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US: Republicans win slim House majority, complicating ambitious agenda

More than a week after Election Day, Republicans secured the 218th seat needed to flip the House from Democratic control

Amazon begins mass layoffs; data scientists, software engineers hit

Amazon has begun mass layoffs in its corporate ranks, becoming the latest tech company to trim its workforce amid rising fears about the wider economic environment

At climate summit, Brazilian president Lula promises new day for Amazon

Six weeks before taking power, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva told cheering crowds at the UN climate conference that he would crack down on illegal deforestation in the Amazon

Russia bears responsibility, says Nato as missile strike kills 2 in Poland

The incident roiled financial markets early in the day amid fears that geopolitical tensions may flare up further

Drone hits Israeli-linked tanker; Iran frees 2 Greek tankers

An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials said on Wednesday.

Britain's inflation rate rises to 41-year high at 11.1% in October

Consumer prices rose 11.1% in the 12 months through October, compared with 10.1% in September, the Office for National Statistics said. The October figure exceeded economists expectations of of 10.7%

CEO Elon Musk testifies in lawsuit over Tesla compensation package

I think comedy is legal, Musk told Varallo, who had questioned whether Musk was stone-cold sober when he came up with the title

Elon Musk gives Twitter employees Thursday deadline to decide job fate

Musk said Twitter will be much more engineering-driven, with employees who write great code comprising the majority of the team

NASA's mightiest moon rocket Artemis 1 blasts off 50 years after Apollo

If all goes well, the rocket will propel an empty crew capsule into a wide orbit around the moon, and then the capsule will return to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific in December

Technical recession has become more likely, says European Central Bank

A technical recession is two or more consecutive quarters of declining economic output

UK faces major security threats from Russia, China, Iran: MI5's McCallum

He said Iran's intelligence services are prepared to take reckless action against opponents, both on Western soil and by luring people to Iran

US, other warships hold extensive joint naval drills amid China concerns

Growing Chinese assertiveness is seen by the US and its allies as the key military challenge in the region

Indonesian passenger ferry carrying 271 people catches fire near Bali

We are still focus on evacuation efforts, Darmada said, adding that the cause of the fire was being investigated

NATO nations holds emergency talks after missile lands in Poland

Three US officials said preliminary assessments suggest the missile was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian projectile

Amazon Clinic launched as virtual health service for common conditions

Amazon is stepping back into virtual care with a new service that uses secure messaging to connect patients with doctors for help with nearly two dozen conditions

Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns, stun grenades in West Bank

The weapons, perched over a crowded Palestinian refugee camp and in a flashpoint West Bank city, use artificial intelligence to track targets

Harvey Weinstein's attorney cross-examines accuser Siebel-Newsom

Weinstein lawyer Mark Werksman pressed Siebel Newsom about what she said were frequent nightmares she'd been having about the encounter with Weinstein in a Beverly Hills hotel suite

Trump's company strikes new overseas deal, raises old ethics issue

The Trump Organization said the licensing deal the first since Trump left office is with Saudi developer Dar Al Arakan and will include a golf course, hotel and thousands of residential units

Asian shares fall in early trade amid jitters over missile strike in Poland

Benchmarks fell in morning trading in Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul and Hong Kong, while shares were little changed in Shanghai

Missile that hit Poland 'unlikely' to have been fired from Russia: Biden

Joe Biden spoke after he convened an 'emergency' meeting of the Group of Seven and NATO leaders in Indonesia on Wednesday morning for consultations on the attack in Poland