DHAKA — Authorities in Bangladesh urged all universities to close on Wednesday, the day after at least six people died in violent protests over the allocation...
As thousands of Olympic athletes vie for a place on the podium in Paris, some who finish on top will be going home with more than...
Tributes flowed in from across the literary world after the death in May at age 92 of Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, who is credited...
More than one billion people around the world have already voted in 2024—and there are many elections still to go in this history-making year. Polls for...
TOKYO — Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new initiative is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is...
Some time ago, India achieved the status of a middle power: a country with a deep global footprint and heavy strategic importance, but not strong enough...
WASHINGTON — An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade,...
A spate of high-profile airline accidents this year have left a lasting impression on the public. There was the fiery Japan Airlines runway collision on Jan....
BANGKOK — Brazil will host the 2027 Women’s World Cup after a vote of FIFA’s full membership chose the South American bid over a joint proposal...
In a blow to Australian soccer, three A-League players were arrested Friday as part of a monthslong investigation into alleged betting corruption. In December 2023, the...
When Lawrence Gasman was looking for a PhD topic back in the 1970s, computing labs were already abuzz with smart people proposing clever studies in artificial...