VIENNA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two skiers died after being buried by an avalanche in the Austrian alpine state of Tyrol around midday Thursday, local authorities said. The victims, a father and his son, ...

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 ...

BELGRADE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Serbia's Ministry of Defense announced significant upgrades to the armed forces in 2025 on Thursday, following a year of major investments in defense systems.

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 ...

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 ...

The S&P 500 would reach 6,666 points by the end of 2025 with earnings per share from S&P 500 member companies to grow by 13 percent next year, according to Savita Subramanian, BofA's chief U.S. equity ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A handful of top U.S. colleges are taking steps to boost financial aid for low and middle-income families as the soaring cost of attendance fuels backlash from ...