NEW YORK -- Walmart is aiming to assuage customers' fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores. In a statement posted on the company's website, Walmart Inc.'s CEO John Furner vowed that the Bentonvil...
NEW YORK -- Online behemoth Amazon said it's increasing the minimum starting hourly wage for its U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20 ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season. With the $1-per-hour increase across the board for these ...
Tributes pour in across the world for Dolly Parton...
Miley Cyrusis remembering her honorary godmother,Dolly Parton, following the country music legend'sdeath at age 80. \\\\\"The feeling of losing my Aunt Dolly is beyond what feels right to share. Our most sacred moments were private...
Trace the history of passports to find out why we need these documents and what challenges travelers face within this system....
LONDON -- A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Tuesday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami advisory for the coasts of the Ariake Sea and the Yatsushiro Sea. The earthquake occurred in Kumamoto Prefecture...
More than 830 wildfires were burning in Canada, along with more than a dozen in northern Minnesota, forcing mandatory evacuations and spreading unhealthy smoke down to the Lower 48. A cloud orange haze was seen blanketing the spires of bui...
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An epidemiologist from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the suspected hantavirus cluster aboard a cruise ship is not the beginning of another COVID-19 pandemic. Eight cases are currently being reported by the WHO, including fiv...
NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart customers may find something new the next time they're looking for makeup and skin care products: in-store advisers offering personalized tips and recommendations. The massive retail chain is breaking out of...
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a ...
LONDON -- A row erupted Sunday within Britain's governing Labour Party after the ambitious mayor of Manchester was prevented from trying to re-enter Parliament at a special election in the city in the coming weeks, with critics claiming that Prime Mi...
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A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings -- and evacuations of coastal areas -- in Hawaii and alerts for other areas of the U.S. West Coast. After the initial tsunami waves had was...
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Undercover in Myanmar: BBC finds earthquake chaos and trauma in secretive military regime...
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that was also felt in neighbouring countries. Hundreds are believed to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings - including...