natural partner” for future projects under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. On the sidelines of a Belt and Road forum in Beijing Friday, Hammond did not directly

Two-day delivery is going out of style. Amazon, which hooked shoppers on getting just about anything delivered in two days, announced Thursday that it will soon promise one-day delivery for its U.S. Prime members on most items. The company hopes that cutting delivery times in half will make its $119-a year Prime membership more attractive,

How many roads are enough to get out? That’s the question we wondered after watching tragedy unfold in Paradise, California, last year during the Camp Fire. Paradise had five two-lane roads and one four-lane road leading out of town. But the fire forced officials to close three of those routes, further clogging the remaining roads.

Ford says the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into its U.S. emissions certification process. The automaker said in a regulatory filing the “matter currently focuses on issues relating to road load estimations, including analytical modeling and coastdown testing.” Last September, a group of employees reported possible problems with a mathematical model used to

The Look The American bat mitzvah has never been more widely broadcast than in 2019. Judith Kaplan didn’t celebrate her bat mitzvah in a hotel ballroom with a D.J. or an open bar for her grown-up guests. Instead, Ms. Kaplan, who in 1922 was the first American girl to become a bat mitzvah in a

American Airlines expects to take a $1 billion hit from two things it didn’t expect when 2019 started: That its newest Boeing jet would be grounded for months after two deadly crashes, and that oil prices would rise. The airline’s top executives are confident that U.S. regulators will soon allow the Boeing 737 Max to

The worries that hung ominously over the U.S. economy early this year appear to have lifted. And that sunnier picture has helped bolster confidence in the stock market — driving the benchmark S&P 500 index to another record high Friday. The latest dose of encouragement came in a report Friday that the U.S. economy grew