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After more than four decades in public life, Hillary Clinton will return to the Democratic National Convention to cement her legacy as a champion of women in politics.

One of the leading theorists of “offensive realism" and professor of political science at the University of Chicago, John Mearsheimer talked about the 'cold war' between the nations, what the US elections could mean for the situation, and much more.

The Democratic National Convention on Tuesday showcased the party's elder statesmen, upandcoming political stars and delegates from colorful locations across the country all pressing to make Joe Biden the next U.S. president.

Gold fell below $2,000 an ounce on Wednesday as the dollar steadied, with investors awaiting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's last policy meeting.

Carivaldina Oliveira da Costa was the steward of history in her Brazilian community on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro state, and for two decades fought for their land rights as descendants of escaped slaves.

Some Democrats and Republicans have a "real desire" to reach agreement on a smaller coronavirus relief bill that could be worth around $500 billion, a senior Trump administration official said late on Monday.

Gold fell below $2,000 an ounce on Wednesday after rising sharply in the previous session as the dollar steadied, while investors awaited minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's last policy meeting.

China wants its army of momandpop investors to take corporate fraudsters to task with landmark class action lawsuits, but heavy government involvement means they are not likely to be as common as in other legal systems, lawyers and investors said.

The Democratic National Convention on Tuesday turned to the party's future leaders as well as its elder statesmen, including former President Bill Clinton, to make the case for presidential candidate Joe Biden in November's election against Donald Trump.

New Zealand said on Wednesday that it had five new cases of coronavirus in the community, and one in managed isolation facilities.

Police released a surveillance photo Tuesday of three people believed to have started a house fire in suburban Denver that killed five recent immigrants from the West African nation of Senegal.

Brazil's national space research agency Inpe has registered 3,121 fires in the first 15 days of August, nearly five times higher than the same period a year ago.

The University of Notre Dame on Tuesday suspended inperson classes and moved them online for at least two weeks after seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, the latest university to roll back campus reopenings.

Powerful former Colombian President lvaro Uribe announced his resignation from the Senate Tuesday while he is investigated by the Supreme Court for possible witness tampering in a case that has polarized the nation.

The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Tuesday, rebounding from huge losses triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and crowning one of the most dramatic recoveries in the index's history.

The son of Lebanon's slain former premier Rafik alHariri vowed he would not rest until the killers are punished after a U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Iranbacked Hezbollah group of involvement in the 2005 assassination.