1 / 6 The catastrophic bushfires in Australia have killed at least 26 people and destroyed more than 2,000 homes The catastrophic bushfires in Australia have killed at least 26 people and destroyed more than 2,000 homes (AFP Photo/SAEED KHAN) Gale-force winds in Australia merged two enormous fires into a megablaze spanning an area four […]
President Trump on Thursday continued to defend his decision to order the drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, claiming that the head of Iran’s Quds Force was planning an attack on the U.S. embassy in Iraq. “They were looking to blow up our embassy,” Trump told reporters during a previously scheduled event at […]
We’re in a state of low savings. Depending on what state you choose to retire in, you could need anywhere from $666,000 to upward of $2 million saved. And that’s outside of what you get from your Social Security checks. Those figures are according to an analysis released Thursday by personal finance site GoBankingRates, which […]
A noteworthy observation in the stock market this year is that popular technology stocks are outperforming broader indexes. Could 2020 be the year of FAAMNGs — Facebook FB, +0.79%, Apple AAPL, +1.53%, Amazon AMZN, +0.70%, Microsoft MSFT, +0.96%, Netflix NFLX, -0.96% and Google parent company Alphabet GOOG, +0.73% GOOGL, +0.66% ? The answer is “yes” […]
Free from the ribbon-cutting duties of royal life, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are on the brink of becoming a new kind of global-media power couple. Prince Harry owes his fortune and media savvy to three famous women: his mother, the late Princess Diana, who became a global superstar; his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who […]
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. didn’t give analysts too many reasons to be upbeat after reporting a third-quarter loss, revenue miss and pulling its guidance. But analysts say there are so many ways the home goods retailer can improve, the only way is up from here. Former Target Corp. TGT, -0.30% executive Mark Tritton […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has seen a spectacular rally in the past couple of months, with blue-chip benchmark at a new intraday again Thursday, with another psychological milestone — 29,000 — in sight. The Dow DJIA, +0.64% traded up 235 points, or 0.8%, at 28,980 midday Thursday at the peak, with a another 1,000-point […]
BERLIN (AP) — A young man in Germany has died four years after being poisoned by a co-worker and falling into a coma. The state court in Bielefeld, which convicted the suspect in the case last year, confirmed the death on Thursday, German news agency dpa reported. It said the 26-year-old’s parents spoke about their […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese prosecutors issued a travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and asked him to hand in his French passport on Thursday, following an Interpol-issued notice against him, a judicial official said. The travel ban comes after Ghosn was interrogated by prosecutors for nearly two hours over the notice about the […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) seemed to confirm that the Republican majority was ready to advance with impeachment, saying Wednesday that “there will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure.” “We will not cede our authority to try this impeachment. The House Democrats’ turn is over. The Senate has made its […]