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Russia has invaded the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and and is in the process of solidifying control of the isolated Black Sea region.  Only eight days ago, Ukraine's parliament deposed President Viktor Yanukovych afte...

For 13 years, Mexico's most powerful drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman lived on the run, staying well ahead of authorities. But it was one slipup — an associate of his being caught on a wiretap — that led to his...

Want a different perspective on the crisis in Ukraine? Check out RT.com, the state Russian broadcaster that's tasked with improving Russia's image abroad (AKA: propaganda). The top stories currently are about how Crimea ...

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln course will help farmers and registered crop advisers learn to manage pests better.

Volvo is showing off a gorgeous concept station wagon at the Geneva Motor Show next week, but the most important bit isn't what the car looks like — it's what's inside. According to the Swedish automaker, the "most str...

In this OECD chart of life expectancy vs. per-capita healthcare spending (tweeted by Conrad Hackett), one nation is clearly different than all the rest: The United States. The U.S. has by far the highest per-capita healt...

MEXICO CITY -- It is a tale of two cities that became one. Separated by a mere 23 miles and a border, San Diego and Tijuana have merged into one common metropolitan area. Residents from both towns roam around it to their...

The government will consider the rules around national carrier Qantas as parliament returns for another sitting week. All the politics news today live Gabrielle Chan

(Reuters) - Britain's revenue collector is preparing to abort its plans to tax Bitcoin trading only days after the currency's leading exchange, Mt Gox, collapsed after losing almost $500 million of customer deposits to h...

Sentiment improving for telecom sector and the coming years will be good for business, says CEO Cai Liqun

Repealing Michigan's rarely enforced ban against scalping tickets is, on its face, an effort to help out the average customer looking to sell a few unused tickets to a game or concert.

Chinese households have an overwhelming share of their assets in their homes, and any slump in prices could lead to widespread anger, findings say.     

Americans, including student borrowers and would-be homeowners, are again becoming comfortable with taking on more red ink. Personal debt levels are rising again, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of...

Readership figures for the Times and Sunday Times versus the Guardian and Observer show the difference a paywall makes So now we can begin to compare the (rough) benefits of paywalls or no-walls around newspaper websites...

Five years ago on Wednesday, the Bank of England slashed interest rates to a record low of 0.5% - and it's still there. For some it's been goods news, for others bad Five years ago this week, on 5 March 2009, the Bank o...

Charlie Bean, who is due to retire this year, seems to have vanished into thin air while others do all the talking Would Charlie Bean, deputy governor of the Bank of England, please report to the Observer? You're not in ...

Dozens of protesters urging President Obama to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline were arrested outside of the White House on Sunday, Reuters reported. About 1,000 people who were mostly college-aged took part in the protes...

One of an entrepreneur's biggest challenges is knowing how to explain their idea simply, quickly, and in a way that grabs an investor's attention, and convinces them that its worth betting on. You often only have one cha...

Lobbying behind closed doors, Washington's largest health insurance company persuaded Republicans in the state Senate to gut a widely supported bill that aimed to reveal health care price and quality information to consu...

This post has been updated. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior administration official says Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev Tuesday to meet with government officials. Kerry's trip come...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Residents in three California foothill communities headed home Sunday after a powerful storm that threatened to unleash mud on neighborhoods beneath unstable hills scarred by recent wildfires.    �...

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