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German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp reported a 34% slide in net profit, weighed down by drops in global steel and material prices.

A suspect who had been banned from associating with Islamic State was killed in a police operation late Wednesday, after what an official said was a suicide bomb plot.

Voters in Zambia, normally one of Africa’s most stable countries, cast ballots Thursday in a presidential election tarnished by unrest and a copper-reliant economy battered by the commodity price crash.

The founder of Google’s venture-capital arm, Bill Maris, is leaving the company, the latest in a series of high-level departures from parent Alphabet Inc.

Save money and spare landfills by putting old smartphones and tablets to work as home security systems, picture frames, alarm clocks and more, writes Geoffrey A. Fowler.

The rally of recent weeks in China’s bond market marks a reversal from what seemed like a moment of clarity in which investors were demanding more yield for more risk.

Elliot relives the '90s with Mr. Robot, while Darlene and Angela go on the offense.

It turns out that ​trying to ​move nearly 2 million people ​can get ​rather ​messy. The Beijing city government’s effort to ​cut ​the​ 13 million population in​ its urban center by 15% by 2020 has left a string of lawsuits and disputes that illustrate the ground-level ​complexities of forced demographic change from above. Beijing’s plan […]

The story behind how American silver medalist Daryl Homer got started in fencing involves a children’s dictionary, his mother and a TV commercial.

Located in the heart of Yokohama, Kotobukicho was once home to the day-laborers who helped drive Japan's post-war economic boom. Now, the area is home to many elderly single men on welfare, underscoring the challenges Japan faces as its population ages. Photo/Video: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal

In setting a new trading relationship with the EU, Britain’s choices will depend on how the rest of the world—not just the bloc—responds to U.K. demands.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign helped arrange for the father of the killer of 49 people at an Orlando nightclub to sit behind her at a Kissimmee, Fla., rally on Monday.

A federal proposal to forgive billions of dollars in student debt because of alleged deceptive marketing by colleges is meeting resistance from schools that say the rules set too high a bar in assessing the schools’ financial health.

The housing recovery that began in 2012 has lifted the overall market but left behind a broad swath of the middle class, threatening to create a generation of permanent renters and sowing economic anxiety and frustration for millions of Americans.

For the second time in four days, a bullet was found in the Olympic Equestrian Center Wednesday morning, which Brazilian officials said came from a military operation in a nearby neighborhood.

Big-box refrigerated warehouses are popping up in ever more remote corners of the world, increasing some countries’ ability to prevent food spoilage more effectively.

A federal judge said he would begin trial proceedings on Dec. 5 in the Justice Department’s antitrust challenge to the proposed merger of health insurers Aetna and Humana.

Shootouts in different neighborhoods in Rio injured a bystander and two police officers, as authorities struggle to contain violent crime during the Games despite mobilizing the largest security force in the city’s history.

Tax experts say Jet’s sale to retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could jeopardize that price advantage by forcing it to collect taxes nationwide.

An appeals court reversed federal rules designed to bolster internet service provided by local governments, handing a victory to cable and telephone companies that oppose public broadband.

Providing home-health aides and other services to older Americans is a fast-growing business, as brands and franchise owners seek to capitalize on an aging U.S. population and low costs of entry.

Declining wages and higher social welfare payments for an aging population are sapping funds available for retirees

Saks Fifth Avenue courts men looking to replace suits with polished sporty looks; the surprising cost of an office-casual ensemble.

Altering the way they do business, Michael Kors is cutting back sales to department stores in the hope that less inventory will translate into more full-priced sales and Ralph Lauren is closing retail shops, streamlining products and speeding up sourcing.

China’s capital, suffering from growing pains following years of breakneck expansion, is embarking on a radical plan to rein in its population by kicking people out of the city center.