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The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates this week for the first time this year. So how does it actually work? And what does it mean for the economy —...

Russia's parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine's regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago.(Image...

Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year. (Image...

President Trump says he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland. The announcement comes after months of threatening to take the island by force...

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The president chalked the ban up to what he called unfavorable coverage, and he threatened that bans on other media companies could be coming.(Image credit: Alex Brandon)

Ms. Rachel has conquered YouTube, Netflix and the toy aisle. Now she's making an album, with real instruments, big feelings and her littlest listeners in mind.(Image credit: Dimitrios Kambouris)

Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years. His son, Howard, will become Berkshire Hathaway's new chairman(Image credit:...

South Africa has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world, and a spate of killings of nine women in the same area in recent weeks...

The world made it to another Friday without an AI apocalypse, so here's the quiz! See you next week … maybe.