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Thursday's milestone makes Thailand the first Southeast Asian country to allow equal marriage, and the biggest place in Asia to recognize su...

Sinner is just two matches away from a first successful Grand Slam title defense after winning his maiden Grand Slam crown in Melbourne last...

Celtic ensured it will have at least three more games at Europe's top table this season.

Exports measured in value gained 2.8% from a year ago led by chip-making machinery and semiconductor parts, although shipments fell in terms...

Mizuho previously projected record annual net income of ¥820 billion for the current fiscal year, meaning the increase would require an upli...

Olga Mikhailova says she feels she "did not push hard enough" to change the mind of the Russian opposition leader, who eventually died in an...

The victim had traveled from her home in Osaka Prefecture to take a university entrance exam.

The U.S. president's executive order on trade touched on sweeping changes to rules that have governed U.S. trade policy for decades.

The around 47,000 citizen volunteers far outnumber the 1,000 salaried probation officers in Japan.

The shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people, a municipal official has said.

Verbs get complicated when they're used to describe feelings of annoyance or victimization.

The orders aim to meet campaign promises such as on illegal immigration, energy and the environment, as well as gender and diversity policie...

The Hughes Fire in the Castaic Lake area of Los Angeles County forced evacuations with warnings of "immediate threat to life."

Donald Trump has warned that a 10% levy could be imposed on China as soon as Feb. 1.

For the Liberal Democratic Party, the days of pushing through bills on the back of an overwhelming majority in both chambers of parliament a...

The price hike reflects reduced government subsidies to oil wholesalers.

Ryota Kondo’s eerie ghost story debut goes for ambient dread rather than jump scares.

Kyozo Nagatsuka gives a finessed performance as an elderly gentleman who is not as gentle as he seems in Daihachi Yoshida’s drama.

The director’s work thrived in the early days of arthouse “mini theaters,” and cherry pies and canned coffee fueled the nation's "Twin Peaks...

One person died in the attack, which happened around 8 p.m., while two others sustained injuries.

The Italian world No. 1 showed no signs of the health issues that hampered him in his last match.

According to a pastry shop owner, the total costs for chocolate products, including those for packing materials, "have doubled."

Party leaders stopped short of deciding when to begin discussions on the issue.

Researchers warn that wildfires pose very different risks from more predictable events like sea-level rise and riverbank flooding.

Another way of looking at it: Every day over the past couple of years, roughly 30,000 people moved out of extreme poverty worldwide.