Category Archives: World

BANGKOK - Thailand’s Queen Sirikit, widow of recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej, has recovered from a fever and lung infection and has left a hospital and returned to Chitralada Palace in...

BISMARCK, N.D. - Neil Young is calling on President Barack Obama “to step in and end” what he calls the “violence” against protesters demonstrating against an oil pipeline bein...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-S...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy in the third quarter grew at the fastest pace in two years, with a revised report showing stronger consumer spending than first estimated. The gross domestic product, the...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - President Mahmoud Abbas’ long-dominant Fatah movement on Tuesday opened a conference that is expected to cement the rule of the 81-year-old Palestinian leader a...

ALBANY, N.Y. - The Federal Highway Administration isn’t showing any “Love” for some tourism signs along New York state highways. Officials with the FHA and the New York state Departm...

LONDON - A leading credit ratings agency is warning that a surge in populism and anti-establishment sentiment is pushing the world into an era of economic nationalism to the detriment of long-term glo...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump is enlisting a trio of nominees with deep ties to Washington and Wall Street to fill out his Cabinet, including former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin ...

HAVANA - Regional leaders and tens of thousands of Cubans jammed the Plaza of the Revolution on Tuesday night, celebrating Fidel Castro on the spot where he delivered fiery speeches to mammoth crowds ...

CANBERRA, Australia - Warming oceans this year have caused the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Tuesday. The worst-affected area is a 70...