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7:41 AM on Thursday, March 5

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week was unchanged from the week before, a sign that layoffs remain at historically low levels

5:23 AM on Thursday, March 5

Former President Barack Obama is promoting a Democratic effort to redraw congressional lines in Virginia, the latest front in a nationwide redistricting battle ahead of this year’s midterm elections

4:35 AM on Thursday, March 5

China has set an economic growth target at the slowest since 1991 at the opening of its annual national congress, in what some economists interpreted as a reflection of pragmatism as a weak domestic economy bites

4:19 AM on Thursday, March 5

UEFA says it still plans for Qatar to stage the Argentina vs

3:39 AM on Thursday, March 5

The Iran women’s soccer team has sung and saluted as its national anthem played ahead of the Women’s Asian Cup contest against Australia

2:20 AM on Thursday, March 5

Aston Martin has predicted it is unlikely to finish Formula 1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix without its drivers risking permanent nerve damage

1:18 AM on Thursday, March 5

Miami coach Jai Lucas likes the confidence and belief that the No. 22 Hurricanes have brought into March of his first season with them

11:47 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Australia has opened the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo by beating Taiwan 3-0 on Robbie Perkins' two-run homer in the fifth inning and Travis Bazzana’s homer in the seventh at the Tokyo Dome

11:06 PM on Wednesday, March 4

While the three-martini lunch seems improbable today, workplaces still can be boozy places

11:05 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Thirty years after the success of its star-studded “Help” benefit compilation, War Child UK is releasing its follow-up called “Help(2)."

10:12 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys

9:31 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Canadian and Australian prime ministers have called for a de-escalation of the Iran war but added the Iranians must never gain a nuclear weapon

7:23 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Nepal held its first nationwide election since a youth-led uprising forces the last government from power

7:18 PM on Wednesday, March 4

China has set an economic growth target of 4.5% to 5% for this year, a slight decrease in the face of a prolonged property slump and other headwinds and global uncertainty

4:34 PM on Wednesday, March 4

A mine collapse at Congo’s key Rubaya coltan site has killed a number of miners

4:10 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to a national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died

3:30 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Aaron Judge will captain a loaded U.S. roster at the World Baseball Classic

2:27 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Ten horses — five black, five white — entered the sand ring first

12:37 PM on Wednesday, March 4

A blackout has left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid

8:39 AM on Wednesday, March 4

The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem