A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg.

The British pound crashed to a record low last fall as investors rebelled against budget plans by former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Now, it's enjoying a comeback.

Walmart is laying off more than 2,000 workers at five US warehouses that fulfill website orders, weeks after America's largest private employer warned it's in for a tough year ahead.

America isn't taking down all of its "help wanted" signs just yet — but they are slowly starting to disappear.

For most people in their early- to mid-20s, filing taxes is right up there with having to pay rent and realizing you can't take summers off anymore: an unwelcome fact of being an adult.

High flyers hoping to hop to the Netherlands in a private jet might be forced to rethink their travel plans, as Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is proposing a private jet ban.

Six tourists were killed and 17 others injured in a major avalanche in India's northeastern state of Sikkim, local police said Tuesday.

Donald Trump may be the first former US president to face criminal charges, but around the world many current and former leaders have been prosecuted or even spent time in jail.

An anticipated meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California this week has sparked concerns of a repeat of the pressure campaign China launched last year when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei.

At least one person was killed and 30 injured, many seriously, when a passenger train carrying about 50 people derailed in the Netherlands early Tuesday after hitting construction equipment on the track, Dutch emergency services said.