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The U.S. company building the new American consulate in Milan has agreed to a nearly 31-million-euro ($35 million) settlement that includes back pay and damages to foreign workers who prosecutors allege were paid less than $2 an hour, officials said ...

American households moved toward less processed food during pandemic lockdowns. Once restrictions were lifted, ultra-processed food spending climbed back and kept climbing, settling above where it stood before 2020.

The United States and China released Monday reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade.

The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.

Ten thousand households that earned more than $1 million in 2024 collected unemployment benefits that year, according to data shared with The Washington Times.

Malaysia is pushing to take durian, whose powerful smell delights its lovers and repels its haters, beyond its roadside stalls and family orchards to convince fans of the spiky fruit that its varieties are worth seeking out.

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates warned artificial intelligence must be regulated by the government and is evolving rapidly and dangerously enough to wipe out much of humanity.

Iran will soon run out of oil to sell to China and will have nothing left to trade, "probably in the next two weeks," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

Turkey's ruling party accepted the resignation of a deputy chair on Sunday after she was accused of selling shares worth tens of millions of dollars shortly before a stock market crisis.

Grocery aisles are thinning out this year as two of the country's largest food and beverage companies pare back their lineups in response to softening sales and shifting consumer habits.