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Thousands of flights canceled, schools close, and post office halts deliveries as Chicago lows approach record.
During the hearings, tentatively scheduled for Feb. 13, lawmakers will question the Department of Defense and private contractors who house thousands of U.S. military families on bases across the country, according to Senate staff familiar with the plans.
The assessment by the National Sample Survey Office conducted between July 2017-June 2018, showed the unemployment rate stood at 6.1 percent, the highest since 1972-73, Business Standard reported.
The destination of the $840 million in gold bars was unknown, but a source told Bloomberg News that it represented about 20 percent of the country's holding of the metal. The gold was set aside for loading, the report said.
An artificial intelligence-based recreation of Salvador Dali will be able to greet and communicate with guests who visit the Dali Museum, based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Its entertainment segment, which includes satellite TV provider DirecTV, has been in continuous decline. It lost more subscriber during the quarter as viewers shifted to cheaper internet TV services, just not those owned by AT&T.
Bitter Wheat – ‘a black farce about a badly behaved movie mogul’ – to open at the Garrick theatre, London, on 7 June.
Six people in the eastern state of Orissa have already been arrested, but police believe more people were involved in the crime.
Coastguard warns death toll will rise after recovery of 28 bodies, as UN reveals six migrants die at sea each day.
The backstop is aimed at keeping an open border between EU-member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland after Brexit but is strongly opposed by many in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party, who say it risks trapping the United Kingdom in a permanent customs union with the European Union.
Warming shelters open in midwest as Chicago area sees temperatures drop to -50F (-46C), with snow possible in southern states.
Despite the winter storm weather, you've landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest passenger airport. We handled nearly 104 million passengers in 2017.
Some nations experience earthquakes and hurricanes frequently, others have high crime or protracted wars-which countries are safest? Global Finance has answers.