When she first started to shed some weight, Yvonne DeBurgo quipped that she could afford to lose it.Story Published at: August 31, 2022 at 05:09AM

A multiple-story building has collapsed in the northwestern Nigerian city of Kano, leaving “many” people feared trapped inside, according to the local fire service.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 07:47PM

Lower gas prices helped consumer confidence bounce back in August, breaking a three-month stretch of worsening sentiment. However this improvement, while welcome, is tempered by ongoing worries that the US economy may be heading toward a recession. Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 05:13PM

Police in New Zealand have identified two children whose remains were found earlier this month in suitcases bought by a family in an online auction. Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 05:14AM

Stunning new images produced by the Hubble Telescope and the James Webb Telescope showcase the Phantom Galaxy, a spiral of solar systems 32 million light-years away from Earth.Story Published at:

A lion at Ghana’s Accra Zoo mauled a man to death after he entered its enclosure over the weekend, the government said in a statement.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 10:42AM

China’s ruling Communist Party will hold its five-yearly congress beginning on October 16, with Xi Jinping poised to secure an historic third leadership term and cement his place as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 01:43PM

As Ukraine ramps up its offensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the country’s south, its forces have regained four villages and broken through Russian defenses at multiple points of the frontline in the Kherson region, according to Ukrainian officials.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 01:50PM

Things were starting to look up for investors. After stocks got clobbered in the first half of the year, they started to stage a comeback, with all major indexes rising for much of June, July and August.Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 07:48PM

Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia is bogged down in a war of attrition it didn’t anticipate but it is having success on another front — its oil-dependent economy is in a deep recession but proving far more resilient than expected. Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 04:45PM