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The rise in oil prices opens an uncertain scenario if the Middle East conflict drags on, but generates more money for the region's exporting nations.

Cuban diplomats abandoned their Embassy building in Quito Friday after Ecuador ordered the expulsion of the entire Cuban diplomatic mission.

Researchers report they have detected a "statistically significant" increase in the pace of global warming on Earth over the last decade.

Japan's Shohei Ohtani logged a grand slam and five RBIs in one inning in a record thrashing of Chinese Taipei on Friday in the World Baseball Classic.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a judge Friday that it can't comply with his order to refund tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled illegal.

A Cincinnati woman who has lived in her apartment for less than a month said a raccoon has been invading her home every day for over a week.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned of "humanitarian disaster" after Israel ordered evacuations in south Lebanon and Beirut suburbs.

Paramount+ announced a new "Garfield" animated series on Friday, casting Lamorne Morris as the voice of Jim Davis's comic strip feline.

An Ohio woman scored a $5 million prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket a few years after her husband won $1 million from another game.

The public funeral for the Rev Jesse Jackson began Friday morning, with state, religious and local dignitaries attending.