BANGKOK — Vietnam’s President resigned in the latest episode of the ruling Communist Party’s “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign, and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan was named acting President.The appointment is Xuan’s...
SAO PAULO — Former soccer star Robinho started serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil on Thursday more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy.The 40-year-old Robinho left his apartment...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton “village gossip,” adding “gossiping in that way is wrong,” and said people who have Health concerns should be allowed “to live their...
JOHANNESBURG — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions...
Questions surrounding the whereabouts of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales who hasn’t made an official public appearance since December 2023, have given rise to a number of conspiracy theories, including the resurrection of yearsold...
As India hurtles toward the world’s largest elections next month, I mourn for the democracy of my homeland that once was. The press is increasingly muzzled, dissent is met with incarceration, and a palpable climate of fear pervades...
It all started with a Facebook ad. Rachel Yoong was bored and fed up at work when a job posting for a casino in the Myanmar capital Yangon popped up on her phone. The purported $4,500 monthly salary was seven times what the Malaysian...
Fatima Hariri grew up in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. She felt trapped. She wanted to escape. When filMMAker Mohsin Mohi-Ud-Din first met Hariri a decade ago, the 14-year-old would barely speak or make eye contact with him....
The London Clinic, the world-renowned hospital that is known for treating members of the royal family along with other high-profile individuals, has launched an investigation into a potential violation of hospital privacy law, amid...
LONDON — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who made History as his country’s first gay and first biracial leader, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down for reasons that he said were both personal and political.Varadkar...
Former President and 2024 election candidate Donald Trump gave his take on the British royal family’s recent “rough period,” including the controversy over a photo of Kate Middleton pulled from press circulation because of manipulation.Trump...
Initially, Japan had told its fans not to attend an important soccer match against rival North Korea at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang next week. Now, however, it seems the players won’t be going either.The 2026 FIFA World Cup...
Shohei Ohtani, the recently married and well remunerated Japanese star baseball player of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is beloved by many around the world. But ahead of the MLB’s season opener in Seoul on Wednesday, he was the target...
Unless you’ve been underwater, or in space, for the past few weeks, there is no way that you can have avoided the fantastical stories that have proliferated about the British royal family. After the simultaneous announcement on Jan....
China launched a lunar satellite designed to play a critical role in its comPetition with the U.S. to be the leader in exploration of the moon. The Queqiao-2 relay satellite went into orbit aboard a Long March-8 rocket at 8:31 a.m....
For the first time in the World Happiness Report’s dozen-year History, the U.S. did not rank in the top 20 of the world’s happiest countries. Out of the more than 140 nations surveyed, the U.S. landed in 23rd place, compared...
Two appearances by King Charles III have swiftly put to bed false claims by Russian media that Britain’s monarch had died.The 75-year-old king was spotted on Tuesday leaving Windsor Castle and arriving at Clarence House, hours before...
(SAO PAULO) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially...
As speculating royal observers watch hawkeyed for updates on Kate Middleton’s Health and whereabouts, a new video of the royal has reportedly emerged. The clip was filmed by a member of the British public and published by tabloids...
Some 300 million people around the world are starting their annual celebration of renewal and harmony with nature in what is to them the biggest cultural holiday of the year, typically involving 13 days of rituals.Nowruz (alternatively...
For the first time in about a decade, the number of marriages in South Korea last year increased from the previous year, according to data revealed by the country’s statistics office on Tuesday. The same thing occurred in China,...
