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Australian consumer confidence continued to rise as the end of the year approaches, supported by ongoing gains in house prices and a sense that the Reserve Bank of Australia won’t raise interest rates any further.

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including Senate negotiations over Ukraine funding and a border deal, the importance of immigration policy in the

All this year, Judy Woodruff has been exploring the deep divisions we see playing out every day in the country. She’s distilled much of that reporting into a special airing Tuesday night on PBS. For that, she recently sat down

Higher interest rates and fallout from auditing questions contribute to chapter 11 filing of the software and e-commerce services supplier.

The American defense secretary reiterated “unshakable” support for Israeli security, but said protecting Palestinians was a “moral duty and a strategic imperative.”

Nicaragua’s authoritarian government has a new target for possible exile — the winner of the Miss Universe pageant — after learning she had participated in protests as a college student in 2018.

Hong Kong’s highest-profile national security trial got under way amid tight security on Monday. It’s against Jimmy Lai, a media mogul and democracy campaigner. He is all but certain to be convicted.

It is not clear what caused the explosion that damaged the heart of the Kaloum administrative district that’s home to most government offices.

Dolly Parton, the Rolling Stones and ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ are among the many older artists and songs finding renewed attention in today’s music landscape, where technology and social media have remixed the rules of success.

Announced on Monday, the federal move is a step toward accountability amid growing calls to close loopholes that allow law enforcement officers to be rehired by other agencies after losing their jobs or resigning after misconduct allegations.