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  • U.S. Set for Taliban Talks as Afghan Military Takes Lead

    Updated 27 minutes ago

    The U.S. and the Taliban, deadly foes through 12 years of war in Afghanistan, executed a bit of choreographed diplomacy that sets the stage for initial peace negotiations to begin within days.

  • Palm Oil Declines From Three-Month High as Gains Seen Overdone

    Palm oil fell for the first time in four days on speculation that a rally to the highest level in almost three months was overdone.

  • NYSE Attack Said Prevented by U.S. Surveillance Program

    Updated 28 minutes ago

    Intelligence and law enforcement agencies sought to fulfill their pledges of more transparency for classified U.S. surveillance initiatives, telling Congress the programs helped thwart more than 50 terrorist plots.

  • Indiana Lets County Seek $1.3 Billion Fertilizer Deal

    Updated 44 minutes ago

    Governor Mike Pence won’t block Indiana’s Posey County from selling $1.3 billion in bonds to finance a fertilizer plant backed by a Pakistani company near the Illinois state line.

  • China’s Military Buildup Worrisome, Japan’s U.S. Ambassador Says

    Updated 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

    China’s “spectacularly active” naval posture and “massive” military buildup in Asia are part of a pattern of belligerent behavior toward Japan and other neighbors over maritime disputes, according to Japan’s ambassador to the U.S.

  • ETF Money Blazes a Trail Into New Frontiers

    Nigeria, Pakistan and Kazakhstan don't top many traveler bucket lists. Sending money there's another story: The MSCI Frontier 100 Index is up 14 percent this year and assets in exchange-traded funds that specialize in such "frontier markets" have risen 52 percent to $820 million. By contrast, nearly $10 billion has flowed out of emerging market ETFs this year, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is down 8.1 percent.

  • Women Unaccounted for in Global Economy Proves Waring Influence

    Updated 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

    Twenty-five years after she directed a broadside at the global economic order for ignoring the unpaid work women do, Marilyn Waring said she’s still waiting.

  • Glaxo Gets Offer for Heart Drugs With Declining Sales

    GlaxoSmithKline Plc said Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. made an offer for branded heart medicines Arixtra and Fraxiparine and a related manufacturing site as it seeks to sell older medicines with declining sales.

  • Afghans Take Lead Security Role as Karzai Outlines Peace Bid

    Afghan forces are taking the lead role in security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai said at a ceremony in Kabul to mark the end of a transition as the U.S.- led international coalition winds down its 12-year war.

  • ICC Champions Trophy Cricket Standings, Results, Schedule

    The standings, results and schedule for the International Cricket Council’s Champions Trophy tournament in England and Wales. All start times U.K. time. See IC2 <GO> to time converter. The top two teams in each group advance to the semifinals.

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