An Egyptian ex-minister is the favourite to become head of the UN's culture agency, but his Congolese rival says bets are ...

Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have ...

The U.S. Department of Energy settled government takeover reports of Lithium Americas Corp., announcing a 5% ownership of the $1.5 billion mining company.

President Donald Trump signaled Wednesday that he plans to push Chinese leader Xi Jinping on US soybean purchases when they ...

Arizona state Sen. Carine Werner, R-District 4, continues to investigate billions of dollars of alleged Medicaid fraud.

Democratic attorneys general from 21 jurisdictions sued the Trump administration Wednesday for denying federal funds to help victims of violent crimes who are illegal immigrants.

Maine Republicans are calling for a criminal investigation after hundreds of mail ballots for the November election were mistakenly sent to a woman in an Amazon ...

The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious ...

Mobile networks and the internet were restored across Afghanistan on Wednesday, 48 hours after the Taliban authorities shut ...

Facebook owner Meta on Wednesday defended its advertising model in a 550-million-euro trial in Spain over alleged breaches of ...

A flotilla carrying aid to war-battered Gaza said Wednesday it would stay its course despite what it called "intimidation ...