Новости за 21.09.2015

For the first time, the United States may be willing to accept a United Nations condemnation of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba without a fight, The Associated Press has learned.

By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press A season of goal-setting begins this month as the United Nations launches a new 15-year plan to fight grinding world poverty, improve health and education and quell...

Pressure piled on the head of Volkswagen on Monday in the wake of an emissions-testing scandal that's seen around 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) wiped off the company's market value.

U2 canceled a concert in Sweden's capital after a security breach and police were investigating on Monday whether one of their own was to blame.

Burkina Faso's military warned Monday that its forces were converging on the capital with the goal of disarming the junta behind last week's coup, as tensions mounted over the political impasse.

Suspected Islamic extremists killed at least 54 people when they detonated explosive devices in crowded places Sunday night in Maiduguri the capital of the northeastern state of Borno, members of civilian defense group...

Ten years after GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina was unceremoniously fired from her job as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, her tumultuous business career is still the subject of heated discussion.

A Danish man appeared in a South African court after he was found storing 21 pieces of female genitalia in plastic bags in his freezer.

France's data privacy regulator rejected Google's appeal of an order to remove search results worldwide upon request, saying Monday that companies that operate in Europe need to abide by the prevailing laws.

Taiwan's stock exchange has removed smartphone maker HTC from its index of blue chip companies, signposting the dramatic decline of a business that once ranked as Taiwan's No. 1 brand and dazzled consumers with...

Macy's Inc. plans to hire about 85,000 seasonal workers for temporary jobs ahead of the holidays to meet expected higher demand. That is about the same as a year ago.

U.S. stocks are higher in midday trading as investors try to look beyond the uncertain timing of a possible interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.

U.S. home sales slid in August by the most since January as tight supplies and rising prices discouraged potential buyers.

Apple Inc. has removed some applications from its App Store after developers in China were tricked into using software tools that added malicious code in an unusual security breach.

Congress' Republican leaders face stark tests as they fight to keep the government open past month's end, amid fears a shutdown could imperil their party's White House ambitions.

Croatia set up a migrant reception center in the eastern village of Opatovac on Monday, in hopes of injecting order into the unrelenting chaos that has gripped the tiny Balkan country overwhelmed by thousands seeking...

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that happened on Interstate 26 Monday morning.

U.S. stocks rose broadly in early trading Monday as investors tried to look beyond the uncertain timing of a possible interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. All 10 industry groups in the Standard and Poor's 500...

Moldova's central bank governor resigned Monday, following weeks of street protests over $1.5 billion that disappeared from three Moldovan banks.

The South Carolina Stingrays will host a special Opening Night this season where they will honor and remember the victims, survivors, and families of the Emanuel AME Church shooting by wearing “Charleston Strong” themed jerseys that will be auctioned off with the proceeds to benefit the children of the families.

In a story Sept. 20 about a trip to Iran by the head of the U.N. nuclear agency, The Associated Press erroneously referred to the place he was visiting as an Iranian nuclear site. In fact, it is a military site where some...

The Lebanese government is launching a campaign to register 100,000 new students from among the Syrian refugee population in its already overwhelmed public schools.

Demonstrators took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital Monday, burning tires to protest a proposed compromise solution to the country's deepening political crisis as tensions mounted over military rule.

As Chinese grew wealthier while their economy raced ahead, dairy farmers more than 6,000 miles away in verdant New Zealand felt like they'd won the lottery.

A lawyer for Moroccan railway workers says France's labor court has ordered the national railway to pay 150 million euros ($169 million) in compensation after finding that Moroccans had faced discrimination in benefits...