ANKARA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points (bps) to 47.5 percent, marking its first rate cut in nearly two years. The bank ...

HOUSTON, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A man shot three children whom he accused of trying to rob him at gunpoint on Christmas Day night, authorities said on Thursday. The boys, aged between 12 and 14, were ...

GAZA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Five staff members of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip were killed on Thursday due to Israeli attacks on the hospital, the Palestinian official news agency ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a law requiring companies that are big fossil fuel polluters to help pay to repair damage caused by extreme weather, ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israel's flagship carrier EL Al announced on Thursday the immediate suspension of flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow for at least a week.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Low-income Americans who voted for Donald Trump say they are counting on him to keep their benefits intact even while his Cabinet picks and Republican lawmakers call on ...

Overall, consumers spent 3.8 percent more from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24 than they did in the same period last year, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which excludes auto sales. The tally doesn't ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Finding an affordable car in the United States has already become a challenge for many budget-constrained Americans, as new import tariffs on Mexican-built vehicles ...

TALLINN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Estonian government convened an emergency meeting on Thursday after the Estlink-2 power cable connecting Estonia and Finland along the floor of the Gulf of Finland was ...

More than half of California, and 62 percent of Los Angeles County, is either foreign-born or has at least one immigrant parent, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data.

Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, with the California Institute of Technology, in a university release ...

Madbouly said the cabinet approved a deal with the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in ...