NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- As much as 36 percent of Americans took on holiday debt this holiday season, up from 34 percent a year ago, according to the latest holiday debt survey of LendingTree, ...

A spokesperson for Nats, the UK's main air traffic controller, said: "Due to widespread fog, temporary air traffic restrictions are in place at several airports across the UK today. Restrictions of ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. homelessness in 2024 increased by 18 percent compared to 2023, driven by a national affordable housing crisis, rising inflation, and a surge in migrants, according ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested 67 Syrian nationals for illegally entering Lebanon, along with a Lebanese bus driver who was transporting them, the official ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan at 19:10:06 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The ...

RAMALLAH, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian presidency on Friday condemned Israeli forces' burning down of parts of Kamal Adwan Hospital, a key medical facility in the northern Gaza Strip.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices advanced on Friday. The West Texas Intermediate for February delivery went up 98 cents, or 1.41 percent, to settle at 70.6 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New ...

For decades, NPR and PBS have overcome similar threats. But this year, "the attention and intensity" of the calls to defund public media seem greater, said Michael Isip, the president and chief ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The East Coast of the United States has yet to experience a major storm this winter season, but meteorologists are now monitoring a potential new pattern that could drive ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- OpenAI, founded a decade ago as a research organization, is considering a change to the artificial intelligence (AI) company's structure that would create a more ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Mindanao, Philippines at 18:42:56 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a ...

ROME, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Italy's Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy authorised the sale of Italian aviation company Piaggio Aerospace to Turkish drone maker Baykar, according to the ministry ...