The United Auto Workers union is calling on General Motors to pay full union wages at electric vehicle battery factories, thrusting what was a festering conflict into the spotlight because automakers want to pay less

Major indexes are mostly higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street as higher bond yields helped lift bank stocks

Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized lift boat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday

A top Chinese diplomat has called U.S. policy on China “too negative,” saying it highlights confrontation over cooperation

The U.S. Treasury is removing Vietnam and Switzerland from the list of nations labeled as currency manipulators, reversing a decision made by the Trump administration in December

Prince Philip, who liked Land Rovers and drove them for much of his life, will make his last journey in one

A Hong Kong court has sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates to up to 18 months in prison for organizing and participating in a massive march during the 2019 anti-government protests that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing

U.S. housing construction rebounded strongly in March, as home builders recovered from an unusually frigid February

Ten liberal senators are urging President Joe Biden to back India and South Africa’s appeal to the World Trade Organization to temporarily relax intellectual property rules so coronavirus vaccines can be manufactured by nations that are struggling to inoculate their populations

Turkey’s central bank is banning the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in payments for goods and services

A South Korean steelmaker on Friday said it plans to end a joint venture with a military-controlled firm in Myanmar following criticism that its business has benefited military leaders who have violently suppressed pro-democracy protests there

An Australian judge has found that Google broke the law by misleading users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices

China’s economic growth surged to 18.3% over a year earlier in the first quarter of 2021 but an explosive rebound in factory and consumer activity following the coronavirus pandemic was leveling off

China’s success at controlling the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a population that has seemed almost reluctant to get vaccinated

Families were anxiously awaiting news of the 12 people missing from a capsized oil industry vessel while divers searching for survivors got no response when they knocked on the ship's hull Thursday

Six Russian technology companies have been slapped with sanctions by the U_S_ Treasury Department for supporting Kremlin intelligence agencies for engaging in “dangerous and disruptive cyber attacks."

Asian shares are mixed as jubilance over positive U.S. economic data and a Wall Street record high were tempered by caution in the region, where the coronavirus vaccine rollout has lagged

The California Legislature has passed a bill requiring some hotels and event centers to offer laid-off workers their jobs back

California power regulators are stepping up their oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric after finding that the utility has neglected the maintenance of an electrical grid that has ignited a series of deadly wildfires in Northern California and forced periodic blackouts affecting millions of people

Delta Air Lines says it lost $1.2 billion in the first quarter, but the airline thinks it can be profitable by late summer unless there's a resurgence of COVID-19