As 2026 dawned, here’s how commemorations looked around the world: Fireworks over the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Fireworks ...

Jan 1 (Reuters) - 10...nine...eight... As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes ...

Hundreds of billions of dollars spent, a surge in mental health concerns and thousands of jobs lost. These are just a few of the ways AI rattled the world in 2025 and what comes next.

They were crying in their beer. A funeral was held for a town’s only beer store on the day it closed its doors after 75 years in business. The town of Bala, in Ontario, hosted the bittersweet ceremony ...

Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam.

The world has a new most populous city. Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, tops a ranking that is increasingly dominated by Asia. It edged out Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan's Tokyo to earn the ...

World leaders on Wednesday reacted to the news that conservative media personality and co-founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, 31, a husband and father of two, was killed during a speaking ...

No, that's not a joke. Nov. 19 is World Toilet Day — declared by the United Nations in 2001. The goal is to call attention to the 3.4 billion people who live without "safely managed sanitation" and ...

Nearly two million tickets have been sold ahead of the 2026 World Cup this summer, FIFA announced on Wednesday, Nov. 26, and the first round of ticket sales involving specific matches at soccer's ...

With the 2026 Winter Olympics just a few months away, the road to the games is ramping up today as Copper Mountain plays host to the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Season. The event will attract ...

A convicted murderer sentenced to life behind bars is suing his prison because they won’t let him eat Vegemite. Andre McKechnie, 54, said the Victoria jail deprives him of his right to “enjoy his ...