NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Leeward Islands at 21:11:48 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth ...

As of Thursday evening, Boeing had sent layoff notices to 438 union members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace. The union's local chapter has 17,000 Boeing employees who ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- A red-breasted goose at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, U.S. state of Washington, died earlier this week from a suspected case of bird flu, the zoo said.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- UN humanitarians on Friday warned that the escalating armed violence in Sudan is putting tens of thousands of people at risk and deepening the humanitarian crisis.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Boeing Company Board of Directors on Friday announced that it has elected Tim Buckley as its newest member, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Buckley will serve on the ...

LIMA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday met with his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly in Lima, Peru's capital.

LIMA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China and Thailand should accelerate the construction of the China-Thailand Railway and expand cooperation in emerging fields such as new energy, digital economy and ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar was almost flat in late trading on Friday. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, gained 0.01 percent to 106.686 at 3:00 ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to a new study. The findings have wide-reaching implications for the nation's health and medical ...

OTTAWA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Canada Post said on Friday its operations will shut down during a national strike, which will affect millions of Canadians and businesses across the country.

"Spread of the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae is fueling the increase in 'walking pneumonia,' a term health-care providers use to refer to an illness that is less severe than full-blown pneumonia, ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Addressing the nation on Friday evening, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the immediate closure of all tuck shops implicated in the recent food-borne ...