Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday
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Dec 1, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine
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Dec 1, 2024
Ultra low-cost online retailers Temu and Shein are giving Western retailers a run for their money this holiday shopping season
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Dec 1, 2024
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani says his conglomerate is committed to “world-class regulatory compliance" after being indicted in the U.S. on fraud charges and an alleged bribery scheme worth millions of dollars, his first remarks since the accusations surfaced
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Dec 1, 2024
Southwest Airlines is ending cabin service earlier to reduce the risk of in-flight turbulence injuries
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Dec 1, 2024
A twice-yearly shot that prevents HIV infections will be available at low cost in 120 poor countries
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Dec 1, 2024
The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday
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Dec 1, 2024
Icelanders are electing a new parliament after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call early elections
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Dec 1, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is returning home after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner
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Nov 30, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is threatening 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar
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Nov 30, 2024
The U.S. Navy is making progress in deploying its first shipborne hypersonic weapon
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Nov 30, 2024
Republicans swept to power on Election Day and now control the House, the Senate and the White House, with plans for an ambitious 100-day agenda come January
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Nov 30, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has flown to Florida to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products
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Nov 30, 2024
While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the catalogs arriving in their mailboxes are smaller
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Nov 30, 2024
Retailers in the U.S. have used giveaways and bigger-than expected discounts to reward shoppers who ventured out on Black Friday
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Nov 29, 2024