Tag Archives: International

SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. home sales rose an unprecedented 24.7% in July as extraordinarily low mortgage rates, and a desire for more space in the pandemic, fuel demand. A June rebound has stretched t...

MOSCOW - As Russia's most determined and durable opposition figure, Alexei Navalny has employed an astute understanding of social media and an accountant's ability to wade through financial data, a kn...

ARLINGTON, Va. - President Donald Trump sought to cast a more positive light on his presidency Friday after four days of bashing at the Democratic National Convention, saying that where Democratic pre...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Spurred by ultra-low mortgage rates, home buyers rushed last month to snap up a limited supply of existing houses, causing the pace of purchases to jump by a record-high 24.7%. Th...

BOROUGH OF WEST HOMESTEAD, Pa. - The doors to the AMC Waterfront 22 were locked. They had been for five months, along with most indoor theatres in the U.S. because of COVID-19. But in 20 minutes that ...

ROME - The Venice Film Festival, the first major in-person cinema showcase of the COVID-19 era, is requiring participants to wear face masks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they are a...

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin election officials decided Thursday to keep rapper Kanye West off the battleground state's presidential ballot in November because his campaign turned his nomination papers m...

LOS ANGELES - Carol Burnett is seeking to become the legal guardian of her teenage grandson as his mother struggles with substance abuse. The 87-year-old television comedy legend and her husband, Bria...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the discovery of a large natural gas reserves off the Black Sea coast, days after he promised "good news" that would usher in a "n...

CAIRO - Libya's U.N.-supported government Friday announced a cease-fire across the oil-rich country and called for demilitarizing the strategic city of Sirte in an initiative supported by the rival pa...