VATICAN CITY — A special purification rite was held at the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday after it was
WASHINGTON — President Joseph R. Biden on Saturday signed a bill that suspends the US government’s $31.4-trillion debt ceiling, averting what would
HONG KONG/TAIPEI — Hong Kong (HK) police said on Sunday they had detained eight people near a park, four of them for
WASHINGTON – US job growth likely slowed in May, with wages coming off the boil, potentially allowing the Federal Reserve to skip
SYDNEY – Australia will raise the minimum wage by 5.75% from July 1 as families grapple with soaring living costs, a decision
LONDON – Italy helped a retailer open chocolate and gelato stores across Asia. The United States offered a loan for a coastal hotel
WASHINGTON — A former employee of Amazon.com’s Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed
SEOUL — North Korea’s latest space launcher appears to be a new design and most likely uses engines developed for the nuclear-armed
BEIJING — Applied maths graduate Liang Huaxiao tried to land a job with one of China’s tech giants for two years. Then
WASHINGTON — A divided US House of Representatives passed a bill to suspend the $31.4-trillion debt ceiling on Wednesday, with majority support
