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Claims for unemployment benefits drop to 197,000, the lowest since mid-July as layoffs remain rare

Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, as U.S. jobless claims remain at historically low levels and most Americans enjoy job security

Xi says in visit with Trump that China will send 2 pandas to the zoo in Atlanta, calling them 'envoy of friendship'

Xi says China and US have the responsibility to make sure AI is always under human control

Trump hails 'truly great friendship' with China's Xi Jinping as high-stakes summit between economic rivals begins

KFC opens a Texas restaurant to test ideas for reclaiming its fried chicken crown

KFC has been taking a licking in its home market from fried chicken rivals like Raising Cane’s

Media outlets ask judge for immediate hearing to address White House's continued ban on journalists despite court order

Unemployment claims slipped to 197,000 last week, remaining at historically low levels as layoffs are scarce

Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat

Mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are seeing their population grow, but their forest habitat is not expanding

Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability

The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network

Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party leads in provisional election results

Provisional election results in Morocco show that the Authenticity and Modernity Party has won the largest number of seats in the country’s parliamentary election