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BEIJING - The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's pandemic-hit economy shrank 8.5% in 2020, the largest single-year drop since 1932 and the second consecutive year of economic contraction. Mexico's gross domestic product grew 3...

BERLIN - The head of Germany's financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganized in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the fina...

LOS ANGELES - Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of colour could walk through them. With dignified grace, Tyson strategically selected powerful roles with an intent t...

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary's medicine and food safety regulator on Friday approved China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the first country in the European Union to do so. Th...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) - At St. Brigid Catholic Church, the Rev. Kenneth Keke preaches that the gospel of Jesus Christ is not only about eternity, but about "having a human face, loving one another." Keke'...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined slightly for the fourth straight month, but it was still a record high for December. The National Association of...

Reaction to the death of Tony and Emmy-winning actor Cicely Tyson at 96. ___ "This one hurts, today we honour and celebrate the life of one of the greatest to ever do it. Thank you Cicely Tyson. Rest ...

COPENHAGEN - Norway's King Harald V was admitted to the main hospital in Oslo to undergo surgery for an injured tendon over his right knee, the palace said Friday. The 83-year-old king's surgery is sc...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers slowed their spending by 0.2% in December, cutting back for a second straight month in a worrisome sign for an economy struggling under the weight of a still out-of-control...