US hedge fund Elliott is mulling a combined Barnes & Noble and Waterstones IPO, signaling confidence in readers’ appetites even as nonfiction book sales have fallen this year.

India’s parliament passed a bill opening up its nuclear energy industry to the private sector, echoing a global shift toward atomic power.

The US approved $11 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, rankling Beijing even as the White House softens its approach to China in other arenas.

US inflation cooled in November, though experts cautioned the government shutdown may have distorted the data.

Australia said it would tighten hate speech laws in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack on Jewish festival-goers.

A major Chinese real estate firm risks defaulting, as the country’s giant property market battles a continued crisis.