ANKARA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced a 30-percent increase in the minimum wage for 2025, raising it to 22,104 lira (about 630 U.S. dollars). The ...

Tariro Mverechena, a Zimbabwean migrant, was among those heading home after a year at work in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. This is the only opportunity for her to go and reunite with her family ...

"These ballooning expenses are rewriting the math of homeownership," noted the report. In September, 32 percent of the average single-family mortgage payment went to property taxes and home insurance, ...

Earlier in the day, the ministry reported the deaths of Khawla Ali Abdullah Abdo, 53, due to Israeli shelling, and Fathi Saeed Odeh Ubaid, 18, who was fatally shot in the abdomen and chest during ...

U.S. financial giants Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America are being sued by the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over alleged unchecked fraud on the Zelle payment app ...

There were 1,447 delays for flights entering or leaving the United States early in the day, with 28 cancellations, reported The Associated Press about the development. Snow was falling early in New ...

On Tuesday, a relatively weak, low-pressure system is crossing the Northeast that could increase the chances of a white Christmas in the eastern United States, the National Weather Service's Weather ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israel's negotiation team involved in the Gaza ceasefire talks will return to the country later on Tuesday from Qatar for "internal consultations" after "meaningful" ...

Phenylephrine is used in popular versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other medications, but experts have long questioned its effectiveness. Last month the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- British Airways owner IAG SA is in discussions with Elon Musk's Starlink to outfit its jet fleet with Wi-Fi service, reflecting the increasing inroads SpaceX's satellite ...

SARAJEVO, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Severe snowfall has disrupted electricity supply in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), leaving approximately 127,000 metering points without power across seven cantons on ...

"South Africa calls on all parties to commit to urgent dialogue that will heal the country and set it on a new political and developmental trajectory," the department added. The DIRCO further said ...