Asian Shares Gain as Most Regional Markets Stay Closed for Lunar New Year Holidays

Shares in Asia were higher on Wednesday, with Japan’s benchmark gaining more than 1% after a quiet finish for U.S. stocks.

Bernie Sanders and Gavin Newsom Become Adversaries Over Push to Tax California Billionaires

Bernie Sanders is coming to Los Angeles to campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the ...

Madonna Sends Good Luck Message to American Figure Skater Amber Glenn Before Olympic Short Program

Madonna has surprised U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn with a good luck video before Glenn skates to “Like a Prayer” at the ...

Surprise Shark Caught on Camera for First Time in Antarctica’s Near-Freezing Deep

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and ...

Billionaire Les Wexner to Be Deposed in Congressional Probe of Epstein Files

Les Wexner’s long-time friendship with the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein will be the subject of a closed-door ...

Nevada Sues to Block Kalshi From Operating Prediction Market in State

Nevada is seeking to have a state court judge issue a similar temporary restraining order against Kalshi, but the company soon ⁠after Tuesday's case was filed sought to have it transferred to federal ...

Vatican Says It Will Not Participate in Trump's 'Board of Peace'

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Vatican will not ⁠participate ⁠in U.S. President Donald Trump's ⁠so-called "Board of Peace" initiative, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's top diplomatic ...