DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday.

Asian shares are trading mostly higher as investors continue to watch economic data and policy moves from President Donald Trump, as both are likely to impact upcoming global central bank moves.

Japan’s economy grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 2.8% in October-December, underlined by steady exports and moderate consumption.

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.

A U.S. official says Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a delegation to Saudi Arabia for direct talks with Russian officials in the coming days to seek an end to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

“Captain America: Brave New World” is infusing some blockbuster cash into the North American box office.

President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on semiconductors, arguing that production must be returned to the United States.

The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward corporations that haven’t pulled back from diversity programs under conservative pressure.

President Donald Trump has toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker's delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential aircraft.

The parent company of President Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social says it lost $400.9 million last year and its annual revenue declined 12% to $3.6 million.

The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week.

On a recent hot summer day in Chile, the beaches of Viña del Mar, Concón and Reñaca are packed with holidaymakers sharing yerba mate teas and playing ball.

Utah’s Republican governor has signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its headquarters and fired dozens of its workers.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

The Trump administration has blocked The Associated Press from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One and also from covering an Oval Office event.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to drive up already record-setting domestic oil and gas production.

President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades.

OpenAI says its board of directors has unanimously rejected a $97.4 billion takeover bid by Elon Musk.

Jailed and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is suing his brother and other executives at their now-defunct film company.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is appealing to U.S. President Donald Trump’s history as a dealmaker, offering flattery as he seeks his leadership in negotiations that could end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is cutting 10% of its workforce.

Cease production of the penny, let collector’s gobble up what’s left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one eternally glued to Dale Earnhardt’s old Chevrolet, the luckiest piece of loose change in NASCAR history.

The Quaker Oats Co. has recalled 10,000 boxes of pancake mix because it contains milk not declared on the label and could pose a risk of potentially dangerous allergic reactions.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General says it's launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system.

U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at car dealers and most other stores.

The European Union’s executive branch has vowed to “take firm and immediate action” against U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk met during Modi's visit to the U.S., where he spoke with Trump about trade and tariff concerns.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te says he will communicate more with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s concerns over the chip industry and invest more in the U.S. Trump said Thursday that Taiwan had taken away the U.S. chip business and he wanted it back in the country.

TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban.

Record high egg prices prompted Nevada lawmakers to unanimously back suspending their cage-free egg law, but the six other states with similar laws in effect have shown no sign of dropping them even if it might help lower grocery bills.

Nonprofit organizations across the country were plunged into uncertainty after the White House froze spending on federal loans and grants two weeks ago.

This Valentine's Day Kenya's flower industry is being ravaged by pests, leading some flower farmers to rely more heavily on toxic pesticides.

Wall Street edged back from an all-time high following mixed profit reports from big companies.

The White House had blocked an Associated Press journalist from a news conference with two major world leaders.

Hong Kong plans to crack down on poor-quality subdivided flats are leaving many low-income residents uncertain about their future in one of the world’s most expensive housing markets.

The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase.

Legislation to let Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors sell its electric SUVs directly to people in South Carolina, where the vehicles will be built, has stalled after fierce opposition from traditional automobile dealers.

Some U.S. adults consider Valentine's Day outdated, according to a new AP-NORC poll — but many more say they love the romance and fun of quality time with partners, friends and extended family.

In a feast of special programming, NBC is celebrating the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.

In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he'll try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.

Brooke Rollins has been confirmed as secretary of agriculture.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fourth week in a row, an encouraging sign for prospective home shoppers as the spring homebuying season gets underway.

Igloo is recalling more than 1 million of its coolers sold across the U.S., Mexico and Canada due to a handle hazard that has resulted in a handful of fingertip injuries, including some amputations.

It’s a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as employers continue to retain workers despite resurgent inflation and elevated interest rates.

U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month at a time when progress against inflation appears to have stalled, undercutting expectations for lower interest rates this year.

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar.

President Donald Trump has rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports.

Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company.

Since President Donald Trump began his second term last month, he has focused on bringing about a dramatic reduction in the federal workforce at a breakneck pace.

The British economy managed to eke out quarterly growth of 0.1% in the final quarter of 2024 following a stronger than anticipated performance in December.

Japanese automakers Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi are dropping their talks on business integration.

Valentine's day and the whiff of chocolate and cocoa are in the air.

Elon Musk has called for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government.

Donald Trump promised as a candidate that he could easily conquer inflation, but the reality is proving tougher than he expected.

U.S. stocks rallied to the brink of a record after more companies reported fatter profits than expected.

South Texas residents living near billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX launch site will soon decide whether they'll be officially recognized as Starbase, Texas.

The White House says news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico are telling “lies."

A California farm is donating hundreds of thousands of fresh eggs to people affected by last month’s devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles Area.

When the Trump administration barred Associated Press reporters from presidential events, it did so after an or-else demand that the news agency change its style from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” in line with the president's executive order.

Struggling fabric and crafts seller Joann plans to close about 500 of its stores across the U.S. — or more than half of its current nationwide footprint.

The Senate Finance Committee approved President Donald Trump’s choice to be America’s top trade negotiator Wednesday, largely along party lines.

Egg prices have reached a record high in the U.S. The consumer price index released on Wednesday confirmed what consumers, bakers and food companies already knew: an ongoing bird flu outbreak that began in 2022 are making eggs terribly expensive right now.

Thomson Reuters has won an early battle in court over the question of fair use in artificial intelligence-related copyright cases.

Baltimore is suing Glock over design features that allow its handguns to be easily modified to become fully automatic weapons.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration.

A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms is urging users to stay vigilant about “romance scams” ahead of Valentine’s Day, warning of unsolicited messages through its apps and other social media platforms, as well as general text messages.

The billionaire media pioneer known as “The Cable Cowboy” has written a memoir.

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is offering new financial and other benefits it hopes will attract men in the 18 to 24 age group to military service.

CVS Health’s adjusted fourth-quarter profit handily beat Wall Street’s estimates, even as the drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits manager dealt with rising costs in its insurance division.

Spirit Airlines is rebuffing the latest takeover offer from Frontier Group, with the discount airline saying that it prefers focusing on its current reorganization plan.

This year’s 2025 Ford Explorer is the best it’s been in quite some time.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic.

President Donald Trump could sign an order as soon as Wednesday to require that U.S. tariffs on imports match the tax rates charged by other countries.

Most U.S. stocks fell after a report said inflation is unexpectedly worsening for Americans.

President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams.

The executive director of a federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances says it is “impossible” for the U.S. territory to pay the $8.5 billion bondholders are demanding in a bankruptcy case involving the island’s power company.

During a time of pressure on public broadcasters, PBS says that it is shutting down its office of diversity, equity and inclusion and firing the two executives who staffed it.

California’s plan that provides insurance to homeowners who can’t get private coverage needs $1 billion more to pay out claims related to the Los Angeles wildfires.

For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents.

U.S. inflation accelerated last month as the cost of groceries and gasoline rose, a trend that will likely underscore the Federal Reserve’s resolve to delay any further interest rate cuts.

President Donald Trump's decision to pause enforcement of a law banning companies from bribing foreign government officials threatens to upend a half-century of U.S. policy embraced by both Republican and Democratic administrations.

One of the two pilots aboard the private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil died when the aircraft veered off a runway in Arizona and hit a parked business jet.

NASA's two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned.

Google’s online calendar has removed default references for a handful of holidays and cultural events — with users noticing that mentions of Pride and Black History Month, as well as other observances, no longer appear in their desktop and mobile applications.

India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to pause its high-profile lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as the regulator tries to present itself as more crypto-friendly.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman’s push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit company.

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday.

You’ve probably got one or two financial jobs on your to-do list that you were too busy to get to or perceived as boring administrative work.

A jury has convened in London for an ancient ceremony to certify that British coins meet the strictest of standards.

Not only are eggs expensive because of the ongoing bird flu outbreak.

Like a watered-down drink, domestic sales for American whiskeys were unsatisfying in 2024 as inflation reined in consumer spending on some distilled spirits.

The U.S., U.K. and Australia have sanctioned a Russian web-hosting services provider and two Russian men who administer the service in support of Russian ransomware syndicate LockBit.

President Donald Trump’s continued roll out of a wide array of tariffs is rattling small business owners already dealing with tight profit margins.

Chelsea part-owner Todd Boehly is looking to buy a slice of another English sports team — this time in cricket.