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Electra Battery Materials Corp. agreed to buy cobalt produced in the Democratic Republic of Congo to feed a refinery the company is building in Canada. The Toronto-based firm, part of...

From the late 1980s into the late 1990s, Roseanne Barr was breaking new ground for women in comedy and on television with her eponymous TV series. Today, she’s shilling for...

Nightclubs, brands, shopping malls and car shows in Thailand often hire young women — known as “pretties” — for promotion purposes. Gender stereotypes remain deep-rooted in Thailand, and critics say...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One person was killed and two others were hospitalized Thursday afternoon when a section of crane fell from a building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, officials said....

Mumbai, India – On one channel, a male journalist chastises an Indian Muslim man sympathetic with Palestinians, asking him: “Did you stand with Hindus when they suffered atrocities in Pakistan and...

Tourists in Venice face being slapped with a €300 fine if they fail to pay a newly-introduced entrance fee aimed at minimising overcrowding. The Italian city had initially insisted that...

Montreal-based healthcare company Searchlight Pharma is being purchased by drug company Apotex. The financial terms of the deal that’s expected to close in the second quarter of this year were...

From K-pop chart toppers to “Baby Shark”, still the world’s most-watched song on YouTube, seemingly no music is safe from a South Korean political makeover. At a rally for Democratic...

BEIJING — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen kicked off her first full day of official meetings in China with discussion about overcapacity concerns and encouragement to pursue market-oriented reforms. Yellen arrived...

A shipping channel in the Baltimore harbor that has remained blocked since last week’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge will be partially reopened by the end of April,...