PALAKKAD, India—Across much of the globe, communism and its boosters have struggled since the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed.
EgyptAir said late Wednesday one of its aircraft disappeared while flying from Paris to Cairo with 69 people aboard.The Egyptian flag carrier said Flight MS804, which departed Paris at 11:09 p.m. local time, “disappeared from radar" at 2:45 ...
Big cities across the U.S. are seeing their postrecession population surge slow as Americans uproot for new jobs and suburbs regain some of their appeal.
Bayer AG has approached Monsanto Co. about a takeover that would fuse two of the world's largest suppliers of crop seeds and pesticides, Monsanto said.
Shares in Asia were choppy and shares were sliding—except in China and Japan—as many investors grow cautious about the stronger chance that U.S. interest rates will rise in June.
President Barack Obama's signature Pacific trade agreement, which has come under intense fire in the 2016 election, would boost American agriculture and the services sector that dominates the U.S. economy but weigh on manufacturing, a ...
George Zimmerman on Wednesday successfully sold the gun used when he killed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, a transaction that followed multiple failed efforts to sell the weapon online last week, according to the site that hosted the ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google is betting it can outsmart rivals on new products—from virtual assistants to messaging apps—with advances in artificial intelligence, technology that helps computers make decisions rather than follow ...
American Energy Partners LP, the Oklahoma City oil and gas company founded by the late shale pioneer Aubrey McClendon, plans to shut itself down this summer.
Sixteen prominent conservatives met with Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday to air concerns about allegations of political bias at the world's largest social network, in a session several attendees said was a ...
Controversy over using Russian rocket engines to launch Pentagon satellites has spilled over to potentially threaten the financial viability of certain U.S. civil space programs, according to some aerospace-industry officials.
California lifted its statewide mandate to cut urban water use Wednesday, marking a turning point in the state's prolonged drought.But the move, prompted by a wet winter that eased some drought conditions, doesn't mean a free-flowing tap ...
WASHINGTON—Two Chinese jet fighters intercepted an American reconnaissance aircraft flying over the South China Sea in what U.S. defense officials characterized as a potentially unsafe maneuver.
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The New York Police Department said it has placed a Brooklyn inspector on desk duty and fired a detective, in the latest fallout from a federal corruption probe.
A new study reinforces the potential of a new class of expensive immune-boosting drugs to prolong the lives of people with a deadly form of skin cancer.
Despite a rebuff by the state, New York City officials say they are moving ahead as fast as they can to build two apartment towers inside Brooklyn Bridge Park, and are locking down final design decisions.
OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday after he was involved in a brief melee on the floor of the legislature in which a female lawmaker said he elbowed her.
A comparison of video and Internet providers, in light of the deal closing Wednesday combining Charter with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks:
One of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 was found Wednesday. The 19-year-old is shown here with her baby daughter.
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators proposed Wednesday raising the amount of ethanol that refineries must blend into the nation's gasoline supply, providing a boost to ethanol companies and drawing the ire of the oil industry, which opposes ...
Thursday is the anniversary of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's all-time closing high, reinforcing for stockholders just how long a new record has eluded them.
In this difficult retail environment, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. might have one saving grace: its grocery business.Retail stocks have been pummeled of late, with apparel retailers and department-store operators hit the hardest due to sluggish ...
In recent weeks, Federal Reserve officials have been trying to alert investors to the risk they could raise interest rates again next month.
Jeff Hornacek is in line to become the Knicks' next head coach, a person familiar with the matter confirmed late Wednesday night.The Knicks had yet to confirm the news, and no official deal was in place. But things are moving in that ...
PHOENIX—Hal Steinbrenner is not his father, but he proved Wednesday that he isn't afraid to channel his inner Boss when the situation calls for it.
PHAYA MENGRAI, Thailand—A severe drought caused by the El Niño weather system has inflamed water-linked problems across Southeast Asia in a region that hosts some of the world's most fertile farmlands.
PHOENIX—Their performance in Arizona this week notwithstanding, the Yankees have actually played pretty well of late. They went 7-3 on their recent homestand, showing for the first time this season that they might have a chance in a ...
The fire that damaged an important stretch of elevated railroad track in Manhattan this week began when someone at a business under the tracks was filling a generator with gasoline, authorities said.
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Theranos Inc. has told federal health regulators that the company voided two years of results from its Edison blood-testing devices, according to a person familiar with the matter.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that he wouldn't testify before a state Senate committee hearing on mayoral control of city schools, angering a top Republican lawmaker in the process.
WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve officials sent skeptical investors a sharp warning Wednesday that an interest-rate increase is still in play for June's policy meeting if the economy keeps improving.
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It took the guy long enough, but Gerry Marzorati finally figured out that nothing beats this: hitting a tennis ball when the rest of the city is marooned at work, probably stuck to a screen somewhere. We are hitting on the handsome red clay ...
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