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Q: I’m always getting headaches during the summer. Why? And what can I do to prevent them?A: If you’ve noticed more pain between your temples as the warmer months tick by, it may not be all in...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — The narrow streets of Kathmandu — sized for pedestrians and rickshaws — are choked with engines. Buses, motorbikes, small trucks and taxis fill the sprawling valley with horns...

President Vladimir Putin of Russia was scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine. If they talk about Ukrainian land concessions as part of peace...

Bangladesh — Just over a year ago, after Sheikh Hasina, the leader of Bangladesh, unleashed a brutal crackdown on protesting students, Abu Sayed stood defiantly in front of armed police officers in...

When James Hicks, 75, was diagnosed with heart failure, it felt like the beginning of the end.Hicks, a former railroad worker from Rogers, Arkansas, had quietly dealt with various health problems,...

In an unlikely bid that shows the growing brashness of young artificial intelligence companies, the AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited offer to buy Google’s Chrome web browser for $34.5...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday extending a trade truce between the United States and China for another three months, providing a reprieve from the threat of escalating tariffs...

NEW DELHI — Indians eat a mind-boggling array of street food.They nosh on pakoras, or vegetable fritters; jalebis, which are deep-fried coils of fermented batter dunked in sugar syrup; and papdi...

Lancette VanGuilder is the president of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, and she does not floss.“We are brainwashed from the time we get into dental hygiene school that floss is...

A new Instagram feature rolled out in the United States this past week stirred strong feelings: Users can now share and view locations of others on a map.Meta, which owns Instagram, said in a blog...

Amid the widespread hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip, many Palestinians in the enclave have chosen to avoid aid sites and trucks carrying food, fearing they could be trampled or killed by gunfire....

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...