Briton Steve Easterbrook next in line as Thompson retires after investor frustrations at McDonald’s poor performance.
The execution of three inmates has been put on hold, as the Supreme Court intervenes in a case that involves the controversy over the drugs states use to put people to death.
During her first day of confirmation hearings for attorney general, nominee Loretta Lynch gave answers that seemed in line with President Obama.
After nearly four years of legislative wrangling, legislators in socially conservative Chile approved civil unions on Wednesday for same-sex and unmarried heterosexual couples.
Facebook Inc´s (FB.O) revenue grew 49 percent in the fourth quarter, as mobile advertising growth helped the world´s largest Internet social network beat Wall Street´s targets for earnings and sales.
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Wednesday urged NATO allies to develop and make more innovative weapons, and said bold action was needed to stay ahead of rapid weapons development by China.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to make an unprecedented official trip to Moscow in May, in a move that underscores the growing diplomatic ties between the two neighbours.
The Philippines on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a U.S. Marine that it drop a murder case against him in the death of a transgender Filipino woman last year.
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) quarterly results smashed Wall Street expectations with record sales of big-screen iPhones in the holiday shopping season and a 70 percent rise in China sales,
Twin brothers who ran a massive Chicago distribution hub for Mexican drug cartels but then helped the U.S. government convict more than a dozen drug dealers were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday in federal court.
What is good for the American consumer may be less so for big American companies.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted Wednesday´s scheduled execution of Garcia Glen White.
Industrial machinery maker Siemens AG says net profit fell 25 percent in its most recent quarter as lower earnings at its key power and gas business weighed on the bottom line.
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction of a Nevada lobbyist, attorney, and developer for making illegal campaign contributions in 2007 to Sen. Harry Reid (D) of Nevada.
The debate about whether men should stand or sit when urinating is no laughing matter in Germany, where some toilets have red traffic-style signs forbidding the standing position.
A French court has barred a couple from naming their daughter Nutella after the popular hazelnut chocolate spread.
Tenants in a rented apartment may stand up while urinating in their own bathroom, a German court has said.
Russia’s antitrust regulator is fining Google 100,000 rubles for advertising abortion clinics as President Vladimir Putin pushes what he calls “traditional values.”
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday that it cannot afford to repair Gaza homes damaged in last year’s war with Israel because donors have failed to pay.
U.S. President Barack Obama weighed in on one of India´s most sensitive topics as he wound up a visit on Tuesday.
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