4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (625+ words) NEW YORK -- Oil prices sank again Tuesday and dropped below $80 per barrel for the first time since early March, while U. S. stocks drifted near their all-time highs in mixed trading. The S&P 500 slipped 0. 6% and pulled 1. 3% below its record set earlier…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (826+ words) ATLANTA -- So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunner, holding heavily favored Spain scoreless in a 0-0 draw on Monday. "This…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (653+ words) YEREVAN, Armenia -- Armenia's polling authority on Sunday confirmed that the party led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won a general election seen as a vote on its geopolitical future and a test of Russia's influence in the South Caucasus country....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (645+ words) BRUSSELS -- NATO's top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia, after the United States announced that it is cutting the number of aircraft and warships that it would provide in a…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (483+ words) HONG KONG -- China's passenger car exports jumped 73% year-on-year in May to around 809, 000 vehicles, an industry group reported Wednesday, as higher gasoline and diesel prices due to the war in Iran raised interest in electric vehicles. That's up from about 796, 000 passenger…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (418+ words) The 21-member executive committee of the court's oversight body, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties, on Monday voted to suspend British barrister Karim Khan and refer him for further disciplinary proceedings. The 56-year-old faces accusations of sexual misconduct…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (569+ words) BELGRADE, Serbia -- The European Union will look for new ways to speed up the membership process for six candidate countries from the Western Balkans at an upcoming summit, European Council President Antonio Costa said Thursday. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (717+ words) Moscow's agents are building fake companies, recruiting middlemen and deploying cyber spies and hackers who are gathering information that could also be used to attack key infrastructure, they said. Four years of international sanctions have hampered Moscow's ability to procure…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (513+ words) BRUSSELS -- The European Union will unlock around $19 billion in funds for Hungary, officials said Friday, after new Prime Minister P'ter Magyar enacted rapid reforms to roll back the democratic backsliding that occurred under his predecessor. The release of the funds…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (655+ words) NEW YORK -- The U. S. stock market pushed to more records Thursday as profits keep piling up for companies like Dollar Tree, Snowflake and Hormel Foods. A tentative deal to extend the ceasefire in the war with Iran by 60 days also helped…...