Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died on Monday, rejected expressions of sympathy for his health, according to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward who said Powell told him earlier this year, "Don't feel sorry for me, for God's sakes!""I've...

Amid the rise in the number of House Democrats not running for reelection in next year's midterms as their party tries to hold on to its fragile majority in the chamber, House GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy is predicting there will be plenty more to come....

A volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma which has destroyed large swathes of land and buildings marked its first month on Tuesday with no end in sight. So far no-one has been killed by the continuous lava flows, but the molten rock has covered...

After China recorded a steep economic slowdown in the third quarter as its pandemic bounceback fades, Beijing looks to take on issues including household debt and the energy transition. WSJ’s Anna Hirtenstein explains what investors are watching. Photo:...

The fact that the solar system could be traveling through a highly magnetized filament in space may also explain mysterious rope-like structures in the sky.