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From devastating cyclones and floods to an unrelenting drought, African countries are spending between 2% and 9% of their budgets to respond to extreme weather events, according to a report released......

Penn State is favored to claim another team title and Cornell's Yianni Diakomihalis and Iowa's Spencer Lee will seek their fourth national titles at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships, which......

The European Central Bank is more likely to raise interest rates by a modest 25 basis points when it meets on Thursday rather than by 50 bps or make no rate hike, Barclays said on Wednesday....

The Philadelphia Eagles have informed five-time Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay that he will be released Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. Slay posted a......

Online brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc said on Wednesday its Chief Operating Officer Gretchen Howard will retire at the end of 2023....

When Florida lawyer and Bernie Sanders supporter Jared Beck was permanently suspended by Twitter Inc four years ago after tweeting derisive comments about then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris, the ban "didn't terribly surprise me," he sai...

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation suspended two Cadiz players and some of the team's staff on Wednesday for their role in an altercation after a Spanish league match against Getafe last week......

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli army said Wednesday that soldiers killed an armed man suspected of entering the country from Lebanon and blowing up a car, raising the risk of renewed tensions with......

CenterPoint Energy Inc on Wednesday appointed Christopher Foster as chief financial officer and executive vice president, effective May 5....

Scientists have created baby mice with two fathers for the first time by turning male mouse stem cells into female cells in a lab. This raises the distant possibility of doing the same for people ......

Manchester United will not be complacent when they play Real Betis in the second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday, despite starting with three-goal advantage, manager Erik ten Hag said....

Brighton & Hove Albion owner Tony Bloom was celebrating a bumper payout after his horse Energumene romped to a 10-length win to retain the Queen Mother Champion Chase crown on day two of the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday....

A major purchase by Saudi Arabia caps sales of almost 200 Dreamliners over the past four months, handing Boeing Co major industrial and political wins in lucrative widebody sales against European rival Airbus ....

Christian Pulisic was among 24 players named in the United States squad for a training camp in Orlando ahead of the CONCACAF Nations League final four, U.S. Soccer said on Wednesday....

Yoon Suk Yeol arrives in Tokyo on Thursday on the first visit to Japan by a South Korean president in 12 years, seeking a closer relationship amid a perceived increase in regional threats from North Korea and China....

Lord's will host the annual Eton v Harrow school match and Oxford v Cambridge university fixture for at least five more years as a compromise after Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members opposed plans to play them elsewhere....

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been suspended for eight games without pay by the league for live streaming a video on Instagram where he could be seen holding a firearm at a Denver area nightclub earlier this month....

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. military "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea in an incident condemned as "reckless' by the U.S. military....

Brazil's new government will investigate whether the country's intelligence agency ABIN illegally spied on Brazilians through their cell phones, Justice Minister Flavio Dino said on Wednesday....

Paid time off that workers accumulate is not a part of their salary under U.S. wage law, meaning employers can take away paid leave when salaried workers do not meet productivity quotas, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday....

NEW YORK (AP) — A bank run conjures images of "It's a Wonderful Life," with anxious customers crammed shoulder to shoulder, desperately pleading with a harried George Bailey to hand over their money. ......

Canada's competition watchdog called for stronger merger review rules on Wednesday and recommended some 50 improvements to what it said was outdated antitrust legislation....

Russia and Belarus will compete at the women's world boxing championships with their flags and national symbols after their athletes carried the flags at the opening ceremony of the event in India on Wednesday....

New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd on Thursday said first-half profit jumped 50% due to higher prices for its dairy products and strong margins across its cheese and protein division....

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky was advanced by a Senate committee on Wednesday, leaving its supporters still facing their biggest challenge as opponents mounted a......

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Kyle Chrisley, the son of reality TV star Todd Chrisley of the show "Chrisley Knows Best," has been charged with aggravated assault in Tennessee, authorities said. The arrest......

Aliyah Boston is now a member of the elite three-timers club. The South Carolina star was honored for the third straight year as an All-American by The Associated Press on Wednesday. She's just the......

The Minnesota Vikings have started their latest secondary revamp by agreeing to terms on a contract with former Arizona cornerback Byron Murphy, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The......

Two people are dead after a shooting at a hotel near Portland International Airport on Wednesday morning....

A Michigan zoo welcomed the birth of a bongo calf, a critically endangered member of the antelope family....