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* Commonwealth Bank chairwoman faces banking misconduct inquiry

Shares in China edged lower in choppy trading on Wednesday as a continued selloff on Wall Street and a plunge in oil prices stirred uncertainty over the global economy.

Yes Bank Ltd, India's fifth largest private-sector lender by assets, has had a tumultuous couple of months since the country's central bank trimmed extension to its chief executive officer's (CEO's) term in September.

Northern California residents left homeless by the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in state history braced for a new bout of misery on Tuesday from showers expected to plunge encampments of evacuees into rain-soaked fields of mud.

Message on 4,500-year-old Mesopotamia marble pillar only recently deciphered

Deal would boost growth but long-term prospects hinge on trade terms

Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Wednesday, as a continued selloff on Wall Street and plummeting oil prices stoked uncertainty over the global economy, sending investors fleeing risky assets. All three U.S. stock indexes slumped on Tuesday as a 6 percent plunge in oil prices...

* Turkey, U.S. discuss potential return of jailed Halkbank exec

Australian shares plunged to a 15-month low on Wednesday with across-the-board losses, joining a rout in global equities as trade tensions and worry about global growth continued to shrink risk appetites.

* Regulators asks Noble for documents on financial statements