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WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving. Thursday's...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3% in the final three months of 2020, slightly faster than previously estimated, as recovery expectations for 2021 rise along with vaccination...

BRUSSELS - The United States and European countries are closing ranks to respond to what the U.S. calls "aggressive and coercive" behaviour by China, days after the U.S. and its allies launched co-ord...

GENEVA - A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a y...

ISMAILIA, Egypt - Dredgers, tugboats and even a backhoe failed to free a giant cargo ship wedged in Egypt's Suez Canal on Thursday. More than 150 vessels are now backed up, with hundreds more headed t...

ATHENS, Greece - Fighter jets flew by the ancient Acropolis and tanks rumbled past parliament in central Athens on Thursday as Greece's celebrations for the bicentenary of its war of independence culm...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Thursday test-fired its first ballistic missiles since President Joe Biden took office as it expands its military capabilities and increases pressure on Wash...

BOULDER, Colo. - The suspect in the Colorado supermarket shooting appeared in court for the first time Thursday, and a defence attorney immediately asked that he receive a mental health evaluation bef...

BOULDER, Colo. - An employee of the Colorado supermarket where a gunman killed 10 people watched as the assailant opened fire and narrowly escaped his notice while joining with other bystanders in a d...

COPENHAGEN - Danish officials decided Thursday to prolong their suspension of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by three weeks while they continue evaluating a potential link with blood clots even thou...