Brittney Griner has made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not β forget about me and the other American Detainees.β
More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, a Russian court has set the start date for the criminal trial of the American basketball star Brittney Griner for July 1st.
Across the world, people are increasingly embracing the subculture of βmermaiding.β
Scientists say the worldβs largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia.
A Japanese court has ruled that the countryβs ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitution, and rejected demands for compensation by three couples who said their right to free union and equality has been violated.
Three recently finished art projects in Charlotte have been nominated for the prestigious People's Choice CODAawards.
Microsoft has officially sent Internet Explorer into retirement. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate β and a few still claim to adore.
Itβs now legal to cultivate and possess marijuana in Thailand, but the country still discourages smoking pot and getting high.
Rafael Nadal beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final for his 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall. Those add to two records Nadal already owned.
An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer has returned home after successfully completing his solo nonstop voyage across the Pacific, becoming the oldest person to reach the milestone.
K-Pop sensation BTS visited the White House to discuss combating the rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans with President Joe Biden.
The World Health Organizationβs top monkeypox expert said she doesnβt expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic.
British prosecutors have charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men.
The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and is a sign of things to come.
Russia says hundreds more fighters have emerged from the Mariupol stronghold where they made their last stand and surrendered.
McDonaldβs says it's started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000 people.
The United States is poised to remove five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.
The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner says her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month.
North Korea has imposed a nationwide lockdown to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak of the pandemic.
Parts of the United States (areas with clear skies) will be able to see a total lunar eclipse late Sunday into early Monday.
