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With “sharing economy” services like Uber, Blablacar and Airbnb spreading among consumers, state tax collectors risk experiencing a revenue pinch …

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim speaks at the fourth annual Global Citizen Festival in Central Park Manhattan on September 26, 2015 in New York. The …

Pope Francis embraces a young man in a wheelchair during the World Meeting of Families in the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in …

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen (Bloomberg) Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said she is ready to raise interest rates this year and intends to let the …

Pope Francis visiting the U.S. (Bloomberg) From the world stage of the United Nations to an inner-city school, Pope Francis is emphasizing themes that have …

   President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will test the limits of their personal ties Friday as they wade into issues that have exacerbated …

Muslim pilgrims gather around bodies of people crushed in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage on Thursday. (AP-Yonhap) Two giant waves of …

PARIS  ― Volkswagen’s worldwide pollution cheating has been exposed in large part thanks to independent campaigners, a growing force in the scrutiny of …

Personal and work-related emails that Hillary Clinton said had been deleted from her email server have been recovered by the FBI, US media reported. Clinton, …

Pope Francis arrived in Washington on Tuesday on his first-ever visit to the United States that includes talks with President Barack Obama, a historic speech …