Beijing Central Business District, mix of offices and apartments Ispyfriend | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Monday as investors parsed the latest slew of economic data out of China. China’s GDP rose 4.8% in the July-to-September period compared to a year ago, in line with expectations of analysts polled by Reuters. The...

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BBC / Regan Morris A statue of Matthew Fontaine Maury, a Confederate officer, on display A massive monument of General Robert E Lee that once sparked riots in the Virginia city of Charlottesville is now a pile of melted-down bronze, artfully displayed in a Los Angeles museum. Next to the sculpture are barrels of toxic...

KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan, Russian and Kazakh authorities said Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump meanwhile suggested that Kyiv may have to give up territory in exchange for...

Europe’s banks take center stage this week as earnings season gets underway, but with heavy losses across the sector on Friday, credit concerns appear to be making their way across the Atlantic at a particularly tricky time for the region’s lenders. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Credit concerns hit European banks Last week, the biggest...

The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport with a direct sight line to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One, the agency confirmed to NBC News on Sunday. The FBI is now leading an investigation into the discovery, Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the U.S....

Ian Aikman and Rachel Hagan Reuters A manhunt is under way for a gang of thieves who carried out a broad daylight raid on Paris’ Louvre Museum and stole jewels described as priceless. French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said it took just a few minutes for the masked suspects to carry out the burglary on...