A basis point is one hundredth of a percent, or 0.01%. We describe mortgage rates’ ups and downs in basis points because they simplify comparisons. NerdWallet’s rates are expressed as an annual ...

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence has raised questions inside Iranian political circles about who is really running the country and allowed open divisions to fester. By Farnaz Fassihi Ukraine is ...

MOVEMENTS MATTER. In 1980, ship workers in the Polish city of Gdańsk went on strike, demonstrating for independent unions, better conditions, and political reforms. Poland, which had been under Soviet ...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, bottom left, who is also Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) poses for photos with newly promoted generals ...

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