Category Archives: World

BRUSSELS - The head of Apple on Wednesday endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the U.S. and renewed the technology giant’s commitment to protecting personal data, which he warned was ...

BEIJING - The U.S. will not send a high-ranking official to attend a major investment fair in China next month, an embassy official said Wednesday, in a move underscoring worsening trade friction betw...

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. - The number of billionaires in South Carolina may have doubled overnight - at least before taxes - after a lottery ticket sold in the state won the $1.537 billion Mega Millions lot...

SINGAPORE - World markets were mixed on Wednesday as traders mulled the impact of tariffs on corporate America after big industrial companies admitted that they were facing rising costs. Investors are...

BOSTON - The Fenway Funhouse proved too tricky, too cold and just too much for the beach boys. Andrew Benintendi, J.D. Martinez and the Boston Red Sox came out swinging in the World Series opener, sei...

DES MOINES, Iowa - The winning numbers have been drawn for the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot, but it isn’t immediately clear if there’s a winner . The numbers drawn in ...

LOS ANGELES - “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overcame wizards and time travellers to be voted America’s best-loved novel by readers nation...

LOS ANGELES - Ed Catmull, the president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios since 2006, is retiring next year. The Walt Disney Company says Tuesday that the 73-year-old Pixar co-founder will re...

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were ...

NEW YORK - The percentage of Americans who do not have a bank account fell to a record low last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday, a sign that the economic fortunes of the country...