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The director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) told CNBC that disapproval of his organization is fair and the trade body could do better. Earlier on Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a Davos audience that the…

Americans want a way out of a record-breaking government shutdown that dragged into its 33rd day on Wednesday. More of them believe President Donald Trump should compromise to end the partial closure than think congressional Democrats…

After falling to record lows, the supply of homes on the market is finally rising. But a growing share of those homes are still out of reach to most buyers. In hot markets like Seattle, San Jose, California, Las Vegas and Portland, Oregon,…

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella were seen at the same dinner table as Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in a picture that surfaced on Twitter. Tweet The unlikely group convened at an event on Tuesday for…

Egypt would like to see a more direct physical presence from tech giant Apple even as the two are caught up in conflict over local iPhone sales, the country's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Wednesday. "I think Egypt is a big market…

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan addressed international heads of state at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday, saying confrontation between Washington and Beijing "harms the interest of both sides." His eagerly-anticipated…

Acclaimed Saudi Arabian filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour has a message for Western audiences: stop seeing Arab women as victims. Portraying the women of her region as strong and resilient is one of the missions of her highly-awarded films,…

A huge question of the 2020 campaign is who former President Barack Obama will endorse. A primary field including both Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and former Vice President Joe Biden could make the choice especially tricky since they…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has "grave doubts" about a changing approach to global affairs in which compromise and multilateralism seem to be lacking. "There is a new approach that we see in the world today, an approach that harbors…

The price of bitcoin could nosedive to zero, a top investor in the crypto space told CNBC during a debate, which focused on the future of the underlying technology known as blockchain. Cryptocurrencies had a wild year in 2018, with over…