Amateur filmmakers in Hong Kong used the Edward Snowden story as the basis of a short (and fictional) film.
Kimberly McCarthy will become the 500th inmate executed in Texas and the first female to be executed in the U.S. since 2010.
Hong Kong says the U.S. messed up the middle name on its provisional arrest warrant request.
But the No. 1 smartest city is the U.S. is on the West Coast.
After upping its offer, SoftBank won shareholder approval to buy 78% of the telecom company.
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said banks were resisting new regulations, in what are probably his final public remarks.
Precious metals fell again Wednesday on continued concern about China's cash crunch.
Hong Kong International Airport earned $725 million.
Snooki, who recently shed 42 pounds gained during her pregnancy, showed off a toned body this week on Twitter.
Lucy Millsap, 19, has won top honors at the 14th Annual Okie Noodling Festival in Oklahoma, bringing a 72-pound flathead catfish on stage to claim victory.
Five years and trillions of dollars later, central banks in China and the U.S. are determined to mop up their excessive liquidity.
Every year, thousands of French students take the baccalauréat exam -- but the test is losing its prestige.
After a 12-year hiatus, the U.S. is back on top in terms of foreign direct investment sentiment; it was fourth in 2012.
In the first quarter, consumer spending, the main driver of the economy, was weaker than the initial estimate.
Democratic Minnesota State Rep. Ryan Winkler referred to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as "Uncle Thomas" after he voted to annul a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
The controversial trader and founder of Glencore-Xstrata, one of the world’s largest commodities companies, will be buried in Israel.
Raj Jain, CEO of Wal-Mart's India operations has resigned as the company struggles to grow in a restrictive retail market.
The U.S. is once again, after a dozen years, the preferred destination for foreign investors, overtaking China and other emerging economies.
Obama's visit to Africa this week could spur American economic partnerships in the region, at long last.
U.S. stock index futures gain on Wednesday as investors await the final estimate of first quarter GDP data.
A new survey from Routehappy.com shows which U.S. airlines lead the way in terms of in-flight Wi-Fi capability.
The U.S. Army, in a major overhaul spread over the next five years, will relocate thousands of soldiers and scrap multi-million dollar projects.
