Finance Minister Abdelhakeem Shibli responded to a question from MP Dima Tahboub regarding the accumulation of debt reaching ...

Young Americans increasingly support socialism to cut the high cost of housing and other essentials. Free markets are the ...

How can I express my feelings about the passing of a man I worked alongside for 26 years, someone who helped bring life and meaning to our weekly radio-TV program, Dito sa Bayan ni Juan? Perhaps the ...

A short history of the United States' long war on drugs in Latin America, with the president's kill zone expanding from the ...

But even mine officials are pumping the brakes on the enthusiasm, saying a true opening of the mine with regular production ...

The arc of revolutions has two acts: rupture - upending the status quo - and the craft of repair. Often, the second is as ...

On his 80th birthday, we look at the songs that defined a folk hero, rock icon and one of Canada’s greatest songwriters.

U.S. shale oil and gas innovations have reversed the global energy power balance since the 1970s, now guiding Middle Eastern ...

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Oct. 17 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1931, gangster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion. It took jurors four days to decide whether the mobster had cheated the Internal Revenue ...

Chevron enjoys unusual sway in socialist-led Venezuela, positioning the energy colossus to gain from whatever comes of the crisis between Washington and Caracas. By Simon Romero and Anatoly Kurmanaev ...

Today we face a crisis like no other. This crisis threatens our very future; we face the displacement of billions, cities on fire and regions under the threat of drought. According to Forbes, this is ...