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The Senate will decide whether to move forward on the anti-Syrian refugees bill passed in the House last year.

Portland Community College seeks to examine the "construction of whiteness, its origins and heritage," its website states.

A generation of young people in India are lapping up new varieties of craft beers — and one company stands ready to profit.

The International Monetary Fund has predicted Russia’s economy will contract by 1 percent in 2016.

Gradual economic recovery in big emerging markets like Brazil and Russia could offset the ongoing slowdown in China.

Stocks around the world gained Monday on the expectation of further stimulus from China as the world’s second-largest economy posted its slowest growth in a quarter century.

The retail giant is developing a range of different drones suitable for the varying environments its customers live in.

The value and release of Tehran’s frozen funds has become a political hot topic, with estimates ranging from $26 billion to over $100 billion.

Users of Twitter were unable to access the microblogging site Tuesday due to a technical problem.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s party swept the historic Nov. 8 election but Myanmar’s military remains a powerful force.

Apple, Samsung, Sony and other companies use cobalt, a battery component, unearthed by very young children, according to a new report.

South Korea's capital tested the waters of the Han River after North Korea claimed it had tested a hydrogen bomb earlier this month.

Access to the site was restored Monday after Google executives arrived at an arrangement with Pakistani officials.

The world’s second-largest economy expanded by 6.9 percent in 2015, its smallest annual percentage increase since 1990, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

China reported its economy expanded at rates of 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter and 6.9 percent all of last year.

The rocker co-founded the iconic Eagles in 1971 with Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner.

Even British lawmakers who opposed the ban condemned the Republican presidential candidate’s comments about Muslims.

In the wake of the lifting of economic sanctions on Iran, increased oil supply might send gas prices even lower.

The celebration commemorates the day in 1950 when India's own constitution came into force.

Watch the British Parliament debate a petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from the country.

The newly released online-traffic figures came despite claims by the site’s owners that its membership has grown by 4 million.