NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dived on profit-taking and wrapped up the holiday-shortened week on a downbeat note on Friday, bringing a largely triumphant year closer to its conclusion.

SACRAMENTO, the United States, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States experienced its highest level of homelessness in 2024, with several states reporting triple-digit percentage increases as the ...

JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its air force on Friday struck "infrastructure" at the Janta crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border, which it claimed was used to ...

SANAA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-British navy coalition launched a fresh airstrike on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Friday night, targeting the 1st Armor Division in the city, ...

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 40 km E of Tomioka, Japan at 19:10:07 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

TUNIS, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian security forces have dismantled a drug trafficking network active in the northwestern province of Siliana, arresting three individuals, the Tunisian National Guard ...

Far-right activists clashed online with billionaire Elon Musk and other supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over the need for a skilled-worker immigration program that has long been a lifeblood ...

ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia has allocated 500 million U.S. dollars to the Yemeni government to cover state employees' salaries and other expenses, Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad ...

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 ...

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 ...