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Mary Handeland, a real estate agent in Grafton, Wisconsin, found a match on a dating app last year. He said that his name was Mike and that he was an engineer for a defense contractor in Texas.Within...

The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip, a breakthrough that provides a legal UN mandate for the administration’s vision of...

LONDON — The response was ready to go.After furious headlines in a British newspaper accused the BBC of institutional bias over a misleading edit of a speech by President Donald Trump, top...

NEW DELHI — India is getting hotter, faster.The grim present presages a grimmer future for the world’s most populous country, which is experiencing more frequent and severe heat waves. But India...

As Americans ready themselves for crowded airports and long security lines this holiday season, one new development is poised to change the Transportation Security Administration’s screening...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Friday that it would lift tariffs on foreign products including beef, tomatoes, bananas and coffee, an effort to alleviate some of the price pressures...

For years, Kenya’s most important export was coffee. Today, it is workers.Remittances from Kenyans abroad now account for a bigger share of the Kenyan economy than coffee or tea, the country’s...

MEXICO CITY — When the heavens opened up over Mexico City this year, chaos ensued in the streets.Water flooded homes, roads, sidewalks, metro stations and even the airport, in what officials called...

Nearly 20% of Americans 45 and older have knee osteoarthritis. Worldwide, the number is predicted to increase nearly 75% by 2050, because of aging, population growth and obesity.Knee osteoarthritis is...

A few months ago, my family was in the crowded Brussels Airport. Though I’d put an AirTag in my then 7-year-old daughter’s knapsack, made a bracelet with our contact information and even taught...

LONDON — It is tempting to view the sudden resignation of two top BBC executives Sunday evening, in the wake of scathing criticism by the Trump administration, as an extraterritorial example of the...

 At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded Tuesday in an attack on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, according to officials. It was the first major attack to hit the city in more than a...

Snacking can get a bad rap. But when it’s done well, it can be a helpful bridge between meals to manage blood glucose, support digestion and make sure you have the energy and focus you need to get...

Last week, a series of headlines warned about the potential risks of taking the sleep supplement melatonin, saying new research had linked it to a 90% increase in heart failure.The research is from an...

As an investment banker and consultant, Grant Lee spent years toiling on PowerPoint presentations. They are “the language of business,” he said, but require too much time “moving pixels”...

Officials in India’s capital are investigating a deadly car explosion in a historic part of the city that killed at least eight people and injured many others.The car exploded into a fireball near a...

After crafting a gauzy web, a spider might reckon that the construction isn’t complete. Some spiders, known as orb weavers, often add decorations, typically spun from silk but sometimes using bits...

The Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday that parents and caregivers should stop using some batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after health agencies found an increase in the...

Thousands of flights were canceled this weekend after federal restrictions on flying were put in place at the nation’s busiest airports. And the cuts are expected to grow in the coming days,...

Obesity drug developer Metsera said Friday that it had agreed to a deal to be acquired by Pfizer, which had been locked in a bidding war for the company with Novo Nordisk, the Danish maker of...