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Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he and his family members were not involved  in any "corrupt practices."

China is too big to be sidelined, and investors "have to do business there," said JPMorgan's Asia Pacific CEO, Sjoerd Leenart.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom called a general election, while Nvidia delivered its earnings and saw its shares soar to record highs.  

Nvidia reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results.

A Texas man illicitly bought stock of a company eyed by oil giant BP after hearing his wife, a mergers and acquisitions executive, discuss the deal on calls.

British regulators on Wednesday dished out a combined £61.6 million ($79 million) in fines to U.S. investment bank Citi for failings in its trading systems and controls.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its April 30-May 1 policy meeting.

Norway, Ireland and Spain will recognize an independent Palestinian state, the three countries' prime ministers said Wednesday.

AI-powered translation tool DeepL is now valued at $2 billion, double what it was worth when it last raised capital.

The IRA includes incentives for EV buyers as well as support for carmakers and suppliers to produce all-electric vehicles and their components in North America.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday called for a general election to take place on July 4.

Anglo American rejected a third takeover proposal from rival BHP Group on Wednesday, as the companies agreed to extend talks deadline by one week.

Amazon is upgrading its decade-old Alexa voice assistant with generative AI and plans to charge a monthly subscription fee to offset the cost of the technology.

Federal Reserve officials appear to have “no idea” what is happening when it comes to the inflation picture in the U.S., GAM's Julian Howard told CNBC.

The Office for National Statistics released inflation figures for April on Wednesday.

Vennells said she was "disappointed ... information wasn't shared," after the Post Office pushed for the wrongful convictions of hundreds of subpostmasters.

More than 140 people on the Singapore Airlines flight arrived safely in Singapore Wednesday.

One person has died aboard a Singapore Airlines flight which was diverted to Bangkok due to turbulence.

A retail giant is revealing interview questions in advance. But experts warn candidates may mimic responses generated by ChatGPT.

French car giant Peugeot told CNBC it has partnered with German startup Vay to test the use of "teledriving" technology.