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More American adults are getting news on social media than previously reported, with a jump from 49 percent four years ago to 62 percent in 2016. Of the 62 percent who see news on the social...

Facebook and Microsoft will build a new state-of-the-art 6,600 km undersea cable across the Atlantic to improve high speed Internet connectivity and provide efficient online services. Construction of the cable, named MAREA will commence in August...

After steady improvement in bilateral cooperation in the last few years, this summer has brought mixed news for US-Pakistan relations. While Washington and Islamabad contemplate a resolution to the standoff over F-16 jets deal, the people of two countries had...

Nearly two-thirds of the global population is expected to live in cities by 2030 and produce as much as 80 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP), sparking innovation, reducing poverty and improving the...

How the world responds to the current refugee crisis – compounded by festering Middle Easter conflicts – will be critical to the future of the globe for decades to come, says Angelina Jolie Pitt. The Hollywood star and UN Goodwill Ambassador reminded...

Most Americans want to see the United States focus on its own problems rather than getting involved in global affairs, according to a new survey that also showed increasing support for hike in defense budget to...

With little prospects for a turnaround in 2016, growth in the world economy remains weak, posing a challenge to the implementation of development targets, a new United Nations report released this week has found. The UN World Economic...

A new study has asked the Federal Reserve to keep the interest rates low until full employment is achieved as those graduating from schools and colleges in 2016 confront lackluster growth in wages due in part...

This month world finance leaders huddled in Washington under the banner of IMF-World Bank Spring meetings.  Two challenges that were at the top of the discussion agenda for the meetings were the sluggish global economic recovery and the...

President Barak Obama was in Europe this week to give a push to negotiations for a trade deal with Europe that aims to promoting trade and multilateral economic growth. Into last months of his presidency, the...