Firefighters backed by 40 vehicles and a helicopter struggled to contain a wildfire on Monday on the southern coast of Portugal's island of Madeira that has burnt through more than
August 19, 2024
U.S. freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said on Monday it was diverting some of its U.S. customers' ocean cargo away from Canadian ports as the threat of a rail strike looms.
August 19, 2024
Egyptian officials and the U.S. ambassador inaugurated renovations of several monuments and buildings in Historic Cairo, including the Bimaristan al-Muayyad Sheikh, a hospital
August 19, 2024
An offshore natural gas pipeline that exploded near Venice, Louisiana, on Saturday night, killing one person, was owned by Whitney Oil and Gas, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.
August 19, 2024Nicaragua's government outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organizations on Monday, in its latest ban of groups it accuses of breaking the law, part of a longstanding crackdown on civil society
August 19, 2024Canada's labor minister will meet with the country's two main railway companies and the Teamsters union in Montreal on Tuesday and Calgary on
August 19, 2024
Thousands of mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Chicago on the opening day of the Democratic National
August 19, 2024
Belgian politician Bart De Wever, appointed by King Philippe to lead coalition talks following the country's June election, has received an extension until Thursday from the king
August 19, 2024
A collection of unions representing Mexico's judicial workers launched an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday ahead of votes by lawmakers on
August 19, 2024
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin his concern over what he said was the "catastrophic" shrinking of the Caspian Sea, and said that
August 19, 2024
Attorneys general from about two dozen U.S. states are seeking treble damages against Live Nation Entertainment and its ticket-selling unit, Ticketmaster, for
August 19, 2024
Walt Disney has named veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic as president of ABC News, the television network said on Monday.
August 19, 2024
The Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies agreed in June to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to give Ukraine $50 billion in loans, aiming to ensure Kyiv can continue its fight
August 19, 2024
A blast and fire on a fuel pipeline at the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant in Russia's Bashkiria region east of Moscow injured three people, local authorities said on Monday.
August 19, 2024
Phil Donahue, who changed the face of U.S. daytime television with a long-running syndicated talk show that highlighted topical and often provocative social and political issues, has died
August 19, 2024
Chile's gross domestic product fell 0.6% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the previous three-month period, data released by the country's central bank showed on Monday,
August 19, 2024
Transatlantic container shipping volumes into the United States are rebounding, the head of Hapag-Lloyd said on Monday, boosted by restocking and a rush to fill up
August 19, 2024
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and his firm Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) have settled charges that for years he failed to disclose pledging the majority of the firm's
August 19, 2024
British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is missing after a luxury yacht was struck by a violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, a person familiar with the
August 19, 2024
A forger suspected of printing 11 million euros' ($12 million) worth of fake bank notes was arrested in the Italian city of Naples last week, European police body Europol said on
August 19, 2024
General Motors said Monday it is laying off more than 1,000 salaried employees at its software and service units worldwide.
August 19, 2024
Shares of some mpox vaccine and drug developers jumped sharply on Monday in premarket trading, putting them on track to extend gains from last week as concerns over an outbreak of the
August 19, 2024Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard confirmed on Monday it has made an offer to buy Japan's Seven & i.
August 19, 2024
Kenya's government will have to bring back some tax measures that it scrapped after deadly protests in June, the finance minister said, raising the risk of further unrest.
August 19, 2024
One case of the mpox virus has been detected in Pakistan of the clade 2 variety, the country's ministry of health said on Monday, adding that no cases of the clade 1b strain of
August 19, 2024
China central bank cuts medium-term loan rate
The Clintons pitch philanthropic commitments as pro-democracy work at their 2024 foundation meeting
US to hand over pest inspections of Mexican avocados to Mexico and California growers aren't happy
Australia CPI inflation slows to 3-year low of 2.7%
Harris and Schwellenbach shine as Braves down Mets 5-1 in opener of pivotal series
Ionescu scores 36 points and Liberty advance to WNBA semifinals with 91-82 win over Dream
Jury awards teen pop group OMG Girlz $71.5 million in battle with toy maker over "L.O.L." dolls