The operators of a cruise ship that was barred from docking in four countries announced Wednesday that it will land and disembark passengers in Cambodia. Thailand had said Tuesday that...
February 12, 2020
CVS Health swung to a profit in its fourth quarter, as the year-ago period was weighed down by a goodwill impairment charge. CVS Health Corp. earned $1.74 billion, or $1.33...
February 12, 2020
Scandinavian Airlines has temporarily removed an online ad after criticism on social media, particularly from anti-immigration parties, that the video detracts the region's culture and history. The video, entitled “What...
February 12, 2020
The European Union is threatening to punish Cambodia with sanctions for what it sees as human rights and trade union violations. The EU Commission said it wants to withdraw key...
February 12, 2020
A stream of anxious homeowners and government officials from Miami Beach to Tallahassee paraded before a Senate committee Tuesday, urging lawmakers to reject a plan to preempt the ability of...
February 12, 2020
The hostel brand Selina instilled an eat-pray-love mentality in its locations in Latin America. Now, the brand is bringing the same vibe to Miami. Selina, founded in Panama, has acquired...
February 12, 2020
Miami's newest sky pool boasts views of the 45th floor — and beyond. A glass atrium stretching seven stories tall will shelter a palm-lined garden, seating areas and bar. An...
February 12, 2020
Greece's 10-year government bond yield has fallen below 1% for the first time, bolstering the country's effort to ease strict budget conditions set by bailout lenders. The yield dropped Wednesday...
February 12, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday promised tax cuts and other aid to industries hurt by a virus outbreak in a renewed effort to rein in the rising damage to...
February 12, 2020
Nokia on Wednesday became the latest company to drop out of one of the world's biggest technology fairs over worries about the viral outbreak from China. The Finnish technology company...
February 12, 2020
Emilio Estefan says it with a tinge of modesty but with the assurance of someone who's heard the words “You're Crazy!” several times and yet has seen his ideas succeed....
February 12, 2020
For decades, Iowa and New Hampshire were the two gateways that directed the flow of big donor money to election candidates. This year's race is exposing the artificial nature of...
February 12, 2020
Just about every luxury automaker offers a high-performance version of one of its SUVs these days. But not everyone can afford a $70,000 Porsche Cayenne, let alone a $200,000 Lamborghini...
February 12, 2020
Iran's information minister apologized Wednesday for posting a photo on Twitter of what appeared to be a Halloween-type costume representing a spacesuit, in an effort to promote the idea of...
February 12, 2020
Pope Francis declined Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Catholic...
February 12, 2020
A businessman who was in charge of monitoring asbestos in a Louisiana school system submitted false air monitoring and lab testing reports for years, federal prosecutors said. In a federal...
February 12, 2020
The British government says it will give regulators the power to fine social media companies for harmful material on their platforms. Plans announced Wednesday would give the U.K.'s telecommunications watchdog,...
February 12, 2020
The government of President Emmanuel Macron is putting more of its money where his mouth is, announcing a raft of plans to curb carbon emissions, including a new hybrid-engine armored...
February 12, 2020
European lawmakers are set to approve free trade and investment deals between the EU and Vietnam that will eliminate almost all tariffs over the next ten years, despite concerns about...
February 12, 2020
Nissan filed a civil suit Wednesday seeking 10 billion yen ($91 million) in damages from the Japanese automaker's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn. Nissan Motor Co. filed the case in Yokohama...
February 12, 2020
The annual Winter Blues Farmer's Market event is set to return to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center later this month, officials said Tuesday. The market is scheduled to run...
February 12, 2020
A fire inside an ExxonMobil refinery in Louisiana turned the night sky a shade of orange and sent a large plume of smoke into the air. The fire erupted at...
February 12, 2020
They stood, they cheered, they booed and they boozed. Turns out, esports fans in New York aren't much different from their traditional sports counterparts. Packing a nearly 2,000-seat venue across...
February 12, 2020
Two suspected letter bombs exploded early Wednesday in the Netherlands, police said. Nobody was injured in the blasts. One of the explosions happened at a business in Amsterdam and the...
February 12, 2020
Cyprus needs to step up its fight against the laundering of illicit cash generated outside the east Mediterranean island nation, a leading European financial watchdog said Wednesday. Moneyval, which is...
February 12, 2020
NHL ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was hospitalized and undergoing tests early Wednesday after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the first...
February 12, 2020
A century ago, the Los Angeles Fire Department made a historic switch from horse-drawn fire engines to motorized vehicles. This week, the department took the first step in a new...
February 12, 2020
The future of artificial intelligence (AI) is here: self-driving cars, grocery-delivering drones and voice assistants like Alexa that control more and more of our lives, from the locks on our...
February 12, 2020
St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was hospitalized and undergoing tests early Wednesday after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the first period of the Blues' game...
February 12, 2020
Asian shares were higher Wednesday, although the outbreak of a new virus in the region continued to weigh on investor sentiments. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.7% to finish at 23,861.21....
February 12, 2020
Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. said its profit for last quarter dropped amid worries about the perceived risk of its investments into companies like WeWork. Tokyo-based SoftBank said Wednesday...
February 12, 2020
Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound on a recent gray morning to herd schools of Asian carp...
February 12, 2020
China's ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn't under control and cancel this year's highest-profile official event. Or bring 3,000 legislators to...
February 12, 2020
Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their only exit as a fire blazed through fabric and...
February 12, 2020
Businesses and residents in the southern end of a southeast New Mexico county likely will have high-speed internet by the end of the year. The Hobbs News-Sun reports the New...
February 12, 2020
The proportion of people in families struggling to pay medical bills is down, but the number isn't dropping like it used to, according to a big government study. In a...
February 12, 2020
Airlines and aircraft makers are taking a body blow from the virus outbreak in China, as Boeing reported zero orders for new jets in January and forecasting the cargo business...
February 12, 2020
A company paid $500,000 by Maine regulators to study the state's electric grid may have been ineligible to receive the contract based on conflict of interest rules. London Economics International...
February 12, 2020
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would endorse a 55-point road map for ending the war in Libya and condemn the recent increase...
February 12, 2020
The owners of four New Jersey motels agreed to sell their properties so they can be demolished and turned into open space with a $2.45 million federal grant intended to...
