Russian President Vladimir Putin has inaugurated a massive railway bridge to Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Shares are opening higher on Wall Street in quiet trading ahead of the Christmas holiday in many markets.

A bevy of Instagram stars, former Victoria’s Secret models and Hollywood actors were invited to Saudi Arabia over the weekend to promote a three-day-long, massive rave-like concert.

Boeing’s crew capsule is back on Earth after an aborted flight to the International Space Station.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has vowed to invest in state power company CFE so that it can go head-to-head with private companies that generate nearly half of Mexico’s electricity needs.

Germany’s finance minister is defending a rule taking effect Jan. 1 that will require shops to provide a receipt for every purchase.

Cyprus, Greece and Israel will sign an agreement in the new year to build the eastern Mediterranean natural gas pipeline.

France’s prime minister says the full retirement age will be increased for the country’s youngest. But he offered concessions Wednesday in an ill-fated effort to calm a nationwide protest against pension changes that has lasted a week.

The president of the European Commission wants to offer 100 billion euros ($130 billion) to help member countries cut climate-warming emissions.

Washington state is adopting some of the nation’s most aggressive overtime rules.