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At collapsed bridge, Biden envisions rebuilding Am...
A bridge collapse Friday in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden's trip to the city to tout his $1 tril...
Russia loses a million people in historic populati...
Russia's population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat reported Friday, a historic dr...
US regulator points to progress in allowing 5G at...
US aviation officials reported progress Friday on allowing more 5G service near airports following negotiations with telecommunica...
Wall Street rebounds, European stocks slump at end...
European stock markets ended a volatile week in the red of Friday, as investors weighed expectations of economic recovery against...
Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh just before Biden s...
A bridge collapse Friday in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden's trip to the city to tout his $1 tril...
US inflation slowed in December, spending fell: go...
In the final month of 2021, Americans dialed back their spending even as incomes rose thanks to wage increases, while inflation sh...
Argentina president announces new debt deal with I...
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez unveiled what he called a "reasonable" new debt repayment deal with the International Moneta...
Caterpillar reports profit jump but warns of suppl...
Caterpillar reported a jump in fourth-quarter earnings Friday on surging demand for industrial equipment, but warned that supply c...
Italy speeds up presidential vote but deadlock per...
Italy on Friday sought to accelerate the process of electing a new president after days of deadlock that has paralysed Prime Minis...
Rwanda to reopen Uganda border in boost to ties
Rwanda said Friday it would reopen its land border with Uganda next week after a three-year closure, a major breakthrough in repai...
IMF warns China's property stress poses spillover...
A funding crisis battering China's big property developers could start to shake the wider economy and global markets, the IMF warn...
Left out in the cold by Spain's soaring energy pri...
In her flat on the outskirts of Madrid, Pamela Ponce no longer turns on the heating despite the biting chill coming in through the...
Google to invest $1 bn in India's number two mobil...
Google will invest up to $1 billion in India's second-largest mobile operator, Airtel, the companies said Friday, as the Android-m...
Toyota keeps top-selling automaker title despite c...
Toyota retained its crown as the world's top-selling automaker on Friday, having overcome a chip shortage and supply chain woes to...
Philippines to re-open to vaccinated foreign touri...
The Philippines will re-open to fully vaccinated tourists from most countries on February 10 and lift quarantine requirements, off...
China Unicom says no 'justifiable grounds' for US...
China Unicom said Friday there were no "justifiable grounds" for a US order that banned the company from operating in the country...
Ex-government workers mine for salvation in Afghan...
In the bone-splitting chill of the Afghan mountains, Mohammad Israr Muradi digs through coarse earth spilling from the open mouth...
German industry seeks ladder out of supply chain w...
A new warehouse with a freshly unboxed smell is the consequence of the coronavirus pandemic for the German ladder, stool and scaff...
Salvadorans show support for bitcoin despite IMF c...
Karen Hernandez sells mobile phone accessories in El Salvador and says business has been through the roof since the country starte...
Apple quarterly revenue record high despite chip s...
Apple reported record $124 billion quarterly revenue on Thursday, despite a global chip pinch and shifting impacts of the pandemic...
Morocco starts construction of anti-Covid vaccine...
Morocco on Thursday inaugurated construction of an anti-Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with Swedish firm Recipha...
Honduras: Poor, violent and corrupt
Honduras, which inaugurated Xiomara Castro as its first-ever woman president Thursday, is a small country with idyllic beaches at...
McDonald's profits rise as fast-food giant lifts p...
Price increases helped McDonald's report higher profits Thursday as the fast-food giant navigates an inflationary environment that...
Tests of HIV vaccine using mRNA technology have be...
Testing in humans of an HIV vaccine that uses messenger RNA technology has begun, the biotech firm Moderna and the International A...
Rare Botticelli sells for $45 mn at New York aucti...
A rare Botticelli painting depicting Jesus Christ sold at auction for more than $45 million Thursday at Sotheby's in New York, a y...
Stocks rebound as US economy posts decades-high gr...
US and European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors put aside rate hike fears and focused on data showing the US economy g...
Standing up to violent colleagues a high-risk 'dut...
US police officer Cariol Horne intervened when a colleague started choking a Black suspect during an arrest in 2006. "Fifteen year...
Greenpeace says abandoned Yemen oil tanker a 'grav...
A long-abandoned fuel tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen poses a "grave threat" to millions of the impoverished country's resi...
Italy again fails to elect president as parties bu...
The fourth round of Italy's presidential elections flopped before it began Thursday, with parties unwilling to risk a crisis by pi...
Higher prices, fewer Covid-19 closures lift McDona...
McDonald's reported higher profits Thursday on price increases and fewer impacts from Covid-19 restrictions despite higher operati...
French cinema greats pay tribute to actor killed i...
Some of the greatest names in French cinema came together to pay a final tribute to their fellow star Gaspard Ulliel on Thursday,...
Struggling Air India sold after 69 years in govt h...
India's beleaguered national carrier landed back in the hands of its founders Thursday, decades after it was nationalised and foll...
Stocks tumble on US rate hike uncertainty
Equity markets mostly retreated Thursday, with the sharpest losses in Asia, after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell refused to b...
UAE largest bank makes record profit in 2021
The UAE’s largest bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, announced Thursday it scooped record annual net profit of $3.4 billion in 2021, a 19...
Nissan alliance to invest $25 bn in electric vehic...
The Nissan auto alliance said Thursday it will invest 23 billion euros ($25.7 billion) in electric vehicles over the next five yea...
EasyJet halves first-quarter loss despite Omicron
British airline EasyJet slashed losses by half in the first quarter, despite the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant whic...
EU launches WTO case against China over Lithuania...
The European Union on Thursday launched a case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for targeting Lithuania over it...
Apple's iPhone retakes top spot in China smartphon...
Apple reclaimed its position as the top smartphone seller in China after six years, clocking a record market share in the final qu...
Six sue Fukushima nuclear plant operator over thyr...
Six young people will sue the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday over claims they developed thyroid...