The first minister has said schools and nurseries across Scotland will close from the end of this week and may not reopen before the summer.Nicola Sturgeon announced the move as it was confirmed a third

Xbox Live went down for many users on Sunday, the game network's second outage in the past few days. Xbox Live users turned to Twitter to complain that they were unable to play games online or access other

New Orleans Pelicans' Zion Williamson has pledged to cover the salaries of the employees of the team's Smoothie King Center for the next month.It follows the postponement of major sport in the US because

Jack Ma, co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, plans to donate 500,000 test kits and 1 million face masks to the US amid the coronavirus outbreak. In statement shared Friday on Twitter, the Chinese

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday nominated U.S. Treasury official Geoffrey Okamoto as her top deputy, replacing longtime economist David Lipton in the key

Two Afghan politicians - who both claim they won the presidential election - have declared themselves president at rival inauguration ceremonies.The electoral commission says incumbent Ashraf Ghani narrowly

His resurrection is the resurrection of the establishment. In this case, and in this context, the resurrection of the Democratic Party as a political party by, for, and of, the establishment. A political

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. dismissed the top two Democratic presidential contenders' criticisms of her country, saying Thursday that candidates' opinions tend to change once they become

Tensions escalated in southern Syria's Deraa province after government troops and armed volunteers launched a raid against opposition fighters controlling parts of Al-Sanamayn townOn Monday, after

version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here.Investors could be forgiven for having whiplash after the events of the past

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be surging in the polls ahead of Super Tuesday, but some on Wall Street have made their own conclusions on what November will bring: four more years of President Donald

The Trump administration is weighing using special executive authority to spur the production of gear like protective masks that could be used to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the United States,

Hong Kong-based crypto derivatives exchange FTX saw record volumes in ether (ETH) futures on Wednesday amid a sell-off in the cryptocurrency's price.Daily trading volume on the nine-month-old exchange

Mexico's drug war has long played out in dusty northern border cities or the poppy fields of its southern mountains, but now the killings have moved to the conservative industrial heartland state of

General view of old Muscat the day after Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said was laid to rest in Muscat, Oman, January 12, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher PikeDUBAI (Reuters) - Oman has identified two more cases of

Belgian city has defended as "just fun" a carnival featuring caricatures of Orthodox Jews wearing huge fur hats, long fake noses and ant costumes.Israel, Jewish groups and Belgian Prime Minister Sophie

People in Gaza have been living under a blockade for almost 13 years.Lacking many basic needs such as consistent heating and healthier alternatives for diabetic patients has prompted many people to find

once-standout U.S. federal narcotics agent known for spending lavishly on luxury cars and Tiffany jewelry has been arrested on charges of conspiring to launder money with the same Colombian drug cartel

Companies in Britain are warning that a new immigration system that prioritizes skilled workers could lead to labor shortages in industries including farming and social care.The UK government on Wednesday

The waters off Qatar are home to the world's second-largest population of dugongs, sea mammals that eat underwater grass.Usually, they like to move alone, or in a small group.But there is a phenomenon