NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted southeast of Honshu, Japan at 21:02:25 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Izu Islands, Japan region at 21:02:25 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Three people were shot and one was stabbed on Christmas night in a shooting and stabbing incident at an international airport in Phoenix, the capital of the ...

Mahmoud Basal, Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman in Gaza, told Xinhua that 13 people were killed and 40 others were injured as a result of an Israeli shelling that targeted a house for displaced ...

VIENNA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two skiers died after being buried by an avalanche in the Austrian alpine state of Tyrol around midday Thursday, local authorities said.

GAZA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Five staff members of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip were killed on Thursday due to Israeli attacks on the hospital, the Palestinian official news agency ...

More than half of California, and 62 percent of Los Angeles County, is either foreign-born or has at least one immigrant parent, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Low-income Americans who voted for Donald Trump say they are counting on him to keep their benefits intact even while his Cabinet picks and Republican lawmakers call on ...

TALLINN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Estonian government convened an emergency meeting on Thursday after the Estlink-2 power cable connecting Estonia and Finland along the floor of the Gulf of Finland was ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a law requiring companies that are big fossil fuel polluters to help pay to repair damage caused by extreme weather, ...

The boys, aged between 12 and 14, were shot after trying to rob the man at gunpoint at an apartment complex in northwestern Houston after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday local time, Harris County Sheriff Ed ...

Overall, consumers spent 3.8 percent more from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24 than they did in the same period last year, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which excludes auto sales. The tally doesn't ...