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When it comes to inquiring about – ahem – certain products, shoppers prefer the inhuman touch.That is what we found in a study of consumer habits when it comes to products that traditionally have...

American households have become dependent on Amazon.The numbers say it all: In 2024, 83% of U.S. households received deliveries from Amazon, representing over 1 million packages delivered each day and 9 billion individual items delivered...

Cameroon's 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country's parliament in Yaoundé.Biya won a controversial eighth term in a fiercely disputed election last month.He has been in...

S&P 500 futures were flat this morning after the index closed up 0.37% yesterday. The Asian markets were up across the board today, but Europe’s STOXX 600 marginally declined in early trading. The mixed picture mirrors an argument on...

An American man and his teenage son died last month after they were swarmed by wasps while ziplining at an adventure camp in Laos and stung many dozens of times, a hospital official said Thursday.Dan...

Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United Nations said.The total area of land for growing opium poppy shrank 20% since last year, while the amount of opium...

Over the last week, Martina Santos said she feels like she's been living a nightmare.The 67-year-old from the Bronx, New York, is one of the nearly 42 million Americans who saw their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits lapse...

Attackers have boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia after firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the vessel, according to a UK maritime agency.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued an alert about the attack,...

About 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police say.Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they said in a statement.Police say they were...

Miss Universe contestants walked out of a pre-competition briefing on Tuesday, after an official from the host nation Thailand publicly berated Miss Mexico. Miss Universe Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil called Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, a 'dumbhead' for failing to...