The published a new study late on Sunday highlighting 26 countries that “are in deeper debt that at any other time since 2006.” The list includes , , Syria, and . Most of the other nations are in sub-Saharan Africa, and include and Chad. With an annual per capita income of less than $1,145 (€1,050) a […]

ERIE, Pa. — Kamala Harris will rally voters Monday in Erie County, a bellwether that has a knack for predicting who carries Pennsylvania, having mirrored the outcome of this crucial battleground state in the last four elections. The Democratic vice president’s trip kicks off a campaign blitz this week in a trio of Northern battlegrounds […]

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in the final sprint to the finishing line in their race to the White House. There are 22 days until Election Day and both campaigns are working flat-out to win over voters in what is shaping up to be one of the closest presidential elections […]

An Axios report alleged Sunday that there is growing tension and miscommunication between the White House and the Harris campaign. National political correspondent Alex Thompson reported “many senior Biden aides remain wounded by the president being pushed out of his re-election bid and are still adjusting to being in a supporting role on the campaign […]

Pakistan’s capital has been put under a strict security lockdown as Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives for a four-day visit during which he will also preside over a regional summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Li’s visit is the first by a Chinese premier to Pakistan in 11 years, Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office said […]

Government officials were forced to flee a North Carolina county amid reported threats of armed civilians out “hunting” for hurricane relief workers. On Saturday afternoon, the Washington Post reports a U.S. Forest Service official sent an email to several different federal agencies warning “National Guard troops had come across x2 trucks of armed militia saying […]

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on Monday to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and to James Robinson of the University of Chicago. They received the prize for their work on the gaps in prosperity between nations, and for their research on how institutions affect […]

The Mazda Miata, or the MX-5 as it’s known outside the US, first hit the road in 1989 and has often been named as the world’s best-selling roadster in the decades since. About 1.2 million have been produced at the Japanese company’s Hiroshima plant. It’s not hard to see why: compared with many soft tops, it’s very […]

China held large-scale military drills in the waters and skies surrounding Taiwan on Monday, a show of force that signaled the growing threat of Beijing’s ability to choke the self-governing island that China claims as its own. China said its army, navy, air force, rocket force and other troops took part in the drills to […]

The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research into reasons why some countries succeed and others fail.