UNEMPLOYMENT

American children's well-being have improved in education and health despite the recent economic downturn. However, between 2005 and 2010, 2.4 million more children were living in families and more parents are finding it hard to get steady employment.

The financial and fiscal crisis in Spain entered a new and dangerous phase Tuesday as economic, political, civic and diplomatic links appeared to quickly disintegrate in the face of panic-stricken markets.

With her website drowning in hot pink, tiger print and sparkles, New York State Senate candidate Mindy Meyer, a Republican, is living up to her self-proclaimed Diva Of The District moniker.

The forgotten country of Tajikistan is actually of pivotal importance, and the rumblings of an increasingly bold crowd of Islamist dissenters there should not be ignored.

Polish migrants in Northern Ireland principally work in blue-collar jobs (cleaners, construction site workers, warehouses, etc.), or they work in hospitality services

With the Nov. 6 Election quickly approaching, President Barack Obama is expected to be involved in a fierce campaign against Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

The first French government minister of Asian descent, Fleur Pellerin, was in no mood to be insulted by interviewer Daniel Schick.

In a fairly light week of data, Friday's first take on the U.S. second-quarter gross domestic product will be the main event. Economists expect a feeble reading of 1.4 percent. This will be the final major data point to influence participants at the July 31 - Aug.1 meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee.

Karlo Dizon, a Guam Redditor for three years, is competing in a primary race against longtime Guam Delegate Madeleine Bordallo to be the party's candidate in the general election for Guams' nonvoting delegate seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Should Dizon win, it could be, as one person says, the biggest upset victory in the history of Guam politics.

Investors can monitor five stats to obtain a reading on the U.S. economy’s strength. Currently, these stats show a slowdown in U.S. GDP growth, which is why Congress should do more to create jobs and help increase the economy’s growth rate.

As U.S. President Barack Obama shifts the focus of his re-election campaign from joblessness to income inequality, unemployment has increased in more than one-half the country's states this year.

U.S. consumer spending will grow at a meager rate of 1.5 percent to 2 percent by the end of this year, Sterne Agee, a U.S. brokerage and investment firm said on Friday in a report.

The editor of Outlook denied that his publication’s cover story was a response to Time’s broadside against Singh.

Asian stock markets mostly lowered Friday as weak economic data from the U.S. and concerns over the euro zone debt crisis weighed on the sentiment.

President Barack Obama's weekend statement on Indian economic slowdown and recent downgrading of the country's sovereign credit ratings by the global rating agencies has evoked strong criticism from India. The Indian government and a section of authorities have blamed the global rating agencies and foreign investors for misjudging the Indian economy and deliberately trying to downgrade India's image.

According to the latest figures released Thursday, the murder rate in the UK fell by 14 percent year-on-year to 550 homicides in 2011-12; the lowest it's been since 1983. Violent crime in England and Wales also fell by 7 percent, while robberies declined by 2 percent. Overall crime rates against adults remained at the same as they have been for the last three years.

Britain risks permanent damage to its economy if the government does not adopt fiscal stimulus measures to reverse the country's recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Thursday as it pressed for a reduction in the country's deficits to jumpstart its ailing economy.

The number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits rebounded last week after a seasonal auto-plant retooling period caused a steep drop the prior week.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher opening Thursday as corporate earnings reported for the second quarter exceeded expectations, indicating that business conditions are on the path of revival.

Christians in the Gaza Strip staged public protests earlier this week, claiming that five members of their small community had been kidnapped by Islamists with the intention of forcibly converting them to Islam.

The recession and housing crash have triggered a sharp decline in the share of American households who own their own home. Homeownership, which is at its lowest point in 15 years, is bound to fall even further, driven by tight credit, lackluster economic growth and more foreclosures.