Young Chinese opt out of the rat race and pressures at home to pursue global nomad lifestyle
A growing number of young Chinese are moving overseas to escape their homeland's ultra-competitive work culture, limited opportunities and family pressures
2023-07-28 13:48
The Mega Millions jackpot is now $910 million after months without a big winner
Lottery players will have another shot at a huge Mega Millions jackpot and a chance to break a stretch of more than three months without a big winner of the game
2023-07-28 13:26
Who's in charge of Nashville's airport? US and Tennessee officials disagree under a new state law
Nashville International Airport has quietly faced an identity crisis for weeks under a new state law, with no clear agreement about who is in charge
2023-07-28 13:15
Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers
Pay is rising for many public sector employees as governments try to compete for new workers and stem a tide of retirements and resignations
2023-07-28 12:28
Teen was sexually abused at therapeutic boarding school, lawsuit says as parents advocate oversight
The parents of a teenager with special needs say he was repeatedly sexually assaulted beginning when he was 14 by an employee at a small private boarding school in South Carolina
2023-07-28 12:28
Bolivia is the latest South American nation to use China's yuan for trade in challenge to the dollar
Bolivia is using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar
2023-07-28 10:24
Bhutan's jobs woes drive an exodus to Australia
By Stella Qiu and Gopal Sharma SYDNEY/KATHMANDU The reopening of Australia's borders to international students after the pandemic
2023-07-28 09:58
Stocks slip, yen surges on speculation of Bank of Japan policy tweak
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY Asian stocks were off five-month highs and the yen extended a sharp rally on
2023-07-28 08:55
Newly unveiled banking regulation wouldn't have prevented this year's US bank failures
US bank regulators advanced proposals on Thursday aimed at safeguarding the nation's largest banks in the wake of three regional bank failures earlier this year. But it could make it harder and more expensive for consumers to get loans.
2023-07-28 05:46
GOP measures would undo protections for endangered lesser prairie chicken, northern bat
Congress has approved measures to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat
2023-07-28 04:47
Ocean shippers playing catch up to electric vehicle fire risk
By Lisa Baertlein and Anthony Deutsch LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their eager
2023-07-28 03:59
His campaign forced Sinead O'Connor to scrap a 1997 Jerusalem concert. Now he is a Cabinet minister
When death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her
2023-07-28 03:49