President Donald Trump's claim that he's created a million jobs finally came true — months after he first made it.
"We've added ... more than a million private sector jobs," Trump said on June 1, when the Labor Department's tally was about 600,000. On Monday White House press secretary Sarah...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Police in Dubai reopened the streets around one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted early Friday in the high-rise, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of the night and sending chunks of debris plummeting below.
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U.S. job growth remained steady in July, though workers are still largely seeing slower wage gains, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department.
Some of the highlights of July’s jobs report:
U.S. employers added 209,000 net new jobs, slightly above analysts’ expectations.
The unemployment rate ticked down...
Apple stock is surging after it beat Wall Street's expectations for earnings per share and revenue, and the stock is up over 5% after-hours.
Apple also issued strong revenue guidance for its fourth fiscal quarter, suggesting strong sales growth year-over-year.
The strong guidance also hinted at the launch of a redesigned iPhone in...
CARACAS - Venezuela jailed two leading critics of President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday in a fresh blow to the opposition after the election of a new political body with sweeping powers to strengthen the hand of the leftist government.
The United States imposed sanctions on Maduro on Monday, calling him...
The Senate easily confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI on Tuesday, approving President Trump's nominee to succeed James B. Comey.
The vote, 92 to 5, was a reflection of the Senate's confidence in Wray's credentials as a Yale-educated former Justice Department official and as a top cop who vowed to...
China's new nuclear-capable ICBM. CCTV
At a parade touting Beijing's massive military might on the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, China rolled out it's newest intercontinental ballistic missile, the DF-31AG.
Unlike the DF-31 before it, the DF-31AG boasts a range extended to above 6,800 miles, which means that...
Facebook’s hot streak continued with a strong Q2 2017 earnings report. It earned $9.32 billion and $1.32 in GAAP actual EPS, compared to estimates of $9.2 billion revenue and $1.13 EPS. Revenue growth was 44.7 percent year-over-year, compared to 59 percent in Q2 2016, indicating that revenue growth is slowing...
SINGAPORE - The dollar held above a 13-month low on Tuesday after readings on U.S. factory and services activity beat expectations ahead of the start of a Federal Reserve meeting later in the day, but Asian stocks were subdued with few catalysts to drive them.
The dollar and U.S. Treasury...
There may be water -- a good bit of it -- deep inside the moon, scientists at Brown University say.
By analyzing satellite images, the scientists found evidence of water trapped in "glass beads" in ancient ash and rocks that volcanoes spewed across the surface of the moon, said Ralph...
