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Investment in China slowed drastically in November, propelling the country closer toward its first annual decline in more than three decades.Investment for housing, public infrastructure, and...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Sunday in Germany with President Donald Trump’s negotiators in what was viewed as a critical round of talks to try to agree on a plan to end the war with...

A gunman dressed in black shot 10 people, killing two of them, on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday afternoon, local officials said. Hours after the attack, no...

In the spring of 2021, the cancer field was abuzz over research that suggested a simple early-detection blood test could find dozens of different cancers, including many for which there is no routine...

In a watershed moment for Hollywood and generative artificial intelligence, Disney said Thursday that it would buy a $1 billion stake in OpenAI and bring its characters to Sora, the AI company’s...

 For the past three decades, as China’s economy has developed into a global powerhouse, investment has grown reliably each year.That is about to change. This year, China’s investments in assets...

LOS ANGELES — SpaceX, the rocket and satellite maker run by Elon Musk, told employees Friday that it would buy insider shares in a deal that would value it at around $800 billion, and said that it...

Oman Air has announced the launch of its first new route for 2026: Taif. Starting from January 31, 2026, the service marks the airline’s fifth destination in Saudi. The new flight will operate...

The 2026 World Cup, once a dot on the horizon, starts to come into full view this week. With qualification now mostly wrapped up, the draw for the tournament is Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center...

SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix announced Friday that it planned to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in an $82.7 billion deal that could redefine Hollywood and the broader media landscape.Bringing the century-old...

They’re lean. They’re pint-size. They’re oh so cute.They’re Japan’s beloved kei microcars and trucks. And they have an unlikely new fan: President Donald Trump.Trump calls the cars “really...

Q: I tend to run cold, especially in my hands and feet. Is that something to worry about?When you get cold, it’s normal to first feel it in your fingers and toes. They’re farthest from the...

Netflix announced plans Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a deal that will send shock waves through Hollywood and the broader media landscape.The...

Warner Bros. Discovery, the old-line entertainment company that controls the Harry Potter and Batman franchises, has entered exclusive talks with Netflix for a deal to sell its movie and television...

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that people should stop using certain types of glucose monitor sensors after the maker, Abbott Diabetes Care, warned that the faulty products could be...

Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a tattoo. An artist drew a tangled ribbon on his right arm, the diagram of a protein called Piezo. Patapoutian, a neuroscientist at Scripps Research in San Diego,...

In a study published last week in JAMA Neurology, researchers linked obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes temporary pauses in breathing during sleep, with Parkinson’s...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Three cyclones happened simultaneously across South and Southeast Asia this week, the latest of several huge storms that have battered the region, killing at least 1,200 people,...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned airlines and pilots on Saturday that the airspace near Venezuela was closed, ratcheting up what his administration has characterized as a war against drug...

The calls for help have been fast and frequent, as large parts of Sri Lanka remain underwater and the death toll from Cyclone Ditwah, still battering the island nation, has surpassed 150.Dozens of...