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Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices
Europeans are becoming more incensed as pump prices surpass the equivalent of $12 a gallon in some countries. EU c…
Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
The deal, agreed to by Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family members who own the company and lawyers representing state and local governments and thousands of vict…
Murdoch's UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the late Princess Diana
News Group Newspapers acknowledged its private investigators and journalists targeted Harry with phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information
Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites prepare for another Davos
The World Economic Forum expects to host some 3,000 attendees, including business executives, academics, government officials, and civic group leaders at its a…
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics
South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine last year. That tactic …
Middle East latest: Israel and Hamas agree to a Gaza ceasefire, mediators say
Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants stormed into southern Israel and killed about 1,200 people and abducted around 250. A …
France’s new prime minister says he'll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age
Bayrou urgently needs to pass a budget bill for 2025. Following the collapse of the previous government, an emergency law has been approved to enable the state…
Taiwan iPhone maker Foxconn sets its sights on the ever more crowded EV market
Whether or not Foxconn wanted to make a bid for Nissan, it has big ambitions, saying it eventually intends to make four of every 10 EVs sold in the world. The …
Venezuela's Maduro takes new oath amid protests and international rebuke
Maduro, likening himself to a biblical David fighting Goliath, accused his opponents and their supporters in the U.S. of trying to turn his inauguration into a…
Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic
The same team previously drilled a core about 800,000 years old. The latest drilling went 2.8 kilometers (about 1.7 miles) deep, with a team of 16 scientists a…
New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction
The researchers examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ecosystems. They found that …
What would Bonhoeffer do? Anti-Nazi pastor's legacy claimed, debated across political spectrum
Churches worldwide commemorate him in statues and stained glass. Readers have explored him in books about and by him, particularly his blunt calls to sacrifici…
Biden blocks Nippon Steel's proposed deal to acquire US Steel
Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel blasted the decision, saying in a joint statement that Biden's blocking the deal “reflects a clear violation of due process and the…
'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England
Four of the sets of tracks that make up the so-called highway show paths taken by gigantic, long-necked, herbivores called sauropods, thought to be Cetiosaurus…
Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year's Day message
In recent years, the Argentine Jesuit has been speaking out more emphatically about abortion than he did at the start of his pontificate. After two doctrinaire…
The world begins welcoming 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges
Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in Times Square…