President Joe Biden convened leaders of the worldβs most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States.
People around the world are reacting to the guilty verdict for ex-officer Derek Chauvin. The conviction, many people are pointing out, represents accountability but it does not bring George Floyd back.
Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cubaβs Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.
Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said Friday. He was 99.
Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can enjoy again, according to new U.S. guidance issued Friday.
K-pop superstar group BTS has condemned racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a statement saying theyβve experienced it themselves.
Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing.
Prince William insisted Thursday that his family is not racist as he became the first British royal to speak out about accusations of bigotry made by Prince Harry and Meghan, his brother and sister-in-law.
As Prince Harry and Meghanβs TV interview reverberates internationally, itβs left the more than 50 million viewers grappling with the coupleβs claims of racism and lack of support that Meghan says drove her to thoughts of suicide.
Buckingham Palace issued a statement Tuesday, saying the family was βsaddenedβ to learn of the struggles that Harry and Meghan revealed this week β and that they would be taken very seriously.
Stuck at home during the pandemic, BTS created βDynamiteβ and released the song to their isolated fans as a gift. Now, the gift has returned to them β in the form of their first Grammy nomination.
During the bombshell interview, the controversial couple accused the royal family of racism and neglect.
Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francisβ upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him.
Saudi Arabiaβs crown prince likely approved an operation to kill or capture a U.S.-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday that could escalate pressure on the Biden administration to hold the kingdom accountable for a murder that drew bipartisan and international outrage.
A U.S. airstrike in Syria targeted facilities belonging to a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, killing one of their militiamen and wounding a number of others, an Iraqi militia official said Friday.
Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open.
The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts.
Johnson & Johnsonβs long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot β not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses.
A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina, state health officials said Thursday.
Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nationβs second-highest office.
