The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, auto loans and mortgages.

The Port of Baltimore is preparing to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to get in and out for a few days.

French authorities say five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel.

One Missouri man's Friday morning took an unexpected turn when he rescued a woman from flash floods engulfing her SUV.

The British government says it will introduce legislation to ban anyone who arrives in the U.K. in small boats across the English Channel from ever settling in the country.

The interior ministers of France and Britain have signed a joint agreement in Paris to try to curb migration across the English Channel — a regular source of friction between the two countries.

An independent inspection has found that Britain’s response to the increase in migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats is poor and officials are clearly overwhelmed.

The British government says it plans to start putting asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda within weeks.

At least 28,300 people packed into small boats crossed the Channel from France to England’s south coast in 2021.

Britain’s interior minister is meeting her French counterpart amid a surge in migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small smuggling boats.

The number of undocumented migrants reaching Britain in small boats this year has surpassed the total for all of 2020 as people smugglers take advantage of good weather to cross the English Channel from France.