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Strauss’ “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft....

The White House on Saturday withdrew its nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, abruptly yanking a close ally of Elon Musk from con...

Shohei Ohtani checked off another step Saturday as he works toward making his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers.The two-way supers...

Syria and Saudi Arabia said Saturday they aim to boost economic cooperation to for their mutual benefit and create jobs for Syrians after We...

Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, including a solo shot leading off a four-run sixth inning when the Dodgers rallied to take the lead, and Lo...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that the threat from China was real and potentially imminent as he pushed allies in t...

-Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might quali...

Dozens of countries joined China on Friday in establishing an international mediation-based dispute resolution group.Representatives of mor...

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives flowers to Akie Abe, widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during their meeting at the...

More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thu...

Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergen...

South Koreans began turning out in record numbers for early voting on Thursday in the country's snap presidential polls set to take place ne...

A U.S. trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's tariffs from going into effect in a sweeping ruling that the president over...

In 2023, Japan's nominal GDP (gross domestic product) dropped one notch, to fourth place in the world, as Germany moved up to occupy the thi...

Portugal’s anti-immigration Chega party notched another political gain for Europe's far right on Wednesday after it was assigned the second-...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, meets with Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, center, and Defense Minister Yuriko Nadia Backes at...

The World Expo in Osaka has welcomed five million visitors in its first six weeks, organizers say, despite lukewarm enthusiasm for the event...

Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the...

Spending on weapons and research is spiking among some Asian countries as they respond to a darkening security outlook by broadening their o...

Mishits by most players end up being outs.For Shohei Ohtani, they can result in home runs.The Japanese star became the third player in Dod...

Visitors to the Osaka Expo line up outside the U.S. pavilion on Tuesday. The wait time was about 90 minutes.

Gunmen shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday before fleeing the scene, poli...

Ten people were slightly injured in Tokyo on Tuesday when a maintenance vehicle caught fire after an explosion at a construction site, polic...

"Birds of a Feather" singer Billie Eilish landed the top honor on Monday at the American Music Awards, winning artist of the year in Las Veg...

North Korea has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile shield plan as a "very dangerous" threat that aims to weaponize sp...