UNITED STATES

Big Blue and Chinese Internet player Tencent will team up to take on Alibaba in China’s growing cloud market.

The report is the latest attempt to quantify how hydraulic fracturing may affect Americans' health.

Trick-or-treating tip: Stick with middle-class neighborhoods. The wealthy are stingy with candy.

How many times have you, at your desk, with your head in your hands, whimpered, "God, I wish Starbucks delivered"? Beginning next year, it will.

West Africa feels “abandoned” by the African Union, which legislators say has not delivered on promises to send help to Ebola-stricken countries.

An FBI spokesman said the bureau poses as existing companies in rare circumstances.

Since Ashraf Ghani took oath in September, the Taliban has intensified attacks in and around the capital city of Kabul.

Authorities had arrested the three people in March but waited before making a public announcement so as not to endanger the investigation.

Wal-Mart said it plans to have 20,000 "rollbacks", or a product discounted for at least 90 days, on offer starting on Saturday.

The IAEA is investigating the possible military dimension of Iran's nuclear program. So far, the agency has come up short.

Unregulated entities have filled the vacuum left behind by shrinking banks that are coping with new regulations after the financial crisis.

Citigroup is one of six major banks that are expected to settle with Britain's Financial Conduct Authority by mid-November.

By publicly identifying as gay, Tim Cook is sending an important message to corporate America.

Products of leading vendors continued to dominate the tablet market in the third quarter, despite growing competition from low-cost rivals.

Laura Cha reportedly said that emancipated slaves in the U.S. waited 107 years for the right to vote, "so why can't Hong Kong wait."

The meeting comes a day after U.S. President Barack Obama had separate telephone conversations with Thein Sein and Suu Kyi.

Authorities are concerned that costumes and scary make-up could cause "panic" ahead of the APEC summit next month, Reuters reported.

The announcement came three months after the Chinese government launched the operation to hunt down absconding officials and businessmen.

The former Navy SEAL is under investigation for possibly revealing classified information in his book on the Bin Laden raid.

The defective Takata-made air bags have reportedly caused four deaths and more than 30 injuries in the U.S.

The Al-Aqsa mosque and Temple Mount, sites of religious importance for both Muslims and Jews, had been closed early on Thursday.