Despite government warnings, cities set off Lunar New Year celebration fireworks, causing a surge in pollution levels.
The agency caught spying on Americans announced that it has a new Civil Liberties and Privacy Officer, but who is she?
A look at how people around Asia geared up to celebrate Friday's Lunar New Year and Spring Festival celebrations.
DeVere Group CEO Nigel Green wants the global financial reporting regime to be repealed, a call that has gained little political traction to date.
The ex-speaker wants House Republicans to recognize undocumented immigrants and offer them legal status.
The trial comprised the country’s biggest weapons case ever and conducted under extremely tight security.
During the Chinese New Year travel rush, a hitchhiking plan aims to help everyone go home to their families.
Russia has threatened to withhold aid from Ukraine until the country forms a new government.
Other politicians have threatened reporters with physical harm, and still others have resorted to ridicule or name-calling.
Neel Kashkari boasts an impressive résumé, including, top-line U.S. Treasury Department work under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Will a rainbow T-shirt cause problems at the Sochi Olympics? How about a satirical poster?
Congress has adjusted the wage floor only five times since 1974, so states have had to step in to pick up the slack.
The United States is an increasingly diverse country, but you wouldn't know it from looking at a photographic average of Congress members.
New York City is fighting in court to defend its ban on large sodas in restaurants.
One of the highlights of the president's address Tuesday was a 3-D printing hub in Youngstown, Ohio.
The president urged Congress to act on the issue, but some argue words without action mean nothing to them.
By refusing to review the existing ban in the books, gay sex remains illegal in the world’s largest democracy.
But wait, there’s more: He also says raising the U.S. minimum wage is bad for the poor.
Mayor De Blasio argued that the congressman had clearly crossed the line, regarding civil conduct.
Harsh sentences under strict new anti-poaching laws may help stem the illegal ivory trade in Africa.
The president said in his State of the Union speech he will try to raise the minimum wage across the country, but hasn't he said it before?
Verbal skills are in serious decline in the United States and elsewhere.
The partition of ‘British’ India in August 1947 resulted in one of the greatest forced migrations in human history
Here are some highlights of the coverage of President Obama’s address by media outlets from around the world.
Here's the full text of President Barack Obama's 2014 State of the Union address.
Like Harry Truman, President Barack Obama made it clear his powerful pen would do much to address a 'Do-Nothing Congress.'
President Obama spoke about raising the minimum wage, and working with Congress on a number of economic and budget issues.
Baidu Migrate shows real-time journeys across China for the Lunar New Year in a mesmerizing web of blue lines.
The massive holiday travel rush is threatening containment of the H7N9 strain of the bird flu.
Bilawal said that virtually the length and breadth of Pakistan are now vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
