Asian shares and U. S. futures retreated on Thursday after a rally on Wall Street, where U. S. stocks were lifted by strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 1. 6% to 63,595. 58 on heavy selling of big tech companies like SoftBank 5...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall said Wednesday that Ukraine's war with Russia — and not the U. S. war with Iran — was to blame for high diesel prices that have imperiled his party's control of Congress in the midterm elections. The answer, delivered during a debate...

Russia prides itself on its digital advances — from an extensive e-commerce services sector to ambitious plans for developing artificial intelligence. But now, some of the key data centers at the heart of its technical prowess have been knocked out by Ukrainian drone attacks in the 4 full-scale...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After Ashley Hinson dropped off her boys at school earlier this month, she saw the initials “DJT” flash on her phone. “'Ashley, it's your favorite president,'” Iowa's Republican nominee for U. S. Senate recently recounted to an audience of her supporters. how he a...

PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, has entered the final stretch of his decade-long presidency as France faces a wave of intense protests, with little sign he can prevent a candidate from the political extremes from succeeding him. On the eve of a major protest planned for Oct. 17, he was...