The Associated Press A "For Sale" sign stands along side a building lot in Wheeling, Ill., Sunday, March 21, 2021. Sales of new homes plunged 18.2% in February as severe winter weather in many parts of the country and a lack of supply took a toll on the...

AP PHOTOS: Cars become home for Spain's pandemic casualties Among the economic victims of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain are newly homeless residents who saw their jobs dry up or their marriages collapse and now have nowhere to live but their cars By...

UK reflects on 'grief and loss,' a year from first lockdown The U.K. has a lot to reflect on a year after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson first announced that the country would go into lockdown to slow the fast-spreading coronavirus By PAN PYLAS As...

Report: Extremist groups thrive on Facebook despite bans Facebook has allowed groups — many tied to QAnon and militia movements — to glorify violence during the 2020 election, a new report finds By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer March 23, 2021...

Airbnb asked to drop Olympic ties over China rights issues Airbnb is being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to next year's Beijing's Winter Olympics by a coalition of 150 human rights campaigners By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer March 23, 2021,...

The Associated Press Medical staff prepares an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany, Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)...

Reputation of AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine marred by missteps AstraZeneca’s release of encouraging data about its coronavirus vaccine from its U.S. trial raised hopes that the drug company could bury doubts about the shot and put a troubled rollout beh...

Home Baidu shares up on its debut on HK bourse (Chinadaily.com.cn) 15:50, March 23, 2021 Baidu's chief executive officer Robin Li gives a speech during Baidu's secondary listing celebration ceremony in Beijing, on Mar 23, 2021. [Photo provided to chinad...

The Habib Bank Ltd (HBL), the largest multinational bank in Pakistan, opened its branch in Beijing on March 5 and held an opening ceremony on Monday, which aims to better serve Chinese clients participating in the construction of the China-Pakistan Econ...

China's telecommunications giant Huawei was listed as the most valuable consumer goods company in China, according to a report released by Hurun. According to the Hurun report, Huawei was valued at 1.1 trillion yuan ($168.96 billion), based on the compa...