Rangers have a welcomed a boost in the population of a rare butterfly species following years of work to improve their habitat. The number of Dingy Skipper butterflies surveyed at Cannock Chase ...

Orkney Islands Council leader Heather Woodbridge has taken on the role of resident gravedigger on the remote island where she grew up. The 31-year-old has just completed training for the post on North ...

Fitch sees the U.S. deficit narrowing to 6.8% of GDP in 2025 from 7.7% in 2024. It forecasts a gap equal to 7.4% of GDP in 2026 and 2027. The debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to reach 122% in 2027, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population. As ...

India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion and a youthful demographic, is positioning itself as a central player in global manufacturing. In response to economic ambitions and labor shortages, ...

Private payrolls plunged in September, complicating the picture for the US economy as policymakers and investors struggle to assess the state of the labor market amid a government shutdown.

I'm referring to the program's trust fund, which is projected to be depleted in 2033. That would likely trigger sharp cuts to the benefits of tens of millions of recipients, many of whom are heavily - ...

For decades, American leaders have rolled out grand schemes to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, only to see them either collapse in catastrophe or fizzle out in disappointment and recriminations.

Broward County’s annual budget is $190 million more than it should be based on population growth and inflation, Florida’s chief financial officer said Tuesday in a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A pair of northeastern North Carolina legislative districts can remain intact, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting Black voters’ claims that state Republicans illegally ...

Federal immigration officials have revealed plans to reopen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to new applicants to comply with a court order.

Meet the Francois’ langur, a small monkey from the marmoset family that in the wild lives in southeastern China and northern Vietnam, but has been on the brink of extinction in recent decades. Pam and ...