New US home sales bounce back in August
New home sales bounced back in August despite high prices and rising mortgage rates that have pushed some buyers away. Sales of newly co...
Paris to build $145M cable car system
(CNN) — Paris is already home to some of the most popular attractions in the world, and the French capital could be about to get its very...
South Korea to elect new leader to tackle soaring house prices and inequality
Some 44 million South Koreans head to polls to elect the country’s next president on Wednesday, capping a race that has been marked by a ...
IBM spinoff joins a long list of questionable corporate names
That is the actual name of the IT services unit that IBM is spinning off from its core business. Soon, the 90,000 employees affected by t...
Abortion's illegal in the Philippines, so more than a million women a year turn to other options
"We take on huge risks if we agree to perform an abortion," said Miriam, who is using an alias to protect herself from prosecution in the...
Mass graves are still being dug in Syria, anonymous whistleblower tells US senators
Dressed fully in black from head to toe with his face and head completely covered by black cloth, the gravedigger spoke of the horrors he...
US days from completing formal Afghanistan withdrawal but 1,000 troops could remain
A formal conclusion this week to the US military withdrawal, or retrograde, would mark an astonishingly quick end to a process that Biden...
All bets are off if Putin slashes the West's oil supplies
The White House has even taken aim at Vladimir Putin's financial fortress, removing access to at least a chunk of Russia's $630 billion r...
Mexican court issues 83 arrest warrants related to the disappearance of 43 students
The orders were issued against "20 military commanders and troop personnel from battalions 27 and 41 in the city of Iguala, as well as fi...
Netflix lays off 300 employees as bad year continues to hit company
"While we continue to invest significantly in the business, we made these adjustments so that our costs are growing in line with our slow...
Moscow is already paying a financial price for its aggression
Moscow's MOEX stock index pared heavy losses after shedding more than 10% on Monday, bringing losses so far this year to about 20%.The ru...
China records first population decline in 60 years
Hong Kong CNN — China’s population shrank in 2022 for the first time in more than 60 years, a new milestone in
American home building slumped again in November
Washington CNN — Home building pulled back in November, as buyers faced spiking mortgage rates topping 7% that make homes increasingly...
Ghanaian soccer player Christian Atsu found dead under earthquake rubble in Turkey
CNN — The body of Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu was found under rubble on Saturday, according to his agent, almost
China, US, UK, France and Russia pledge to avoid nuclear war
"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought," said the joint statement, which was issued simultaneously by the United States, R...
The next phase of the US jobs recovery has begun
For Friday's March jobs report, economists polled by Refinitiv expect 490,000 positions to have been added. If the prediction proves corr...
What is Bud Zero, the only beer Budweiser can sell at the World Cup?
New York CNN Business — In a surprise reversal, Qatar announced a ban of alcoholic beer at the eight stadiums hosting the
Russia-Ukraine crisis sends oil on roller coaster
US crude jumped as much as 3.2% to an intraday peak of $95.01 a barrel as US and NATO officials said they saw no sign of de-escalation on...
Washington Post: Investigation finds Israeli-designed spyware was used to hack journalists and activists around the world
Washington CNN — Thirty-seven smartphones owned by journalists, human rights activists, business executives and two women connected to...
Moody's sees harder times ahead for all US banks and puts six on 'downgrade' watch
New York CNN — Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for the entire US banking sector and placed six US banks on
German Catholic clergy rebel on same-sex unions
The ruling "is characterized by a paternalistic gesture of superiority and discriminates against homosexual people and their lifestyles,"...
Canada is having difficulty following through with strict vaccine mandates
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government adopted one of the strictest vaccine policies in the world for civil servants and has...
Russia built a 'fortress economy' to withstand sanctions. Can it hold up?
Since 2014, when the United States and its Western allies imposed sanctions on Moscow following the annexation of Crimea and the downing ...
EU sues AstraZeneca after delays in vaccine deliveries
The 27 nations of the European Union had ordered 300 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the British-Swedish drugmaker to be deliv...
Enormous chocolate factory shuts over salmonella outbreak
Paris CNN Business — A chocolate factory in Belgium has temporarily shut its doors after discovering salmonella in a production batch.
TikTok could be a valuable tool for China if it invades Taiwan, FBI director says
New York CNN — The Chinese government could use TikTok to control data on millions of people and harness the short-form video
Amazon's big headache: Fake reviews
Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All ...
Handforth Council Zoom meeting was worse than the viral original
But on Wednesday, still recovering from their reluctant brush with fame, members of Handforth Parish Council convened again to give the p...
Coinbase says it's the bitcoin investment for people afraid of buying bitcoin
The timing isn't coincidental: Bitcoin has doubled in value this year, surging to a record high above $62,000, as cryptocurrencies have b...
The routes still flying the A380 superjumbo
(CNN) — When Airbus announced plans to cease production of its A380 aircraft back in 2019, heartbroken aviation fans found solace in the ...
Bosnians go to polls to choose between nationalists and reformists
Bosnians go to the polls on Sunday to choose the country’s new collective presidency and lawmakers at national, regional and local levels...
A floating city in the Maldives begins to take shape
A city is rising from the waters of the Indian Ocean. In a turquoise lagoon, just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the Maldivian capital, a ...
Big bonuses, extreme rationing: How Covid-hit China is coping with its drugs shortage
Hong Kong CNN — The abrupt shift in China’s Covid policy has left its people and health facilities ill-prepared to deal with
US military believes invasion is the largest conventional conflict in Europe since WWII
"We haven't seen a conventional move like this, nation-state to nation-state, since World War II, certainly nothing on this size and scop...
Canada tries to block funding for illegal border protests against Covid-19 rules with sweeping new financial measures
"Peter Sloly and the Ottawa Police Services Board reached a mutually agreeable separation and as such Chief Peter Sloly is no longer empl...
Sneak peek: Record-smashing roller coaster will travel more than 155 miles per hour
(CNN) — A roller coaster now under development in the Middle East is set to smash existing records for speed, height and track length. Ca...
Kevin Spacey appears in London court after being charged with sexual assault
London CNN — US actor Kevin Spacey was granted bail Thursday during his first appearance at a London court since authorities charged
Iran's supreme leader praises paramilitary for crackdown on 'rioters' and 'thugs'
CNN — Iran’s Supreme Leader has praised the country’s Basij paramilitary force for its role in the deadly crackdown on anti-regime
Why a Mach 5 passenger plane is a crazy idea that might just work
(CNN) — Almost two decades since Concorde retired, interest around supersonic travel has been picking up pace, and several super-fast pla...
Iranian passenger train derails, killing at least 17
Twenty-two rescue teams, 10 ambulances and three helicopters were deployed after five train cars derailed at 5.30 a.m. local time near th...
The Taliban will face a bleak economy, former Afghan central banker predicts
"Afghanistan unfortunately was already facing multiple crises," Ajmal Ahmady, who led the Afghan central bank before escaping Kabul on Su...
5 countries opening and living with Covid
Some have enviable vaccination rates; others have decided that the costs of continued economic and social restrictions outweigh the benef...
Torrential rains kill 25 people in southern China as climate change amplifies flood seasons
In recent weeks, heavy rainfall has triggered severe flooding and landslides in large swathes of southern China, damaging homes, crops an...
At least 20 people killed when fuel tank explodes in Lebanon
Lebanon is suffering from a severe fuel shortage, leading to long lines at gas stations and extended blackouts.Military and security sour...
Which Tom Cruise film has made the most at the ticket booth?
The actor has had a 40 year career of hits including "War of the Worlds," "A Few Good Men" and "Jerry Maguire." This weekend he returns t...
Freak prosecco accident causes history-making cyclist to abandon race
Eritrean Girmay became the first Black African to win a stage of one of cycling's Grand Tours when he outsprinted Netherlands' Mathieu va...
Eight police officers killed in Sierra Leone during protests, minister says
The officers, six men and two women, were "brutalized" and killed in the area where the protests held on Wednesday, youth minister Mohame...
Lawmaker blasts Big Oil CEOs at hearing: 'You are ripping off the American people'
New York CNN Business — Leading oil company CEOs declined on Wednesday to endorse a call from Democrats to reduce dividends and
All-cash offers are king in this hysterical US real estate market. Here's what to know
In this wild housing market, with 21% fewer homes on the market than last year and demand pushing prices to record highs, the competition...
Opinion: The Fed doesn't have a choice anymore. Get ready for a recession
Editor’s Note: Gad Levanon is the chief economist at the Burning Glass Institute. He’s the former head of The Conference Board’s Labor Ma...
