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TEHRAN, Iran — The last time Donald Trump was in office, the consequences for Iran were disastrous. As president, Trump pulled out of a nuclear deal that had begun to reduce sanctions in exchange...

Saudi Arabia and seven other oil-producing countries said Sunday that they would postpone plans to gradually increase oil output until the end of December, according to a release on the OPEC website. ...

Days before the presidential election, Elon Musk’s centrality to his social media platform, X, has become more pronounced. Musk has posted more than 3,000 times on the site in the past month,...

Boeing’s largest union said Thursday that it would hold a vote on a new contract offer after workers rejected two earlier proposals. The union’s 33,000 members have been on strike since Sept. 13,...

Two weeks before world leaders meet to debate the climate crisis, a report released Thursday shows the 10 deadliest extreme weather events in the past two decades were made worse by burning fossil...

PAIPORTA, Spain — Plates with half-eaten dinners were still sitting on the white tablecloths in the nursing home’s dining hall Thursday, amid muddy and overturned wheelchairs and walkers. Six...

It’s been clear since the early days of the pandemic: People with mental illness are more likely to have severe outcomes from COVID. Compared with the general population, they’re at higher risk of...

Online and off, many people have credited supplements with helping them overcome hair loss. Videos abound on TikTok of people saying that brands such as Nutrafol and Viviscal made their hair thicker,...

Susan Hirsch was visiting her father in the hospital where he was recuperating after a fall and was shocked to find him — long devoted to her mother — flirting with a nurse as if he were “17 and...

The world is split up into continents, there are seven in all. And if you get the gist, we’re going to make a list, From biggest to small ... Your kids may have come home from school...

AUSTIN, Texas — On a quiet street of multimillion-dollar properties, one stands out: a 14,400-square-foot mansion that looks like a villa plucked from the hills of Tuscany in Italy and transplanted...

McDonald’s aims to move past the E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in recent weeks, projecting the food safety scare will not affect its full-year finances. The company’s...

WASHINGTON — The questions came in the form of an email on Dec. 1, 2018, to Boeing from the chief pilot at Ethiopian Airlines. They were detailed and filled with aviation jargon. One of them was 452...

WASHINGTON — At the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank last week, Kristalina Georgieva, head of the IMF, expressed a mix of relief and trepidation about the world...

With two weeks left in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his vicious attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, making several demeaning personal insults at two...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris continued her busy schedule of news media interviews Tuesday, sitting down with Hallie Jackson of NBC News to discuss how she would distinguish herself from...

WASHINGTON — The global economy has managed to avoid falling into a recession even though the world’s central banks have raised interest rates to their highest levels in years to try to tame rapid...

Many people say they can’t live without their phones. But one Australian woman’s attempt to save hers left her fighting to get back to her life. This month, Matilda Campbell was with her...

Leaders of Boeing’s largest union said Saturday that they had reached a “negotiated proposal” for a new contract and would put it up for a vote to end a long and expensive strike. In a post...

More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States has prediabetes, higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that can lead to diabetes. More than 1 in 10 have diabetes, characterized by still higher blood...