The BBC says a Russian pilot tried to shoot down a British plane over...
LONDON (AP) — A Russian pilot deliberately fired missiles at a Royal Air Force surveillance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea last...
Retail sales rise 0.6% in August largely due to a spike in gas prices
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans stepped up retail spending modestly from July to August as the price of gasoline jumped, cutting into budgets as...
Wholesale price inflation accelerated in August from historically slow pace
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices increases accelerated in August, a sign that inflation remains stubbornly persistent despite a series of sharp interest rate...
Applications for US jobless benefits tick up slightly
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week ticked up modestly after falling to the lowest level in seven months the week...
Arm Holdings is valued at $54.5 billion in biggest initial public offering since late...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.K. chip designer Arm Holdings is scheduled to start trading on the Nasdaq Thursday, in what is the largest initial...
Author Deesha Philyaw has a 7-figure deal for her next two books
NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning fiction writer Deesha Philyaw, who struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives...
Tiny Italian island struggles to cope with thousands of migrants who arrived in a...
MILAN (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as it coped with transferring thousands of people...
France sends the army to ensure water to drought-stricken Indian Ocean island of Mayotte
PARIS (AP) — France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, which is facing an unprecedented...
Venice faces possible UNESCO downgrade as it struggles to manage mass tourism
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A scowling gondoliere ferrying sightseers 10 at a time across the mouth of Venice's Grand Canal scolds passengers to sit...
Spain records its third hottest summer since records began as a drought drags on
MADRID (AP) — Spain this year recorded its third hottest summer since official records began 62 years ago, authorities said Thursday, with temperatures peaking...
