The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 696.75 points, or 1.63 percent, to 41,938.45. The S&P 500 sank 91.21 points, or 1.54 percent, to 5,827.04. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 317.25 points, or ...

Also on Friday, the far-right Freedom Party, which won the September parliamentary elections, officially began coalition negotiations with the conservative People's Party. The talks are set to ...

OTTAWA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Friday she won't run in the Liberal leadership race. The foreign minister said she is ready to become the first woman to ...

BEIRUT, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's former army chief, was elected the 14th president of Lebanon on Thursday, ending a two-year presidential vacuum that had paralyzed the country's ...

Among the changes, Meta is ending the company's "Diverse Slate Approach" of considering qualified candidates from underrepresented groups for its open roles. The company is also putting an end to its ...

Among the highlights are Chinese brands including Leapmotor, Maxus, BAIC, BYD, Hongqi, Xpeng, and Omoda, among others. With cutting-edge models and technologies, Chinese automakers provide European ...

FRANKFURT, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Approximately 231,000 owners of small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in Germany are considering closing their businesses by the end of 2025 mainly because retiring ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. San Francisco was jolted by a 3.6-magnitude earthquake Friday morning at the same location as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to prepare a plan for the "total defeat" of Hamas if a hostage release deal is not signed by Jan. 20, according to a ...

Aoun took the oath of office on Thursday before the Lebanese parliament. In his inauguration speech, Aoun rejected the settlement of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, underscoring their right of return ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday vowed to improve conditions in the country's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the official news agency IRNA ...

VALLETTA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Since the halt of Russian gas transit through Ukraine on Jan. 1, Europe has been grappling with tight gas supplies and soaring prices.