Reuters

The death toll from a ship that capsized in the Yangtze River has risen to 65, state television reported, but over 370 people were still missing and families broke through a police cordon to march to the site and demand answers.

Texas on Wednesday executed Lester Bower, one of the longest-serving inmates on the state's death row who had said he was wrongly convicted of killing four men in 1983.

Greece's international creditors signaled on Wednesday they were ready to compromise to avert a default even as a defiant Athens warned it might skip an IMF loan repayment due this week.

Tens of thousands of people are due to attend an annual candlelight vigil in Hong Kong Thursday to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.

The OECD also said it expects lower oil prices to fuel a gradual recovery.

Employment at services firms grew at the fastest rate since January 2013.

A great deal of progress has made in the fight against ISIS, according to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

The strategy is a sign of Teva's commitment to its $40 billion bid for Mylan.

It was not clear what caused the crash, authorities told the Chicago Tribune.

The U.S. Air Force formally kicked off a competition for development of new prototype rocket propulsion systems, and address the "urgent need" to end U.S. reliance on Russian engines to launch military and intelligence satellites.

The top U.S. auto safety regulator said that replacement parts for potentially defective Takata Corp air bag inflators may not offer consumers a remedy that lasts the life of the car.

The U.S. urged east African states to send high-level representatives to Burundi to reiterate their opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza seeking a third term and to press for free and fair elections.

Ireland's media have so far mainly complied with a court order banning reporting of accusations against billionaire press baron Denis O'Brien.

The reduction showed policy makers recognized the need to put the economy on a more solid footing.

Monday's event comes four days after an anti-Muslim event held outside the mosque drew more than 200 protesters.

An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 jobs will be axed, Sky News said, citing unidentified sources.

"This raises many questions about how common this mode of reproduction is in the wild."

Among those on board the ship were 406 tourists, aged from around 50 to 80, on a tour organized by a Shanghai tour group, and 47 crew members.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker issued layoff notes on Monday to more than 10,000 state employees, serving notice of a partial government shutdown that would begin on July 1 unless state lawmakers can agree on a budget for the forthcoming fiscal year.

Takata Corp. said on Monday that it will continue producing air bags that use ammonium nitrate propellant, but will change the design of the driver-side air bag inflators.

The defending champion was knocked out in the fourth round on Monday by Czech Lucie Safarova.

The data is likely to disappoint the European Central Bank.

China's economy has sputtered this year and growth slowed to a six-year low of 7 percent in the first three months of the year.

The Ministry of Defence says nearly 800 British soldiers are already working in training and support roles in the region.

Athens and its eurozone and International Monetary Fund (IMF) creditors have been locked in talks for months without luck on a deal.

More than 32,000 classrooms were destroyed across Nepal when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck on April 25, affecting almost a third of the 28 million population.

Greece's government said this week it was looking for a deal by Sunday, but sources close to the talks at the so-called Brussels Group of EU/IMF creditors said that was unlikely.

China has signaled it is not considering the declaration of an air defense identification zone in the area, at least in the short term.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in a stable condition in a Geneva hospital after being injured in an accident while bicycling near Scionzier, France, his spokesman said on Sunday.