A linear plasma generator has reached the design specifications, making China the second country in the world, after the ...

A man clung on to the outside of a German high-speed train, surviving unscathed as it barrelled along at up to 282 kilometres (172 miles) an hour, police said Friday.

Authorities in France's La Reunion have launched a probe to identify fraudsters who scammed a woman out of 830,000 euros by making her believe she had an online relationship with Brad Pitt.

Donald Trump's economic plans risk reigniting US inflation, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told AFP, a few days before the president-elect returns to the ...

President Joe Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.

China's bank wealth management market expanded and saw more investors in 2024, industry data showed on Friday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held phone talks Friday with US president-elect Donald Trump, Chinese state media reported.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Friday that he was suspending peace negotiations with National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas after a day of violence that killed around 30 people on ...

Global growth is expected to increase slightly this year but remain stuck below its pre-pandemic average, the IMF said Friday, noting the growing economic divergence between the United States and ...

Kyiv said on Friday that Russian attack drones had struck a school that shelters displaced Russians in Ukrainian-held territory in Russia's western Kursk region.

With 38 people dead in four days and 26 in intensive care after drinking bootleg liquor in Istanbul, the politically charged debate over Turkey's soaring alcohol taxes has swung back into the ...

A French maritime patrol aircraft was the object of an "intimidation attempt" this week by the Russian military over the Baltic Sea, France said Friday, calling the incident "unacceptable".