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A B.C. woman currently in Maui with her family said it has been a crazy 24 hours since landing on the island.

Elon Musk says he may need to get surgery before a proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg.

China is experiencing record-breaking extreme heat — as is much of the Northern hemisphere — and as temperatures skyrocket, so too are sales of sun protection gear …

As the search for a tourist submersible carrying five wealthy adventurers continues for a fourth day, attention online has turned to one passenger’s stepson, who sa…

Pope Francis was in “good general condition” Thursday, alert and breathing on his own following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a…

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The Biden administration formally determined Monday that a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on espionage charges has been “wrongfully detained.”

China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan on Monday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having pra…

Finland‘s main conservative party claimed victory in parliamentary elections Sunday in a tight three-way race that saw right-wing populists take second place, leavi…

Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking, Swiss President Alain Berset ann…

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that relations with the United States were in a “lamentable state” and at their lowest level, after Washington accused Russia of downi…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life.

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime find for any metal detectorist.

Iran‘s supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-gover…

The World Health Organization’s immunization director praised China on Friday for making quick progress on vaccinating older people with COVID-19 shots and boosters…

Elon Musk was depicted Wednesday as either a liar who callously jeopardized the savings of “regular people” or a well-intentioned visionary as attorneys delivered o…

An Alabama engine mechanic took refuge in a shipping container as a tornado from a violent storm decimated his shop and killed two of his neighbors along its destru…

Growing tensions between Israel and Palestinians have experts increasingly concerned the decades-long conflict will devolve into full-blown war this year.

Britain’s postal service said it was hit Wednesday by a “ cyber incident” that is temporarily preventing it from sending letters or parcels to other countries.

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations rep…

China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government’s policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to ro…

Allies of Britain’s royal family pushed back Saturday against claims made by Prince Harry in his new memoir, which paints the monarchy as a cold and callous institu…

2023 is the year Tesla’s Cybertruck will hit mass production and people have <em>plenty</em> of thoughts on the oddly shaped vehicle.

A stampede during New Year’s celebrations at a popular mall in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, left at least nine people dead, including children, police said Sunday.

Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the “icy winds of war” buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fight…

Twitter on Sunday said that it will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames.

President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa– one …

Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed.

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Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously passed a long-awaited revision of the country’s penal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside of marriage for citizens as w…

Residents of China’s capital were allowed into parks, supermarkets, offices and airports without a negative COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the latest in a mix of easing …

At least nine people died and eight others were missing in South Africa after a flash flood swept away members of a church congregation along the Jukskei River in J…

Scientists along the West Coast are calling for action to help sunflower sea stars, among the largest sea stars in the world, recover from catastrophic population d…

Noodles, a senior pug who predicted on social media whether it would be a bones day or a no bones day, has died, according to his owner.

Twitter‘s ban on then President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters was a “grave mistake” that had to be corrected, Ch…