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Cairo - Egypt's government will host dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it holds an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the making that...

The startup world celebrates stories of founders who scratch and claw for years and, finally, become multimillionaires when the business they built goes public or is acquired. These tales of wealth are common in crypto, too—though the path to...

Israel has received via the Red Cross in Gaza two coffins which the Palestinian armed group Hamas says contain the bodies of deceased hostages, according to the Israeli prime minister's office.Israeli forces will now transfer the bodies to Israel's...

Getty ImagesThe US government shutdown has entered its fifth week and there is no clear end in sight.With Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over passing a spending plan that would reopen federal agencies, millions of Americans are feeling economic pain...

Days after the abrupt demolition of the East Wing of the White House, critics are questioning whether the Trump administration and contractors involved in razing the historic structure adhered to federal health and safety standards, including those governing the...

While casual side hustles can sometimes pay off, the most successful people prioritize their passion to turn it into profit. Business coach and ex–Wall Streeter Codie Sanchez says all the successful people she’s met have one thing in common: “They’re...

Washington — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sweeping sanctions on members of an alleged Mexico-based human smuggling network that it says trafficked people from four continents using yachts, hotels and cartel connections, a move officials...

Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week. While officials said that damage assessments remained...

Laura Bicker,China correspondent , Anthony Zurcher,North America correspondent and Flora DruryUS President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have met for the first time in six years - raising hopes for a de-escalation of tensions between the...

Nick Davis,Mandeville, Jamaica and Rachel HaganGetty ImagesBut once we arrived in central Jamaica we started to see how severely the island had been hit. The town of Mandeville has been, for want of a better word, flattened. A petrol...