Across the Balkans and other nations in southeastern Europe, a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus is being overshadowed by heated political debates or conspiracy theories that threaten to thwart the process

Pakistan’s planning minister says the country’s drug regulatory authority has approved the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and the government is trying to make it available by the first quarter of the year

Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol

Benjamin de Rothschild, who oversaw the banking empire started by his father in 1953, has died of a heart attack

General Motors plans to spend $800 million to turn a Canadian SUV plant into one that will make electric delivery vans

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling more than 762,000 pounds of pepperoni Hot Pockets

A scramble is on as restaurant and bar managers trying to keep customers warm outside this winter try to maintain a steady supply of propane for space heaters

Republicans are worried that a corporate backlash over the deadly Capitol insurrection could make it harder to win back the Senate

Justin Thomas' gay slur last week at Kapalua has cost him an endorsement

A Massachusetts company has just won government approval to make fully automated commercial drone flights without a human operator around

Federal safety officials are investigating people who took part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol to decide whether they belong on the federal no-fly list

The U.S. Forest Service released an environmental impact statement Friday that paves the way for the creation of one of the largest copper mines in the United States

Wall Street closed out its first losing week in three with another drop after reports showed the pandemic is deepening the hole for the economy, as Washington prepares to throw it another lifeline

The $1.9 trillion rescue plan unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden offers the chance to sculpt the U.S. economy toward the Democrats’ liking: a $15 minimum wage, aid to poor families and federal dollars going to public schools

The nation’s largest retail trade group said holiday sales soared 8.3%, far exceeding its forecast even as the coronavirus kept shoppers away from physical stores

There is increasing concern for the safety of journalists covering protests at state capitals across the U.S. and in Washington

U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer has confirmed it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion vaccine doses per year

French oil giant Total has decided to withdraw from energy association American Petroleum Institute because it disagrees on climate-related policies

The financial performance of the big U.S. banks has improved from earlier in 2020, when the virus pandemic walloped the global economy

Wells Fargo had its best quarter of 2020 as its profit rose 4% in the fourth quarter of a year defined by the coronavirus outbreak