Factories in China, struggling to reopen after the coronavirus shut down the economy, face a new threat from U.S. anti-disease controls that might disrupt the flow of microchips and other components they

- U.S. job openings rebounded in January after two straight monthly declines, but signs of strength in the labor market at the start of the year have been overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic, which

The Fed cut U.S. interest rates on Sunday and said it would expand its balance sheet by at least $700 billion in the coming weeks.The move is expected to help resolve some market dislocations including

Every Briton over the age of 70 will be told to stay at home for an extended period to shield them from coronavirus in the coming weeks, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says.He told the BBC: "The length

President Donald Trump's travel ban on 26 European nations has come into force in the US, as part of a contingency plan to tackle the coronavirus crisis.It affects countries that are members of the Schengen

Schools shut down across much of Europe. Gatherings were canceled or banned from California to Germany. And the coronavirus reached directly into the world's centers of power Thursday, with politicians

The Afghan government said on Wednesday it would free 1,500 Taliban prisoners, while delaying the release of another 3,500 that the militants say must be set free for talks to begin under a peace deal

Markets in Asia and Europe staged a modest recovery Tuesday, and US stock futures gained more than 500 points a day after novel coronavirus fears and an oil price war sparked a worldwide panic.The mood

Two Republican members of Congress on Sunday announced they will self-quarantine after interacting with an individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the recent Conservative Political

With 74 confirmed cases and three deaths, Australia is far from making the top of the countries worst-affected by the new coronavirus. But thousands of shoppers seem to think otherwise, and it appears

Haitian Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe said on Wednesday during his first public appearance since his appointment by presidential decree that he would focus on fighting insecurity and inequality while boosting

Spike Lee still has his courtside seat, though the New York Knicks had to tell their superfan to find another way to get there.Lee said he won't be sitting there the rest of this season, anyway.The

Former President Barack Obama did something this weekend that he's been unable to do so far in the Democratic primary race: Call former Vice President Joe Biden and offer his congratulations.While the

Let us "all die together," a Syrian woman who lost her three sons in the long-running Syrian war and is left to care for four young grandchildren, said she prayed.Zaheda al-Hussain, 56, is like hundreds

LISTEN- 02:06Facebook uses AI to gauge how far away elements of a scene are from the camera, creating what's called a depth map. That's used to convert a 2D photo into a 3D photo.Facebook; GIF by Nicole

Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears about a viral epidemic just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move that came as the Mideast has over 220 confirmed

More than 28,000 people in the UK were recorded sleeping rough in 12 months, research by the BBC has suggested.In England five times as many rough sleepers were seen by councils in the year than reported

Between 2011 and 2012, 49-year-old Clifton Collins bought 6,000 Bitcoin using money he earned from growing and selling weed, reports The Irish Times. At the time, the cryptocurrency's price varied between

Hopes for ending America's longest war hinge on maintaining a weeklong fragile truce in Afghanistan that U.S. officials and experts agree will be difficult to assess and fraught with pitfalls.What if one

Voters in Togo are set to cast their ballots on Saturday in a presidential election that is expected to further extend the Gnassingbe family's decades-long rulePolls show incumbent President Faure