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Hillary Clinton says she's "dumbfounded" the U.K. government has failed to release a report on Russian influence in British politics as the country prepares for a Dec. 12 national election

Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church says it's ready to give back a fugitive Malaysian financier's 310,000-euro ($342,000) donation if a probe finds that he broke eligibility rules and is stripped of Cypriot citizenship

Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one of them as an adviser to Ukraine's new president

Even though the British government desperately wants to leave the EU, the bloc itself desperately wants a new U.K. Commissioner on its executive team, even if only for a few months

Asian shares mostly higher pending developments in US-China trade talks

A new report says the nation's elections are vulnerable to attack due to a lack of robust federal oversight of the private companies involved in manufacturing voting systems and maintaining voter registration databases

The European Union's top court says that EU countries must identify produce made in Israeli settlements on its labels, a ruling welcomed by rights groups but likely to spark anger in Israel

Britain's Labour Party says it has experienced a "sophisticated and large scale cyberattack" on its digital platforms

A journalist has gone to Australia's highest court to overturn a search warrant that created outrage when it was executed on her home and triggered a national campaign for greater press freedom

Cambodian exiled opposition leader says the European Union's consideration of lifting trade privileges will add momentum to efforts to restore democracy in Cambodia

Asian shares mostly higher pending developments in US-China trade talks

Impeachment hearings come at the very time that Capitol Hill usually tends to its mound of unfinished business, adding to complications in passing a budget and a trade deal

Washington's new ambassador to the United Arab Emirates says the US is working closely with its regional allies to deescalate tensions in the Persian Gulf

A Malaysian judge has ordered ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak to enter his defense at his first corruption trial linked to looting at the 1MDB state investment fund

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has launched a jobs program largely based on tax reductions as the country struggles to put more than 12 million people back to work

U.S. stocks were split on Monday as uncertainty continues to hang over U.S.-China trade talks, or at least over investors' perception of them

Stocks are closing slightly lower on Wall Street Monday as traders look for clarity on where things stand with trade talks between the U.S. and China.

A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit from President Donald Trump against New York officials aimed at preventing the release of his tax returns

Correction: Facebook-Misinformation Report story

Correction: Facebook-Misinformation Report story

Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one of them as an adviser to Ukraine's new president

U.S. stocks were split on Monday as uncertainty continues to hang over U.S.-China trade talks, or at least over investors' perception of them

U.S. land managers have withdrawn more than 500 square miles of public land from a swath of eastern Nevada where oil and gas drilling leases are set to go to auction.

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