After weeks of disagreement -- especially between the United States and China -- the UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic for the first time. Led by Germany, nine of the council's 10 non-permanent members requested the closed-door meeting -- a video...

Bernie Sanders' socialist ideals and calls for universal health care and higher wages have long been mocked in U.S. politics, but he tapped a vein of youth discontent that made him a serious contender for the White House. However, the feisty 78-year-old senator from Vermont threw in the...

US and British cybersecurity agencies warned Wednesday that foreign government-backed hacking groups are using coronavirus themes to ply their way into computers and networks. The groups are sending phishing emails and setting up websites with COVID-19 virus subjects, aiming to lure users...

Global trade growth is expected to plummet by up to a third in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday, warning that the numbers would be "ugly". "World trade is expected to fall by between 13 percent and 32 percent in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic...