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China Evergrande is one of the biggest Chinese developers that have collapsed under pressure to rein in surging debt the ruling Communist Party views as a threat to China's slowing economic growth.
Jan. 29, 2024
The former House speaker on Sunday suggested that some anti-war protesters are connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin, without offering evidence. She wants the FBI to investigate the matter.
Jan. 28, 2024
It's a new league and a new era for women's volleyball. The Pro Volleyball Federation held its first match in Nebraska. The seven team league will add three more teams in 2025.
Jan. 28, 2024
Republicans contend Mayorkas' "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" on immigration amounts to "high crimes and misdemeanors" for failing to manage the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jan. 28, 2024
Jenin's Freedom Theatre was ransacked by Israeli soldiers, its staff thrown in jail. Once celebrated as a peace initiative, it's the latest casualty of near-daily military raids on the West Bank.
Jan. 28, 2024
Greyhound bus stations are being shut down and redeveloped. The closures are leaving passengers without a warm place to get a snack, use the restroom or wait for the bus.
Jan. 28, 2024
Silicon Valley executives have said the cuts are a result of pandemic over-hiring and still-historically high inflation. But others say something else may be behind the mass layoffs.
Jan. 28, 2024
Yousef al-Hindi, a puppeteer from Gaza, continues his passion despite the war between Israel and Hamas by using whatever materials he can find.
Jan. 28, 2024
The victors of Sunday's games will face each another in the Super Bowl. It's the Baltimore Ravens versus the Kansas City Chiefs and, later, the San Francisco 49ers against the Detroit Lions.
Jan. 28, 2024
Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.
Jan. 28, 2024
Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.
Jan. 28, 2024
Voters in Finland were electing a new president Sunday at an unprecedented time for the Nordic nation that is now a NATO member with its eastern border with Russia closed.
Jan. 28, 2024
Iran says it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.
Jan. 28, 2024
Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine's security service reported.
Jan. 28, 2024
The TV personality will join judges Allison Holker and Maksim Chmerkovskiy following sexual assault allegations against Lythgoe.
Jan. 27, 2024