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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, opting for its first interest rate cut this year in an effort to revive the flagging labor market.The central bank delivered a policy...

In the forests of Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire, chimps crowd into fig and plum trees, feasting on fruit that's sweet, soft and just a little boozy. A new study shows those daily snacks quietly add...

Openness to foreign talent could be a competitive advantage for up-and-coming tech hubs around the world, particularly as the U.S.—traditionally the world’s leading tech sector—begins to look more skeptically at immigration.The Trump administration is tightening visa policies, leading to...

Students at Utah Valley University are returning to campus on Wednesday, one week after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was killed while holding an outdoor event at the university.Hope Ledkins, a first-year student at Utah Valley University, told ABC News...

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentJeff Dowling/EMBL-EBIThe AI model was initially developed using anonymous UK data - including hospital admissions, GP records and lifestyle habits such as smoking - collected from more than 400,000 people as part of the UK...

The European Commission has unveiled plans to restrict trade with Israel and impose sanctions on extremist ministers in its government, which - if adopted - would be the EU's toughest response to the war in Gaza.The plans, trailed by...

Authorities across Egypt are searching for a 3,000-year-old bracelet reported missing from a leading museum in Cairo.The rare gold band, adorned with spherical lapis lazuli beads, dates back to the reign of King Amenemope, a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's...

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is appearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday for her first public appearance since she was pushed out of her position leading the...

President Donald Trump is escalating threats to crack down on what he describes as the “radical left” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, stirring fears that his administration is trying to harness outrage over the killing to suppress political opposition.Without establishing any link to...

The widow of Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that two independent labs have found that her husband was poisoned shortly before his death in a Russian prison.Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin...