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With the mercury already shooting to 40 degrees centigrade (104 Fahrenheit) in southern Pakistan and eastern and southern parts of India, South Asia is bracing for a series of heat extreme waves over the next two months. According to...

A new study has asked the Federal Reserve to keep the interest rates low until full employment is achieved as those graduating from schools and colleges in 2016 confront lackluster growth in wages due in part...

Hopes that Syria – decimated by more than five years of multilayered conflicts – could finally be put on path to rehabilitation – were dashed to pieces after a series of civilian killings from bombings of...

Adams Compassionate Healthcare Network hosted a ceremony to mark the passing of House Joint Resolution 207 by the Virginia General Assembly and the House of Delegates that recognizes the work ACHN has been doing in Northern Virginia and beyond. State Senator...

This month world finance leaders huddled in Washington under the banner of IMF-World Bank Spring meetings.  Two challenges that were at the top of the discussion agenda for the meetings were the sluggish global economic recovery and the...

Donald Trump, who has declared himself as the presumptive Republican nominee after this week’s sweeping primary victories, Wednesday said as president he would work with Muslim allies to curb radicalization. Unveiling his foreign policy priorities, the...

Armed conflicts around the world are taking a heavy toll on children leaving them unimmunized against infectious diseases as health facilities. Almost two-thirds of children without even basic vaccines live in countries that are either partially...

Results from Tuesday’s primaries in five northeastern states cleared much of the political fog for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the two candidates bagged large shares of Democratic and Republican delegates to steer far ahead...

American actor Leonardo DiCaprio made an fervent case for bold action to stem climate degradation at the United Nations on Friday, as leaders from 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement to save the planet. The Academy...

The World Press Freedom Index released this week comes as yet another reminder of restrictions journalists around the world face in covering events, particularly those exposing wrong doings by the powerful and the influential. Finland, Netherland,...