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Pressure is mounting on Amazon to enter talks with its workers’ union, as employees from seven U.S. warehouses walked off the job this morning, during a peak period due to the holiday shopping rush.

Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.

The Strong Greek Color at This Year’s Bal des Débutantes in Paris

This year’s Bal des Débutantes in Paris had a distinct Greek touch. Among the glamorous attendees were Sophia Yadikiaroglou, Cornelia Manou, and Marilia Vamvakidi, three young women from prominent Greek families who made their official debut at the international jet-set salons.

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Wednesday and signaled a slower pace of cuts ahead, as uncertainty grows over inflation and President-elect Donald Trump's economic plans.

Policymakers voted 11 to 1 to lower the central bank's key lending rate to between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent, the Fed announced in a statement.

When the hammer fell at Christie's in Manhattan on May 15, 1990, a Vincent van Gogh painting, "Portrait of Dr Gachet," set the record at the time for the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction, going to a Japanese paper magnate for $82.5 million.

A groundbreaking musical narrative aiming to raise awareness about life on the planet, set against the natural backdrop of the historic and uniquely beautiful site of Ancient Olympia, forms the basis of the film-concert Eden in Olympia by the acclaimed opera singer Joyce DiDonato.

Luigi Mangione has been indicted for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot in Manhattan earlier this month. The indictment, unsealed on Tuesday, includes 11 charges, among them first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder. Additionally, a grand jury charged Mangione with committing second-degree murder as an act of terrorism, CNN reported.

NEW YORK - New York Mayor Eric Adams lost a bid to narrow his five-count federal corruption indictment as a judge declined on Tuesday to dismiss a bribery charge related to luxury travel benefits provided by a Turkish official, with the trial set for April.

The American School of Classical Studies in Athens announced that the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will receive the Gennadius Award for the year 2025, recognizing its enduring contribution to Greek learning and Hellenism.

The award will be presented during the School’s annual gala, to be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Gotham Hall in New York City.

Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair County Courthouse on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

U.S. authorities on Tuesday charged the man suspected of gunning down a health insurance CEO in New York earlier this month with murder, including a charge of second-degree murder "as an act of terrorism."