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“At least it’s not the Tories,” my neighbour says as she shields herself from the rain with an umbrella. That’s the feeling among many in the United Kingdom on Friday...

A young woman is offered as a sacrifice to save her people before being rescued by divine intervention. Then a war is fought. Years pass, and, now living some 2,000...

(Bloomberg) — Hurricane Beryl roared toward the Cayman Islands with strong winds and ocean surge, after the brunt of the deadly storm passed Jamaica. The eye of the Category 3...

On this July 4 weekend, it’s worth remembering one of the earliest points at which an American made a vital contribution to world intellectual discourse by pointing out the value...

Kendrick Lamar seems to be mocking Drake again with his new music video for his diss track “Not Like Us.” The two major hip-hop stars were embroiled in a diss...

The F.B.I. and Justice Department have opened a criminal investigation into how antidoping authorities and sports officials allowed elite Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for a banned substance to...

activist Joshua Wong appeared in court on Friday in what is the  in the territory’s history, with his lawyer asking for leniency after his client’s guilty plea.  Wong, 27, was one of...

In his first speech to the nation as prime minister, Keir Starmer said that Britain had “voted decisively for change, for national renewal,” and promised to lead a pragmatic government...

PARIS — In the final stretch before France’s high-stakes parliamentary elections Sunday, several candidates have reported being attacked on the campaign trail, including government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot. The French interior minister said...

It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere. But while you indulge in long, balmy days at the beach or elsewhere in nature, you may be surprised to learn that our planet...