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The government said that it will expel North Korea’s ambassador to the country, a day after issuing an arrest warrant for a North Korean airline employee in connection with the killing of the estranged half-brother of dictator Kim Jong Un.

The stench of feces and ammonium Southern California residents smelled for more than two weeks was the result of sewer repair work across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, that resulted in millions of gallons to spill into the U.S. and Pacific Ocean.

China’s defense budget will expand by about 7% this year, the slowest pace this decade, but a senior Chinese official said it was still enough for Beijing to prevent “outside forces” from interfering in its territorial disputes.

The Golden State is ramping up renewable energy as it pledges to be a bulwark against the Trump administration’s pro-fossil fuel policies. But first, it has to figure out what to do with all the excess power it generates when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing.

An Italian court’s decision to recognize two homosexual men as the fathers of twin children has exposed confusion and a deep divide in the country over parenting rights of same-sex couples.

Biathlon, one of the toughest Olympic sports, got a university administrator in Minnesota hooked after he tried it in his 40s.

Northern Ireland’s two largest parties held on to their positions in the U.K. region’s legislative elections, but may struggle to form a government, potentially creating another headache for British and Irish leaders already grappling with Brexit.

Bankruptcies of Chinese business have surged in the last two years, in a sign the state is beginning to take painful steps to trim the bloated industrial sector as it tries to rein in debt.

Uber Technologies Inc. has for years employed a program that uses data from its ride-hailing app and other tools to circumvent government officials seeking to identify and block the service’s drivers, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The creator of ‘Assisted Suicide: The Musical’ says euthanasia denies the value of people who have illnesses or disabilities.

Check out a video tour of the $9.995 million Manhattan apartment Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have relisted; plus Kenny Florian's $3.1 million Hollywood Hills home that's for sale.

A mob tries to silence Charles Murray and sends a prof to the ER.

The Federal Reserve’s two most senior officials signaled the central bank is on course to pick up the pace of short-term interest-rate increases, with the next rise coming as soon as March and with more to come later this year.

Baby got bacteria: Shaking the threat from drug-resistant germs.

Early testing can avert disaster, but false positives are stressful and costly. Now there’s a solution.

The only military we can’t afford is one that is too small.

In 1996, a foreign government didn’t just meddle, it donated.

Building a direct path to a new mine makes perfect environmental sense, but the EPA hasn’t budged.

René Preval, a low-key technocrat who led Haiti as president during the devastating January 2010 earthquake and a messy and prolonged recovery, has died. He was 74.

Inflation is back around the globe—even in Japan, long beset by falling prices. The question now is whether it will stick around.

Comcast’s NBCUniversal said it invested $500 million in Snap’s IPO, capping a lengthy courtship in which NBCU’s Steve Burke channeled his 20-something children to sell Snap on the merits of a partnership.

An alligator was spotted strolling through a Florida golf course on Thursday with a large fish in its mouth. Photo: Norma Respess via Storyful.

Congressional intelligence committees shouldn’t just examine the Russians.

A deal for General Motors Co. to sell its Adam Opel AG European business to French car maker Peugeot is expected to be announced Monday, according to two people familiar with the plan.