BEIJING — As measured by China’s state-run media, the country’s leadership transition is already well underway. Vice President Xi Jinping , who will move up to Communist Party general secretary later this year and president of China in 2013, has app...

Politico's online poll question of the day is "Do you think the president’s decision to compromise on his birth-control policy was the right call?" The question is a bit vague, but it wasn't in any way as tilted as the answers. You could either say ...

Wayne Rooney sent Manchester United to the top of the Premier League Saturday after a win over Liverpool in a match preceded by Luis Suárez’s refusal to shake Patrice Evra’s hand.

Mitt Romney, the perpetually questioned front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, had a rough week. Three embarrassing losses to Rick Santorum in Tuesday’s non-binding contests led to questions about Romney’s conservative bona fides ju...

Last night, Belvedere (RED) threw an epic pre-grammy bash honoring Mary J. Blige at LA hotspot Avalon. Award-winning and multi-platinum singer MARY J. BLIGE performed at the private pre-Grammy event to celebrate the partnership between...

Paul McCartney joins ex-Beatles John, George and Ringo with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (Video, photos) Fans lined up around the huge block at the Capitol Records building on Thursday morning, February 9, 2012, to see Paul McCartney...

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has won a presidential straw poll of activists attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, a key annual gathering of right-leaning Republican activists concluding Saturday in Washington. Read ful...

Speaking before an audience of Republican activists Saturday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal blasted the Obama administration over its response to the 2010 BP oil spill in the gulf, saying Obama officials “wasted precious time while that oil was coming ...

UniCredit SpA, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA were among 34 Italian financial firms downgraded by Standard & Poor’s, after the credit-ratings company reduced the nation’s grade last month.

Lebanese security officials say clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in a northern Lebanese city have left one person dead and 12 wounded.