Snow falls in Japan’s capital in November for the first time in 54 years, gracing residents on Thursday morning. | Continue reading
Immigration from Mexico was a hot-button issue on the presidential campaign trail. But some business owners, like Joe Hargrave, are struggling to hire enough staff because of a shortage of workers from Mexico. Video/Photo: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to temporarily freeze talks on Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. EU Lawmakers cited deteriorating human rights and democratic standards under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
President Barack Obama on Thursday took part in the decadeslong tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey at the White House. | Continue reading
A construction worker in Al Khor, Qatar, recorded this video that shows two gustnadoes swirling by a roadside. Photo: Twitter/priyajith | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump selected South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday. Haley, who was critical of Trump's candidacy during the primary, is a rising star within the Republican Party but her views on key foreign policy … | Continue reading
In the game Stump--also known as Hammerschlagen--players try to hammer their opponents' nails into a stump, and the player with the last nail standing wins. Now, a mobile version is gaining in popularity that uses a circular wood surface instead of a stump. Photo: Matt Fornear | Continue reading
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement which is opposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Mr. Trump has called the deal a “potential disaster” for the U.S. Photo: Foreign Photo Service/Zuma Press | Continue reading
South Korea and Japan agreed to directly share military information such as satellite tracking of North Korea’s missiles. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Donald Trump will enter the White House with a vast number of potential conflicts of interest regarding his business dealings. So why isn't he beholden to the same rules as everyone else? | Continue reading
Donald Trump and his advisers made contradictory statements Tuesday about whether he would continue his call to have Hillary Clinton investigated over her emails. The President-elect appeared reluctant, but wouldn't take it off the table. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Since Election Day, more than 10,000 positive post-it messages have been left on a wall in a New York City subway station by people from around the world. | Continue reading
A new CDC study shows the brain damage effects from the Zika virus later showing up in some babies such as Mirela Vitoria Farias de Souza who appeared normal at birth on Oct. 7, 2015. Photo: Reed Johnson for The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
Do children's digital fluency allow them to distinguish between fake news and real news online? WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger has surprising results of a study of nearly 8,000 students (from grammar school through college) that tested their ability to tell news from ads and to discern … | Continue reading
The U.S. soft-drink industry vowed in 2014 to cut beverage calories in the American diet 20% by 2025. But a drop in diet soda consumption and the rise of energy drinks has slowed progress. Photo: AP | Continue reading
A new rule set to go into effect on Dec. 1 makes millions of Americans eligible for overtime pay, but now faces an uncertain future. WSJ's Melanie Trottman explains strong challenges the new rule faces from both courts and President-Elect Donald Trump, who has promised to roll ba … | Continue reading
WSJ's Personal Tech columnists Geoffrey A. Fowler and Joanna Stern have reviewed hundreds of gadgets throughout the year. These are their top picks. Photo/video: Drew Evans and Emily Prapuolenis/The Wall Street Journal. | Continue reading
Turkey eggs are rarer and pricer than the chicken version, but they're growing in popularity, especially around the holiday. At New York City's Union Fare, Chef Yvan Lemoine prepares a turkey-egg dish that is on the restaurant's Thanksgiving Day menu. | Continue reading
President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia could take "counter-measures" if threatened by NATO, in a interview with filmmaker Oliver Stone in documentary “Ukraine on Fire." Image: Getty | Continue reading
Could businessman and President-elect Donald Trump make a grand bargain with China to pressure North Korea to back away from its nuclear program? Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Hong Kong Disneyland is looking to reverse an attendance decline with a $1.4 billion expansion that includes a "Frozen"-themed park, rides based on Marvel superheroes and a new castle. Photo: Disney | Continue reading
New Zealand's Kekerengu Fault is one of several faults that ruptured during the earthquake that struck on Nov. 13. Drone footage shows the quake's impact along the fault. Photo/Video: YouTube/GNS Science | Continue reading
South Korean prosecutors said President Park Geun-hye “had an accomplice role” in helping a longtime friend extort money from companies and allowing her access to classified documents. The country's main opposition party said it would consider pushing for an impeachment. Photo: G … | Continue reading
Fourteen coaches of a train derailed in India early Sunday morning, killing dozens of people and injuring scores more. Photo: AFP/Getty | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump's children won't have formal roles in his White House, but they'll continue to run his business empire. That has ethics watchdogs worried about many potential conflicts of interest. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News | Continue reading
Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump often accused the Ford Motor Company of sending factory jobs to Mexico. Now, as a kind of peace offering, the automaker is shelving a plan to move some of its production there. WSJ's Lee Hawkins explains. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Donald Trump has said he'd seek Supreme Court nominees who would be inclined to overturn the landmark Supreme Court ruling Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion. But many hurdles stand in the way of that became a reality. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen told Congress's Joint Economic Committee that it is critical the central bank be separate from the political process. The comments come after a contentious election campaign in which the Fed's policies were criticized by President-elect Don … | Continue reading
One year after the emissions scandal hit Volkswagen, CEO of Volkswagen North America Hinrich Woebcken sat down with WSJ at the LA Auto Show to discuss the company's future. Video/Photo: Andria Chamberlin | Continue reading
Far-left groups and trade unions protested against U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Greece. Photo: Associated Press | Continue reading
Gene Sperling, chief economic advisor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, talks with WSJ Editor-In-Chief Gerard Baker at the CEO Council conference about how the 2008 financial crisis undid the Democrats in 2016. Photo: Paul Morse | Continue reading
At a joint news conference with Greece's Prime Minister Alexiz Tsipras in Athens on Tuesday, President Obama spoke about hopes for the Greek economy as well as populist reactions to globalization around the world. | Continue reading
Admiral Michael Rogers, director of U.S. National Security Agency, talks with Deputy Editor-in-Chief Rebecca Blumenstein at WSJ's CEO Council about what the government is doing to prevent hacking and breaches in cyber security. Photo: Paul Morris | Continue reading
At the WSJ CEO Conference, Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks with Washington bureau chief Gerald F. Seib about the 2016 election mandate saying “the american people do not want Wall Street to run their government.” Photo: Paul Morse | Continue reading
Federal Reserve governor Daniel Tarullo discusses with WSJ global economics editor Neil King the next Federal Reserve policy move saying there will likely be “a tightening, rather than more accommodation.” Photo: Paul Morse | Continue reading
Civil rights groups say there have been hundreds of reported incidents of hateful speech and vandalism since Mr. Trump's election. | Continue reading
At WSJ’s CEO Council in Washington D.C., Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway discusses the promise to “drain the swamp” and how that will apply to the future president’s administration. | Continue reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is stepping up a video campaign in response to a new surge in Central American families and unaccompanied children illegally crossing the U.S. border. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping spoke late Sunday and set a tone of “mutual respect." But if Mr. Trump’s earlier campaign rhetoric is put in motion, U.S.-China relations look set for a significant shift. WSJ's Niki Blasina explains. Photos: AP. | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump spoke to CBS about deportation, his choice of Supreme Court justices and addressed claims that some of his supporters had been harassing minorities. | Continue reading
The moon will orbit the Earth closer than it has done in almost 70 years on Monday night, making it the biggest and brightest 'supermoon' in decades. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as his chief of staff. Photo: Reuters | Continue reading
Disney's quarterly earnings were once again weighted down by income and subscriber declines at ESPN. WSJ's Shalini Ramachandran has details and explains why there may be hope for Disney investors going forward. Photo: Reuters | Continue reading
Nationwide protests against Donald Trump's electoral victory continued for the second night in several cities late Thursday. In Portland, Ore., the police said the protest turned into "a riot" by smaller groups, lasting until early morning hours. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Lawmakers in Brisbane, Australia, rushed into parliament in varying states of undress after they were summoned for a vote at 2:30am. One lawmaker managed to throw on a jacket but lacked a shirt, others were missing shoes. | Continue reading
Support for both Brexit and Trump’s campaign was underpinned by white, working-class voters—attracted to a simple message of taking back control from the political elite. Mark Kelly reports. Image: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images | Continue reading
Protests against Donald Trump's election to the U.S. presidency continued in several cities nationwide as thousands of demonstrators flooded onto the streets to voice objections to his win. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Some of Washington’s Asian partners are working to preserve their alliances with the U.S. after Republican candidate Donald Trump’s election. Photo: Reuters | Continue reading