A new study finds that every year people create 57 million tons of plastic pollution, with more than two-thirds of it coming from the Global South and ending up everywhere from the deepest oceans to the highest peak of Mount Everest.
Soccer fans are known for being loud and rowdy but the Paralympic sports most closely related to soccer, blind football and goalball require spectators to be silent during game action so that players can receive audible cues from the ball and the environment.
Paralympic triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed because of concerns aboutΒ water quality in the Seine RiverΒ after heavy rainfall.
The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspectedΒ Islamic State groupΒ militants in the country's western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt.
From Charlotte to Mexico City, the schedule for the 2025 NASCAR season has been revealed.
Some of Hollywoodβs biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga and Brad Pitt.
People were killed and injured in an attack on Friday at a festival in the city of Solingen in western Germany.
Two weeks after organizersΒ scrubbed Taylor Swift's concerts in ViennaΒ amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellations.
Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found four bodies Wednesday, as the search continued for two more missing passengers and questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly.
During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isnβt bigger, but it can appear that way in the night sky, although scientists say the difference can be barely perceptible.
The elusive street artist's menagerie that appeared around London over nine consecutive days apparently came to a conclusion after a final mural surprised staff who arrived early to feed the animals Tuesday at the London Zoo.
Paris has closed out two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a star-studded show in Franceβs national stadium. The French capital has handed over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028. Hollywood star Tom Cruise descended from the top of the stadium to the βMission: Impossibleβ theme song, before taking the Olympic flag from star gymnast Simone Biles, putting it on the back of motorcycle and roaring out of the stadium.
A new report from Microsoft finds that Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election. Friday's report finds that Iranian actors have recently created fake news sites, impersonated activists and in one case targeted a U.S. presidential campaign official with an email phishing attack.
Stephen Curry scored 36 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:16 left, and the U.S. will play for gold in the Paris Olympics on Saturday night after beating Serbia 95-91.
A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event Thursday morning on a Texas lake.
Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair. Later, wearing a mask as he spoke with reporters, Lyles said he had COVID.
Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the concerts.
Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the womenβs welterweight division with a semifinal victory at the Paris Olympics amid scrutiny over misconceptions about her gender.
Stocks rose on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its worst drop in nearly two years.
Elon Muskβs social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a βmassive advertiser boycottβ deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws.
