Spain’s health ministry has given the go-ahead for children between ages 5 and 11 to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Stocks are off to a solid start on Wall Street Tuesday as investors continue to wager that the new variant of the COVID-19 virus won't pose a big threat to the economy

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $67.1 billion in October, the lowest in six months, after hitting a record high in September

Thousands of Airbnb hosts have agreed to house refugees as part of the online lodging marketplace’s philanthropic program to provide emergency temporary housing to those who need it

Carmaker Stellantis has announced a strategy to embed AI-enabled software in 34 million vehicles across its 14 brands

American Airlines CEO Doug Parker will retire next March and be replaced by the airline's current president, Robert Isom

The European Union drug regulator has given its backing to mixing different types of vaccines in initial vaccination and booster campaigns to battle the coronavirus

Instagram has launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service

Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company’s failure to stop hateful posts that incited violence against the Muslim ethnic group by Myanmar’s military rulers and their supporters

The World Health Organization’s office for Europe says that children in the 5 to 14 age group now account for the highest rates of reported COVID-19 infection in the region

Ukrainian and Western officials are worried about a Russian military buildup near Ukraine

Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers tries to avoid a default on its $310 billion mountain of debt

China has reported its exports rose by double digits in November but growth declined, while imports accelerated in a sign of stronger domestic demand

The list of 2021's most mispronounced words is out, and they're a mouthful

The fraud trial of fallen Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is set to resume Tuesday with continued cross-examination of Holmes and possible expert psychological testimony

Asia stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as anxiety about the coronavirus’s latest variant eased

The former head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes in a corruption scandal

The blank-check company that aims to take Trump Media & Technology Group public says two regulatory agencies are scrutinizing the deal

California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is leaving the House at the end of this year to lead former President Donald Trump’s effort to launch a social media platform intended to rival Twitter

Toyota says it plans to build a $1.3 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Greensboro, North Carolina, that will employ at least 1,750 people

Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo says he’s dropping his SiriusXM radio show

President Joe Biden is pledging his social agenda legislation will deliver tangible savings on prescription drugs for all Americans

Congressional Democrats are raising concerns that the proposed merger of Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia, a $43 billion effort to conquer the world of streaming, could affect diversity efforts in Hollywood and particularly hurt Latinos, who are already deeply underrepresented

Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions

Exxon Mobil says it has a plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in one of the most prolific oilfields in the U.S. The company made the announcement Monday, saying it will be focusing on emissions from its own operations as well as indirect emissions associated with the electricity it buys to power its well sites and other infrastructure