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After months of a remarkably strong US labor market and economy, everything seems to be slowing down.

Every year scientists in New Zealand fly over some of the country's most iconic glaciers -- ancient ice "rivers" that descend from the Southern Alps, a spine of mountains that extend along the South Island. And almost every year, they find them shrinking.

The US labor market has kept trucking right along even as other areas of the economy have slowed.

Saudi Arabia's and Iran's Foreign Ministers met in Beijing on Thursday to discuss the resumption of bilateral relations following a landmark agreement mediated by China last month.

Defying Beijing's repeated threats, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy presented a carefully choreographed united front in California on Wednesday against an increasingly powerful and aggressive China.

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said farewell to politics Wednesday with a rousing speech that assured other nerds, criers, and huggers that they too could one day lead.

Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, one of Islam's holiest sites, during Ramadan prayers early Wednesday, arresting hundreds of Palestinians and sparking retaliatory rocket fire from militants in Gaza.

Afghan men working for the United Nations in Kabul will stay home in solidarity with their female colleagues after the Taliban prohibited Afghan women from working for the global organization, according to a senior UN official.

A slow moving environmental catastrophe is unfolding in a marine ecosystem home to some of the world's rarest species, including the critically endangered hawksbill turtle, as well as whale sharks, giant manta rays and dugongs.

A slowing economy may lead to a decline in sales of pricey beef cuts, but don't look for any bargains just yet.

Four children have been killed and four more injured in an axe attack at a daycare center in the southern Brazilian city of Blumenau.

BERLIN -— Switzerland has instructed Credit Suisse to cancel or reduce all outstanding bonus payments for the top three levels of management and examine whether those already paid can be recovered, the Federal Council said on Wednesday.

The killing of Russian military journalist Vladlen Tatarsky has set off angry demands among politicians and commentators in Russia for the return of the death penalty, and for a merciless crackdown on dissent through greater use of terrorism and treason charges.

Millions of jobs could be on the chopping block this year, as the Federal Reserve continues its rate-hiking campaign to tame inflation. But the effects of that action likely won't reverberate evenly across the economy.

The husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Peter Murrell, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with an investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.

Tunisian President Kais Saied's almost two-week absence has raised questions about his health and succession in a country that has become increasingly authoritarian since he took power.

The people of Paris have spoken loud and clear: get electric scooters off of our streets.

A man who admitted abducting a four-year-old girl from a remote campsite in Western Australia and holding her for 18 days during a massive police search has been sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison.

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen arrive in Beijing Wednesday for a visit France has framed as a high stakes chance to push China to do more for peace in Ukraine, but where European economic interests will also loom large.

Johnson & Johnson is trying once again to use the bankruptcy courts to settle tens of thousands of cases that claim its talc products cause cancer. The pharmaceutical company is now willing to pay $8.9 billion to plaintiffs over 25 years.