Karen Handel Wins Georgia Special Election, Fending Off Upstart Democrat

By JONATHAN MARTIN and RICHARD FAUSSET June 20, 2017 ATLANTA — Karen Handel, a veteran Republican officeholder, overcame a deluge of liberal money to win a special House election in Georgia on Tuesday, bridging the divide in her own party...

Roughly $17 billion or more could now flow into Chinese stocks, MSCI exec says

About $17 billion to $18 billion should initially flow into mainland China’s stock market once some of those stocks are added to the key MSCI Emerging Markets Index, an MSCI executive said Tuesday. MSCI announced earlier Tuesday a long-awaited decision in favor...

Pro-Islamic state militants storm school in southern Philippines, hold students as hostages

Pro-Islamic State militants stormed a town and occupied a school in the southern Philippines early on Wednesday, a police officer said, on the same island where fighting between government troops and Islamist militants has entered its fifth week. Members of the...