Category Archives: World

MIAMI - The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Venezuela and Cuba and promised additional penalties against Nicaragua as the Trump administration laid out a hard-line policy toward countr...

NEW YORK - For literary magazines over the past year, much of the news has been in the masthead. Editor Lorin Stein of the Paris Review left amid allegations of sexual harassment and editor Ian Buruma...

JERUSALEM - Israeli drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Thursday reported a third-quarter loss as it proceeds with an aggressive cost-cutting program and adjusts to declines in key product ca...

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced charges Thursday against a fugitive Malaysian financier and two former Goldman Sachs bankers accused in a money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfere...

PITTSBURGH - The three congregations attacked at a Pittsburgh synagogue will gather for a joint service Saturday, while a prayer vigil is planned outside their desecrated worship space to mark the tim...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, in a quiet pause after weeks of market anxiety over rising interest rates. Home borrowing rates still remain at their highest levels in m...

WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects was essentially unchanged in September. It is the weakest showing since June, as an increase in home construction was offset by a slide in spending ...

NEW YORK - Diana Ross, John Legend, Bad Bunny, Kane Brown and Ella Mai will be among the stars celebrating at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Macy’s said Thursday that Mar...

NEW YORK - Heidi Klum might have a tinge of green one day after Halloween. The supermodel and TV personality dressed as Princess Fiona from “Shrek” for her 19th annual Halloween party on W...

BANGKOK - When a rap video critical of Thailand’s military government became a huge sensation, the authorities first responded with threats to arrest its creators. Then they did what the establi...