BELGRADE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Serbia's Ministry of Defense announced significant upgrades to the armed forces in 2025 on Thursday, following a year of major investments in defense systems.

Overall, consumers spent 3.8 percent more from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24 than they did in the same period last year, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which excludes auto sales. The tally doesn't ...

The S&P 500 would reach 6,666 points by the end of 2025 with earnings per share from S&P 500 member companies to grow by 13 percent next year, according to Savita Subramanian, BofA's chief U.S. equity ...

More than half of California, and 62 percent of Los Angeles County, is either foreign-born or has at least one immigrant parent, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data.

Madbouly said the cabinet approved a deal with the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A handful of top U.S. colleges are taking steps to boost financial aid for low and middle-income families as the soaring cost of attendance fuels backlash from ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Seemingly overnight, millions of people were taking the medicines, known as GLP-1s, while blockbuster drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound brought in ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are investigating a Christmas shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, which left three people ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will continue to achieve all the goals of its special military operation in Ukraine in 2025, calling it ...

ADEN, Yemen/JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israel vowed on Thursday to kill Houthi leaders and dismantle the group's military power shortly after it launched "intelligence-based" airstrikes targeting ...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "is deeply saddened" by the news of a plane crash in western Kazakhstan, his spokesperson said late Wednesday.

In a statement, the AU chief called for a peaceful resolution of the escalating post-election violence in Mozambique, particularly following the recent pronouncement of the final election results by ...