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The latest UNICEF report tracked child poverty in developed countries since 2008.

Alibaba's Jack Ma is taking Hollywood by storm to scoop up distribution rights to TV shows and movies along with actual shares in studios.

Bids for the Houston-based oil subsidiary came in far below the asking price of $10 billion, Venezuela's finance minister said.

A majority of Americans are confident that the U.S. government could stop an Ebola epidemic in America, new polling shows.

The London-based energy giant says, however, that rising oil-and-gas production could offset those setbacks.

Iraqi peshmerga forces will go to Kobani through Turkey to help Syrian Kurds fight ISIS militants

Amber Vinson and Nina Pham contracted Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

West Africa needs more than 5,000 additional health care workers if the Ebola outbreak is to be controlled, health officials have said.

The best countries for income equality in 2012 and 2013 were Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

“The economy is growing consistently and at a faster pace than it was prior to QE3.”

Superstorms like Sandy may feel like rare events, but climate scientists warn that these powerful storms are now the new norm. Are we ready?

The coalition includes Microsoft, Symantec and Cisco, and suggests private firms can be nimbler than federal agencies in preventing future hacks.

In 1980, there were 76,000 lions in Africa. But, that number has reportedly declined to about 30,000 today.

Javier Bolden, 22, was convicted of fatally shooting two Chinese graduate students while trying to rob them in April 2012.

Alabama, which does not allow same-sex marriages, also does not offer legal protections to people on the basis of their gender identity.

Facebook has cautioned investors to expect slower user growth in the second half of the year.

The U.S. CDC has provided guidelines aimed at building a national standard on the way to handle the Ebola virus.

The FBI searched the house of a government contractor in Northern Virginia, Yahoo News reported Monday, citing sources.

The study's findings, which were questioned by BP, support a disputed theory that the spill damaged deep-sea corals.

Kris Jenner is rumored to be dating Corey Gamble after her split from Bruce.

Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, according to people familiar with the matter.