Nearly half of Tokyo high schools ask students with hair that is wavy or not black to submit certificates confirming that their hair is not artificially altered, public broadcaster NHK has reported. Of 177 high schools run by the Tokyo Metr...

A forest fire in a sparsely populated area 75 kilometres north of Tokyo continued to rage for a fifth day on Friday, as local officials were set to ask dozens more households to evacuate hillside villages. The fire in the vicinity of Ashika...

One of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders, Arnel Joseph, escaped from a prison in the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince during a riot on Thursday that left seven prisoners and a police officer dead, authorities told local media. The s...

When playing through a game, the player often has an idea of how the game will progress. Similar to how arcade games work, the idea of proceeding to the next levels, as well as the increase in difficulty is a great example of the game&rsquo...

In 2018, Smith College student Oumou Kanoute accused the school of racial profiling, saying she was approached by a security officer for “eating while black.” A subsequent investigation found that not only was Kanoute dining in a closed are...

Zoom has revealed plans to bring the automatic closed captioning feature aka "Live Transcription" available for all free accounts in the fall of 2021. The feature is already available to all paid accounts -Pro, Business, Education, Enterpri...

The Senate parliamentarian dealt a potentially lethal blow Thursday to Democrats' drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a massive COVID-19 relief bill the party is trying to speed throug...

President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq. Th...

In a blow to Democrats, the Senate parliamentarian ruled the chamber cannot include President Joe Biden's proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage in a $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill the party aims to pass without Republican votes, lawmakers said...

A prison director was among at least eight people killed on Thursday after several inmates tried to escape from a prison in Haiti's capital, a police officer and witnesses said.

Google Calendar has added a new feature called "automatic room replacement" that finds and auto-replaces declined meeting rooms with a similar one, saving users' time and effort.

US regulators are allowing Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to be shipped and stored at less-frigid temperatures, which should ease distribution and administration of one of the two vaccines authorized for emergency use in the country.

South Korea on Friday administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at long-term care facilities, launching a mass immunization campaign that health authorities hope will restore some level of normalcy by the end...

Mainland China reported six new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 25, down from seven cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Friday. The National Health Commission said in a statement all of the new cases were imported in...

Gonzalo López Lauch is helping bring soccer star Diego Maradona back to life, one mosaic tile at a time. The visual artist, part of a group called Comando Maradona, unveiled on Thursday a colorful mural of the Argentine player and legend wh...

Almost a year into Gotham’s devastating lockdown, Mayor de Blasio has announced the appointment of former school-construction chief Lorraine Grillo as “recovery czar” to, in his words, “super-charge” an economic recovery.  But a close look...

The Issue: The accusation by a former aide of Gov. Cuomo that he sexually harassed her on the job. When it rains it pours, especially for Gov. Cuomo. Already on the hot seat for hiding the true number of CO­VID-related deaths in nursing hom...

Seeking to undermine Trump, Democrats, media and scientists made false and alarming claims.

The 10-year Treasury resumes its rise and stocks hit the skids.

House Democrats use a hearing to target conservative media.

Whether in Westminster or Holyrood, someone behind the scenes will have sweated long and hard over what to call the plans, writes Andrew Woodcock

The United States on Thursday carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, two officials told Reuters, an apparent response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq. While t...

Ivory Coast security forces have seized just over 1 tonne of cocaine in a night operation in a northern district of the commercial capital Abidjan, the West African nation's gendarmerie said on Thursday. Major drug hauls in Ivory Coast are...

President Biden claims his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 “relief” package is a matter of life and death. In reality, most of it isn’t remotely urgent, or even worthwhile. It’s just Democrats exploiting Americans’ real needs to forward their own wi...

Along with The Post’s graphic stories of how Gotham has become a Ghost Town are some painful, cold numbers — including a lot of hard news for the city’s real-estate market. City leaders need to do what they can to halt the slide — and adjus...

Australia’s Parliament has passed its Media Bargaining Code into law. What’s Congress waiting for? Lawmakers from both US parties have made lots of noise about cracking down on Big Tech, but actual legislation with any hope of passage remai...

While the left wing of the party is asking who he thinks made him president and vowing revenge, veterans of the upper chamber aren’t so surprised by the Democratic Senator’s announcement that he won’t vote to confirm Neera Tanden

I would have greater faith in mayoral candidate Aundré Bumgardner’s ability to responsibly handle the City of Groton’s multi-million-dollar budget if he at least successfully...

Progressive muscle now is about taking out New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which is critical to protect the ambitions of their real champion, Vice President Kamala Harris

Manchester United eased into the Europa league last 16 after a 0-0 home draw with Real Sociedad on Thursday completed a 4-0 aggregate win over the Spanish side in their round of 32 clash.

Boeing Co agreed Thursday to pay $6.6 million in penalties to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after U.S. regulators said it failed to comply with a 2015 safety agreement and cited other safety concerns. The penalties include $5.4...

AC Milan progressed to the last 16 of the Europa League on away goals after struggling to a 1-1 draw at home to Red Star Belgrade on Thursday, with the visitors playing the final 20 minutes with 10 men as the tie finished 3-3 on aggregate.

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday his administration plans to launch a campaign to educate Americans about coronavirus vaccines in anticipation of a period later this year where supply may outstrip demand because of vaccine hesitanc...

Polls show most Americans support the federal COVID-19 relief bill. But if they knew what’s in it, they might feel differently. The bill is an affront to the American ideal of equal treatment under law — and a slap in the face for people wh...

Should it be harder for presidents to push the nuclear button? That’s what some lawmakers are asking, with three dozen congressional Democrats recently urging President Biden to give up his sole authority. Although that has led to cruel jok...

Editorial: The government’s proposal of teacher-assessed grades is sensible – the only alternative is to put every schoolchild through a repeat year of education

Republicans shouting about transforming the party into a place for the working class are doing little to support that notion. Yet Romney is quietly doing the work

Whatever complaints may be made about Boris Johnson – and there are many – he is an adept and effective communicator, writes Mary Dejevsky

Ten months after promising free cloth facemasks to protect all Belgians from COVID-19, the country's government is having second thoughts — warning they could be dangerous and shouldn't be used.

Oxford University said on Thursday it was investigating a cyber attack but that research was unaffected, following media reports that one of its biology laboratories researching COVID-19 had been hacked.

United Airlines Holdings Inc had planned a big increase in flights on its Boeing 777-200 planes next month, according to data, suggesting the grounding of the Pratt & Whitney-powered jets could create some scheduling headaches for the a...

New Mexico is going after the federal government for failing to make progress on cleaning up contamination left behind by decades of bomb-making and nuclear research at one of the nation's premier labs as concerns mount over plans to resume...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial plan to ship surplus coronavirus vaccines to a group of allied nations was frozen Thursday following a legal challenge to the deal, his office announced.

Tanden is accused of calling Mitch McConnell ‘Voldemort’ and saying ‘vampires have more heart than Ted Cruz’. GOP members horrified by such discourse must have forgotten about when Mike Pompeo called John Kerry a ‘traitor’ or when Ryan Zink...

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s chief medical adviser on Thursday downplayed the results of two studies showing that a new coronavirus variant found in New York City in November may be more resistant to vaccines now being administered.

Israel has frozen its programme to send COVID-19 vaccines abroad to buy international goodwill, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday, after the initiative came under legal scrutiny. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under...

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COVID-19 is here to stay, France and Germany said on Thursday, after European Union leaders discussed ways to fight new variants of the virus, step up inoculations and save Europe's tourism industry from another ruinous summer. Leaders of t...