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(Photo credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports) Tyler Wahl scored 16 points on 6-for-7 shooting and No. 13 Wisconsin escaped with a 61-59 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Tuesday evening in Minneapolis. A.J. Storr added 15 points and 12 rebounds for Wisconsin (15-4, 7-1), which won for the eighth time in its past nine games and held on to first place in the Big Ten standings. Max Klesmit contributed 11 poin

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's consumer sentiment improved for the second straight month on the back of positive signs over the economy, central bank data showed Wednesday.

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:

Baghdad [Iraq], January 24 (ANI): The United States has carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by "Iranian-backed militias" in the country following repeated attacks on US forces, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement on Tuesday (local time). The strikes targeted three facilities used by Iranian-backed 'Kataib Hezbollah' and other Tehran-affiliated groups in Iraq. Austin said that the strike

A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jetliner is grounded at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 7, 2024. /Reuters

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 24 (ANI/TPS): Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday visited the IDF's (Israel Defense Forces) Elyakim base where he met with cadets in the company commanders training course, both conscripts and reservists. Netanyahu was briefed by Training Center Deputy Commander Col. Sharon Eltit and heard about the training regimen of the combat company commanders course. The Prime Minister spok

Frontex head Hans Leitjens wants a more ?humane? migration policy

The European Union needs to focus on blocking illegal crossings while making it easier for asylum-seekers and economic migrants to come in, the new head of the bloc's border protection agency Frontex, Hans Leitjens, has said.

On Tuesday, the German outlet Berliner Zeitung reported on the quotes Leitjens gave

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday, as investors navigated a mixed bag of early earnings reports while anticipating key releases from Netflix, Tesla and others later in the week.

As Hong Kong's official legal year began Monday, the city's chief justice, Andrew Cheung, used the opportunity to stress how the judiciary takes its duty seriously.

pentagon - The United States has struck Iranian-backed proxies in Iraq in response to a series of attacks against U.S. and coalition forces in recent days, a U.S. defense official tells VOA.

A street scene of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, south China, March 18, 2023. /CFP

Bulgaria has secured the second spot in the European Union for maintaining the lowest external debt relative to GDP, based on Eurostat data from the end of the third quarter of the previous year. The country's public debt stands at 21%, making it one of the most fiscally disciplined nations in the EU.

NEW YORK: On January 19, New York Mayor Eric Adams vetoed two bills, with the first aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails.

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday with the Dow Jones falling back below 38,000, a level it had hurdled a day earlier for the first time.