The People’s Bank of China likely is feeling the pressure to pull on its policy levers because of the country’s economic slowdown and its stock-market crash.
Residents complain the areas are not safe for children to play and that abandoned housing invites the illegal drug trade and other criminal activity, hampering further recovery.
Researchers examine farmers market scene at the American Sociology Association Annual meeting.
The fatalities occurred when a historic military jet crashed into a road near an airport in southeastern England.
Fresh evidence of easing growth in China hammered global stock markets Friday, driving Wall Street to its steepest one-day drop in almost four years.
This explosion tore through a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Shandong Saturday.
The two biggest opposition parties, one of the center-right and the other of the far left, queued up to exercise their constitutional right to spend three days negotiating a new coalition, even though their efforts are almost certain to fail.
Alexis Tsipras has resigned his mandate, but with the opposition in tatters there's no one else to take the reins.
Growing numbers of migrants are arriving in Greece, a country ill-equipped to help because of its own economic struggles. But Greek citizens are stepping in where government is failing.
Preliminary data for August showed factory output at its lowest since 2009, though some economists predict an improvement in coming months.
It remained unclear whether other segments of the Thai economy would be affected by the bombing of a popular shrine.
Fight for 15, the movement for higher pay and workers' rights in low-paying jobs, has expanded its efforts into South America. Here's why.
Toyota says it has to temporarily halt production at second factory because of last week’s industrial accident in Tianjin.
The move comes after Greece narrowly escaped an exit from the 19-member eurozone in July following months of uncertainty.
Losses in financial stocks were fueled by concerns that the Fed may wait until after September to raise interest rates.
CEO Cindy Whitehead explains what we know about the interaction between Addyi and alcohol, and why she thinks the low sexual desire drug is so controversial.
The Columbia University study is the first to quantify just how much global warming is exacerbating California's drought crisis.
Venture capital-backed companies like Uber, Palantir and Airbnb are valued in the billions of dollars — but have little to show for it.
Greece repaid $3.7 billion to the ECB after receiving $14.5 billion from the European Stability Mechanism, the eurozone’s bailout fund.
In the trucking industry, driver misclassification runs rampant, critics say. On Tuesday, the Labor Department brought the hammer down.
The former Maryland governor appeared alongside mostly immigrant workers trying to organize a union at a Trump hotel in Las Vegas.
Two new studies of hedge fund returns suggest the industry's performance claims are significantly inflated.
Critics of Indonesian President Joko Widodo blame sniping ministers and bureaucrats for the economy's decline.
The $1.37 billion deal, involving 14 regional airports, comes ahead of a German vote Wednesday on a third bailout package for Greece.
In both the U.S. and Britain, party leadership contests have been upended by the popularity of marginal candidates.
The sudden change in the currency's value has negative consequences for U.S. companies with significant operations in the Asian country.
Fewer Americans belong to labor unions, but an increasing number approve of them.
Stocks traded flat Monday after U.S. home-building data came in as expected, but New York manufacturing showed a steep drop.
IMF's participation in the new 86 billion-euro bailout is uncertain because the fund demands debt relief to ease the burden on Greece.
A new program will leverage both law enforcement and health policy analysts in the fight against addiction.
