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Canada's former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland launched her campaign Sunday to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and p...

Draft lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song “Mr Tambourine Man” went for over a half-million dollars as part of a weekend sale of dozens of items relat...

The Rev Homero Sanchez said he didn't realize the depth of fear in the Chicago immigrant community he serves until someone asked him to hand...

The deadline for the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would not begin unti...

TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effe...

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago this week after details were...

Israel approved a ceasefire deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday that involves releasing hostages in the Gaza Strip, and I...

South Korea’s impeached president will appear at a hearing in a Seoul court on Saturday to oppose a formal arrest over last month’s impositi...

The shadows of people waiting at a traffic light are cast on the sidewalk in Tokyo on Friday.

Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the opening set of her t...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced Friday that he plans to visit Washington next week to attend the inauguration of U.S. Pres...

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday again refused investigators' efforts to question him over his failed martial law bi...

A SpaceX Starship prototype failed in space on Thursday, minutes after launching from Texas, setting back the company's speedy rocket develo...

SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket blasted off Thursday on its most complex test flight yet, with Elon Musk looking to repeat a booster captu...

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki speaks at Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Thursday, after being announ...

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, following a rally on Wall Street driven by encouraging update on U.S. inflation.Japan's benchmark Nikkei...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypa...

U.S. President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the...

Japan has not been immune from beliefs in satanic numerology that prevail in the West. Most Japanese have heard that "666" signifies somethi...

David Moyes said he had witnessed the scale of the task he faces to keep Everton in the Premier League after a dismal 1-0 defeat at home to…

Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy facilities on Wednesday, intensifying a months-long bombing campaign at a...

Naomi Osaka of Japan hits a backhand return to Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic during their second round match at the Australian Open...

Former Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka fought back from a set down Wednesday to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first tim...

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his Dec. 3 martial...

Swiss skier Camille Rast earned the second World Cup victory of her breakthrough season Tuesday, leading teammate Wendy Holdener for a Swiss...