Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi discuss the latest market action with Heritage Capital President Paul Schatz.
For more than two weeks, dozens of survivors from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris have testified in a specially designed courtroom about the Islamic State group's attacks on Nov. 13, 2015. Pierre-Sylvain realized only then that he’d been shot through the face.
Her sexually explicit protests have been likened to pornography, but Ugandan activist and writer Stella Nyanzi says sex is the most effective -- and entertaining -- way to shake people out of their apathy.
Rancher looking for adventure discovers sailboat whose builder shared his dream
He was only a year old when his panicked father picked him up and they fled with his mother from the gunfire rattling their neighborhood. It was the day Lebanon’s civil war started 46 years ago. Now 47, Bahij Dana did the same thing last week.
Kamala Harris visits Lake Mead in Nevada on climate change campaign, New York City Council to remove Thomas Jefferson statue, and more
The mother of a murdered Hong Kong woman blasted the authorities on Wednesday for allowing her daughter's killer to live as a free man, a case that has festered because China does not recognise Taiwan.
Authorities have belatedly reported that one of the group of African mammals that bolted from a farm died last month Zebras are adaptable, according to experts, and the oncoming colder months should not present too great a problem to Maryland’s escapees. Photograph: Johner Images/Getty Images/Johner RF One of a group of escaped zebras that have spent almost two months running wild through the east Maryland suburbs has died, authorities said, in a blow to thousands who have followed the animals’
A Brazilian senate committee will on Wednesday ask that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with "intentional" crimes over his management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left 600,000 of his compatriots dead.
More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads and houses in India and Nepal, officials said Wednesday, with scores more missing.
Transplant surgeons report successfully testing a pig kidney on a human, in organ transplant breakthrough
Russia hosts the Taliban for talks in Moscow on Wednesday, seeking to assert its influence on Central Asia and push for action against Islamic State fighters which it says have massed in perennially volatile Afghanistan.
Two roadside bombs exploded near a bus carrying troops during the morning rush hour in the Syrian capital early Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding others, state TV reported. The attack was the deadliest in Damascus in years, and a rare event since government forces captured suburbs formerly held by insurgents in Syria’s decade-long conflict. Syrian state TV showed footage of the charred bus in central Damascus, saying the blasts occurred while people were heading to work and school.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares statewide drought emergency
One of the leaders of FARC, the Colombian guerrilla group turned political party, was arrested Tuesday in Mexico.
The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns. Children like Royal were not the focus after George Floyd died at the hands of police in 2020, prompting a raging debate on the disproportionate use of force by law enforcement, especially on adults of color. Kids are still an afterthought in reforms championed by lawmakers and pushed by police departments.
Facebook is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, according to a report in the US.
The Kashmiri Hindu activist was listening to religious hymns on his cellphone when he was interrupted by a tragic WhatsApp message. It brought news of a fatal shooting of a prominent chemist from his community, just a few miles from the activist’s home in Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Sanjay Tickoo, 54, anxiously bolted the gate of his house and gathered his family in the dining room.
The US group 3M, which among other things manufactures anti-Covid protective face masks, said Tuesday it will pay $99 million to settle complaints related to health and the environment.
Nikolas Cruz is scheduled to plead guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder Wednesday for the 2018 shooting massacre at a Florida high school, as his attorneys turn their focus to saving him from a death sentence. Cruz, 23, will appear before Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who will ask him a lengthy list of questions to gauge his mental competency. Scherer will then ask him one by one how he pleads to each killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and to the 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder for those who were wounded.
Comedy CentralTrevor Noah is not impressed with Kanye West’s big name change.During his rundown of the latest news on Tuesday’s episode of The Daily Show, Noah revealed that the “iconic rapper, fashion designer and self-appointed youth pastor” is “Kanye no more,” adopting “Ye” as his new full, legal name.“And I’ll be honest, I get why he changed it,” the host said. “I mean, if I had gone super MAGA like he did last year, I also would want to distance myself from myself.”But what really baffled N
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