The former Prince Andrew went from helicopter pilot to trade envoy to royal pariah

He was reportedly his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite, but the former Prince Andrew has long been a headache for Britain’s royal family. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was ...

Walmart delivers another quarter of impressive sales but offers a muted outlook

Walmart delivered another standout quarter as the promise of lower prices drew in a broader spectrum of Americans during the critical holiday shopping period, including wealthier ...

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday, and some Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional. The faithful across the United States are ...

Biathlon’s military legacy lives on as Olympic athletes combine sport and service

Biathlon, which combines rifle shooting and cross-country skiing, developed out of Scandinavian military training exercises. So it’s not surprising that many of the ...

Tariffs paid by midsized US firms tripled last year, new analysis from JPMorganChase Institute shows

Tariffs paid by midsized U.S. businesses tripled over the course of last year, new research tied to one of America’s leading banks showed on Thursday — more evidence that ...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Thames Valley Police, an agency that covers areas west of London, including ...

Alysa Liu carries US medal hopes into concluding women’s free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics

Alysa Liu is left to bear the ambitions of the American figure skating team on Thursday night, when the last of the “Blade Angels” with a legitimate shot at the Olympic gold medal ...

Barbara Kingsolver returns with ‘Partita,’ her first novel since ‘Demon Copperhead’

For her first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver is taking on a subject she rarely discussed in public while growing up in a small ...

5 miners are trapped deep underground after a mudslide at a South African diamond mine

Five miners were trapped deep underground at a South African diamond mine after a mudslide flooded a shaft they were working in, mine officials and a labor union said Thursday.

Iran and the US lean into gunboat diplomacy as nuclear talks hang in balance

Iran and the United States leaned into gunboat diplomacy Thursday as nuclear talks between the nations hung in the balance, with Tehran holding drills with ...

UN experts say destruction by Sudan’s rebels in el-Fasher in October bears ‘hallmarks of genocide’

A “campaign of destruction” in October by Sudanese rebels against non-Arab communities in and near a city in Sudan’s western region of Darfur shows “hallmarks of ...

Modi pitches India as global artificial intelligence hub at AI summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying the country aims to build technology at ...