January2017

News Hour: The likely heirs of pop star Prince’s estate are split between two lawyers who vied in court on Thursday to represent their interests in managing his legacy – a political activist turned cable news...

News Hour: In the midst of one of the world’s worst hunger crises, Yemen’s farmers urgently need support so they can grow more food and provide young people with jobs, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization...

News Hour: Iraqi special forces stormed the Mosul University complex in the city’s northeast on Friday and pushed Islamic State back to reach two further bridges across the Tigris river, the military said. The militants were...

News Hour: Chicago’s police routinely used excessive force, tolerated racially discriminatory conduct and often maintained a “code of silence” among officers to thwart investigations into misconduct, according to a report released by the federal government on...

News Hour:  International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar al-Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, according to a document seen...

News Hour: The “bullet train” of globalization is broken and the West is obliged to help Chinese President Xi Jinping fix it, China’s official Xinhua news agency on Friday said of the World Economic Forum (WEF)...

News Hour: Chinese technology conglomerate LeEco has secured a new round of investment worth 15.04 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) from property developer Sunac China Holdings, according to a stock exchange statement made by Sunac on Friday....

News Hour: Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said it will create more than 100,000 jobs in the United States, from software development to warehouse work, in its latest move to win over shoppers by investing in faster...

News Hour: Japanese carmaker Nissan said it will conduct its first European real-world trials of self-driving cars in London, choosing Britain just months after it said it would build two new models in the country despite...

News Hour: South Korea is set to import 1,500 tonnes of fresh eggs before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday season in an effort to prevent prices from spiraling higher amid a worsening shortage...