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Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has lon...

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first ena...

Nike reported sharply lower quarterly profits Thursday, but signaled it was past the worst stage of a corporate retooling as it implements "...

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and...

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga pauses on the mound during the third inning of a baseball game against the St Louis Cardinals in...

When the Trump family unveiled a new phone before a giant American flag at its headquarters earlier this month, the pitch was simple and suc...

Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the U.N. drug agency said on Thursday, with the illicit drug's market the...

Thailand's government has announced a plan to tighten the rules on selling cannabis, the kingdom's latest attempt to restrict the drug, thre...

Gerontocracy is defined as a state, society or group governed by old people, or government based on rule by old people.Asahi Geino (June 26...

The sale of the Los Angeles Lakers to billionaire Mark Walter is expected to close later this year in a deal that will see Jeanie Buss remai...

Researcher Kunihiro Amemiya uses a period-accurate axe to chop down a Japanese cedar tree on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, to mak...

China and Taiwan clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocatio...

Michael Conforto hit a three-run homer, Shohei Ohtani added a two-run shot as the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers held off the last-plac...

Substitutes who watch from the locker room, abandoned practice sessions and sweat-soaked jerseys. A heat wave hitting a wide swath of the co...

A classified preliminary U.S. intelligence report has concluded that American strikes on Iran set back Tehran's nuclear program by just a fe...

Fans of Japanese band Baby Metal cool off with water and wet wipes as they line up for a concert during a heatwave in New York on Tuesday.

Iranian state television reported Tuesday that a ceasefire had begun in its war with Israel, even as Israel warned the public of a new missi...

Israel's military said Iran launched waves of missiles on Tuesday, with emergency services reporting three people killed, hours after U.S. P...

Indonesian authorities said Monday they arrested 285 people suspected of drug trafficking, including 29 women and seven foreigners, and seiz...

A federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing his plan to bar foreign nationals from entering...

The U.S. embassy in Sweden said on Monday Americans in the country are "advised to exercise increased caution" due to local media reports on...

Brazilian side Botafogo booked their place in the last 16 of the Club World Cup on Monday despite a 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid which was...

Hikers walk on Minamisawa Ajisai mountain in Akiruno City, Tokyo.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will cancel his attendance at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague this...

New Zealand said on Monday there has been a rush in applications for its new foreign investor migrant visa as the centre-right government lo...