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World News

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Updated 4 hours, 55 minutes ago

US budget airlines are struggling. Will pursuing premium passengers solve their problems?

Spirit Airlines has lost more than $2.2 billion since the start of 2020. Frontier has not reported a full-year pro…

Updated 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools

The Fed’s more cautious outlook stems from three months of data that pointed to stubborn inflation pressures and robust consumer spending

Updated 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, an FBI report says

The FBI received more than 100,000 complaints by victims of scams over the age of 60 last year, with nearly 6,000 people losing more than $100,000

Updated 7 months ago
South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead

For many who experienced apartheid, those years remain etched in their collective memory.

Updated 7 months ago
What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

Like the lives of the people taking them, recent injected drugs like Wegovy and its predecessor, the diabetes medication Ozempic, are reshaping the U.S. health…

Updated 7 months ago
About 1 in 4 US adults over 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds

Everyday expenses and housing costs, including rent and mortgage payments, are the biggest reasons why people are unable to save for retirement.

Updated 7 months ago
Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada

Plastic production continues to ramp up globally and is projected to double or triple by 2050 if nothing changes.

Updated 7 months ago
Indigenous groups gathering in Brazil's capital to protest president's land grant decisions

Lula took office in 2023 pledging to resume granting lands to Indigenous peoples, a stark contrast to his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who kept his promise not…

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
Staff and shoppers return to 'somber' Sydney shopping mall 6 days after mass stabbings

There was a large police and security presence, with guards wearing black stab-proof vests posted on each level of the mall. Visitors numbered in the hundreds,…

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave

Officials worry that part of the volcano could collapse into the sea and cause a tsunami as in a 1871 eruption there.

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
Homes are demolished in Ivory Coast's main city over alleged health concerns. Thousands are homeless

Demolitions in low-income neighborhoods are nothing new in Abidjan, where rapid urbanization has led to a population boom and housing shortages, with nearly on…

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games

From the ancient stadium in Olympia, a relay of torchbearers will carry the flame along a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) route through Greece, including several …

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old

Arabica coffee, prized for its smooth and relatively sweet flavor, now makes up 60% - 70% of the global coffee market and is brewed by brands such as Starbucks, Tim Horton's and Dunkin'

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
US says it has downed some Iran-launched attack drones en route to Israel

Booms and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem early Sunday after Iran launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel in an unprecedented reven…

Updated 7 months, 2 weeks ago
US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race

The unchecked spread of swarm technology "could lead to more instability and conflict around the world,” said Margarita Konaev, an analyst with Georgetown Univ…

Updated 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses Congress amid skepticism about US role abroad

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said earlier this week that he hoped Kishida's visit would underscore “that we’re in a worldwide situation here agains…