Tag Archives: International

NEW YORK - Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986. That was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded over a chilly Florida, just seconds after liftoff. School children across the cou...

LONDON - A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday on a diverse list of contenders for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Tsi...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers will meet this week for the first time since they significantly revised the Fed's operating framework in ways that will likely keep short-term interest rates ...

LONDON - Unemployment in the U.K. edged up in July even though large parts of the economy reopened after the coronavirus lockdown, a signal that the jobless rate is set to spike higher when a governme...

MEXICO CITY - Leona Vicario defied convention. A financier and intelligence gatherer for Mexico's independence struggle two centuries ago, she broke gender barriers and publicly refuted an allegation ...

CANTON, Ga. - A suspect in Georgia left his good luck behind when he abandoned a winning lottery ticket while fleeing sheriff's deputies. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office says the man had a Georgi...

GENEVA - The World Trade Organization said Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods totalling more than $200 billion are illegal under the rules of the global trade body. The decisio...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman's family $12 ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production slowed to a modest increase of 0.4% in August, far weaker than the strong bounce back recorded in previous months when factories were coming back to life. The s...

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The United Nations has enlisted a slew of celebrities including multi-Grammy winner Beyonc, actor Don Cheadle and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for a film promoting ...