General News

Washington (AFP) - US businesses say they are "optimistic" about the prospect of falling interest rates, even as economic conditions have remained largely unchanged in recent weeks, the Federal Reserve...

Washington (AFP) - US retail sales accelerated more than anticipated in December, closing out a year marked by resilient consumption, government data showed on Wednesday. Sales picked up in the...

Los Angeles (AFP) - A 23-year-old who shot and killed five people at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado in 2022 faces new federal hate crime charges,...

New York (AFP) - Stock markets mostly fell as investors continued to roll back expectations of lower interest rates, even as they juggled conflicting comments from central bankers and rising...

Washington (AFP) - A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled against JetBlue's $3. 8 billion takeover of low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, saying that the deal would reduce competition

New York (AFP) - A woman who worked as a massage therapist for the Eagles rock band filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Harvey Weinstein and James Dolan, the executive behind...

New York (AFP) - New York on Tuesday finally ended a record streak of more than 700 days without measurable snowfall, with a thin layer of white powder covering Central...

New York (AFP) - Goldman Sachs reported a jump in fourth-quarter profits Tuesday as a surge in revenues for equity trading offset weaknesses in other areas, including merger advising revenues....

Dubai (AFP) - Yemen's Huthi rebels hit a US-owned cargo vessel with a missile on Monday, the US military said, heightening fears for the volatile region after repeated attacks on...

Hodeida (Yemen) (AFP) - The United States denied Yemeni rebel reports that it carried out new attacks Sunday on rebel targets in Yemen. Huthi media said US and British strikes...