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Washington - US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold talks in Alaska next Friday in a bid to end the war in Ukraine, which was triggered by Russia's...

NEW DELHI — For months, Indian and American trade officials haggled over things like tariffs and import quotas, trying to work out an agreement both sides could live with. President Donald Trump,...

The German Federal Foreign Office has renewed its contract with VFS Global in the Middle East for an additional seven years. Under this mandate, VFS Global will continue to provide Germany visa...

When Frank Poulsen, 72, first started talking to artificial intelligence companion Sunny earlier this year, she was “kind of formal,” he said. But over time, their conversations have become more...

A new radar satellite, successfully launched last week, will track tiny shifts across almost all of Earth’s land and ice regions, measuring changes as slight as a centimeter, or less than half an...

About 3,200 machinists who build Boeing fighter jets in the St. Louis area walked off the job Monday, after their union failed to reach an agreement with the aircraft manufacturer.The strike, which...

MUAN, South Korea — Seven months after Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, the cause of the accident is still being investigated.The crash — the worst...

Going for a walk is one of the simplest workouts, but it can have powerful health impacts. Walking has been linked to improved mental and cardiovascular health, and it can be effective for managing...

GUANGZHOU, China — It was 96 degrees in the shade with high humidity and not a breath of wind on Tuesday afternoon in a factory district in Guangzhou, the home base of China’s garment...

More than 60 migrants were killed when their overloaded boat capsized as they tried to cross the sea between the Horn of Africa and Yemen, the International Organization for Migration said Sunday.The...

A digital native is a person raised on the internet. A digital nomad is a person who moves around doing a computer job. And a digital laborer is not a person at all.With the rise of agentic AI, or...

Nothing undermines the joy of travel quite like a bad case of jet leg. That’s why an entire industry has popped up to help deal with it, hawking solutions like light therapy glasses, targeted...

As a foodstuff, the potato can be baked, boiled, mashed, smashed, hashed, roasted, scalloped, fried, and more. As a crop, it is among the world’s most important, with more than 350 million tons...

NEW DELHI — President Donald Trump’s new list of tariffs on half the world’s countries sent the United States’ trading partners scrambling to understand how their businesses will be affected....

About 192,000 children’s play kitchens that pose “a risk of serious injury or death” are being recalled after the shirt of a 23-month-old boy got caught on one of its hooks and he asphyxiated,...

 Flights out of London airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick, were briefly grounded on Wednesday afternoon because of a technical issue involving the region’s flight control system, according to...

SEOUL, South Korea — President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with South Korea on Wednesday, putting 15% tariffs on South Korean goods, much higher than they were just a few months ago but...

The colossal magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s coast early Wednesday is set to be one of the largest ever recorded if its magnitude is not revised down by scientists studying the data.The quake...

There are plenty of reasons to learn a foreign language before you travel. Perhaps you’re venturing beyond major tourist centers, or you want to be prepared for emergencies. Whatever the reason,...