By Lydia DePillis The US economy added 304,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong month of hiring as employers continue to bring in new workers. January was the 100th straight month of j... Read more
By Kathryn Vasel Mass layoffs are back in the news. January was particularly brutal for journalists. Buzzfeed announced it was reducing its workforce by 15%. Verizon cut about 7% of media di... Read more
By Tonderayi Mukeredzi Many Zimbabweans say that broad national dialogue is required immediately to mend deteriorating political conditions in the country. During the past few weeks, the cou... Read more
The mother of a three-year-old girl has become the first person in the UK to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM). The 37-year-old woman, from east London, was convicted follow... Read more
A $1 million settlement for a company with annual revenues of $270 million is not usually enough to bat an eyelash, except when it has to do with North Korea. The U.S. Office of Foreign Asse... Read more
Satellite imagery reportedly revealing a ballistic missile facility deep in the Saudi desert spotlights Riyadh’s increased investment in its independent warfighting capabilities, U.S.... Read more
Democrats have taken aim at the wealthy — and that has former Rep. Jeb Hensarling afraid of what could come. Hensarling, a Republican who represented Texas from 2003 to 2019, told CNBC on Tu... Read more
Court of appeal rules Joshua Gardner’s initial suspended sentence was ‘unduly lenient’ A teenager who attacked a car with a “zombie knife” has been jailed for three and a half years after th... Read more
At least 40 people are believed to have been killed and 850 others detained in Venezuela’s recent violence, the United Nations says. Rupert Colville, the UN’s human rights spokes... Read more
By Kate Bennett A British magazine has issued an apology to first lady Melania Trump for an article it published last week which included several inaccuracies about her life and her family.... Read more
