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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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) -- 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.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. factories employ about 13 million people. Plant owners are struggling to fill positions even as other sectors of the economy, such as transportation and warehousing, ...

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 ...

Whooping cough is considered a "nationally notifiable disease" in Canada and it's monitored through the Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, which has been set up to keep track of ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Homelessness in the United States soared to its highest level since the federal government began keeping track nearly 20 years ago, according to a new report from the Joe ...