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President Donald Trump announced in a social media post Saturday morning his latest strategy to get control of Greenland: He is slapping new tariffs on a bloc of European nations until they come to...

“How did you sleep?” You might answer that question by weighing how many hours you slept or how often you woke up throughout the night.But there is a third, often neglected, element of sleep to...

“Metabolic health” is a wellness catchphrase that is hard to escape. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made it a pillar of his “Make America Health Again” agenda. Dr. Casey Means, the...

Today, it seems obvious: Dip a sharp object in a poisonous substance, and then use that weapon to take down your prey. But when did humans figure out this deadly strategy? A new study pushes back the...

BEIJING — China announced on Wednesday the world’s largest trade surplus ever, even adjusting for inflation, as a tsunami of exports flooded markets around the world last year.China’s surplus,...

SYDNEY — Nearly 5 million social media accounts belonging to Australian teenagers have been deactivated or removed, a month after a landmark law barring those younger than 16 from using the services...

SAN FRANCISCO — After a nearly yearlong delay to its efforts to compete in artificial intelligence, Apple said Monday that it planned to base its AI products on technology developed by Google.The...

SEOUL, South Korea — Everyone on board a Jeju Air flight that crashed and killed 179 people just over a year ago would have survived if a concrete wall at the end of the runway had instead been...

One of Europe’s major travel hubs canceled hundreds of flights this week and warned travelers to brace for more disruptions on Wednesday as winter weather and plunging temperatures across Northern...

A U.S. appeals court on Monday agreed to expedite an appeal of a court loss by US business and research groups that are challenging President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for...

 Even before the lightning-quick U.S. raid on Venezuela’s capital, President Donald Trump had made a crucial decision about what would happen once the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, was out...

Jaipur — India’s Pink City — is a place where history, culture and vibrant colors come alive in the most magical way. From the moment you arrive, the city, with its majestic forts and bustling...

President Donald Trump raised the taxes that the United States charges on imports last year to levels not seen in a century.Prices of goods have increased as a result, and businesses that depend on...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — When news broke that the United States had captured and indicted Venezuela’s longtime authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, another name appeared alongside his that left...

Like many Venezuelans, José, an entrepreneur based in Mexico City, voted against Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela’s election in 2024. He was dismayed when Maduro clung to power, amid accusations of...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in New York on Saturday to face drug charges, hours after President Donald Trump shocked the nation and the world when he announced that the United States...

In early November, Microsoft said it would supply artificial intelligence tools and training to more than 200,000 students and educators in the United Arab Emirates.Days later, a financial services...

Tesla has lost its status as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles after Congress and President Donald Trump eliminated the federal tax credits that had encouraged Americans to buy those...

— Across the United States, someone is missing.One year into President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, construction firms in Louisiana are scrambling to find carpenters. Hospitals in West...

 These tips can help you take care of — and improve — your mental and cognitive health now and throughout 2026.Here is some of the best advice we learned from experts in 2025 about showing...