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NEW DELHI — It has been business as usual lately for Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India: red carpet trips abroad, ribbon-cuttings, and political rallies at home. But he has almost entirely...

At a time when the mighty woolly mammoth roamed the Earth, some 46,000 years ago, a minuscule pair of roundworms became encased in the Siberian permafrost. Millenia later, the worms, thawed out of...

LOS ANGELES — Four years ago, a billionaire tech executive leading one of the world’s preeminent social platforms laid out a vision to transform it into an app that could do it all. In an online...

There is no single architectural technique that can solve the problem of sweltering heat, which has gripped large parts of Europe this summer. But on a continent where air conditioning is relatively...

TikTok users can now post text-only content, a departure from the social media app known for its short videos. The new format has been the latest change to the social media landscape after...

The honeymoon, at first, was magical. Akash and Parvani Kapadi drove up pine-covered forests to a hill town in northern India with a view of the snow-capped Himalayas. In their hotel room, the gentle...

Fatimah Al Zimam likes to walk around in black leggings and casual tops, and she wears her curly hair loose and uncovered. She owns a silver GMC pickup truck, which she loves to take on solo drives...

For more than 10 years, Twitter has been recognizable for its blue and white bird logo, which became a symbol of the social network’s unique culture and lexicon. To “tweet” became a verb. A...

The rocks beneath an ancient volcano on the moon’s far side remain surprisingly warm, scientists have revealed using data from orbiting Chinese spacecraft. They point to a large slab of granite...

For a month and 10 days of unrelenting summer heat, Sepideh, a physician in southern Iran, and her dentist husband have left the house only for work (and only in the mornings) and for groceries (and...

For decades, the world’s dominant powers have benefited from large working-age populations that help drive economic growth. Meanwhile, particularly young populations in much of the developing...

Punishing heat waves gripped three continents Tuesday, breaking records in cities around the Northern Hemisphere less than two weeks after the Earth recorded what scientists said were likely its...

In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is everywhere. The country’s currency bears his smiling face, at least 32 streets are named for him and nearly two dozen statues in his image watch over a country in...

More than 50 pilot whales died Sunday after they were stranded along a beach on the Isle of Lewis, in northwest Scotland. It was the largest mass-stranding event in Britain since 2011, marine rescuers...

During the eight years Stacy Shawhan has worked as an oncology dietitian, she has heard many questions from her cancer patients about how their diets influence their prognosis. But one question has...

Q: I’ve heard that washing your hair every day can strip it of its natural oils, making it dry and brittle and causing scalp irritation. Is that true? And what if I exercise regularly? A: Whether...

A century ago, archaeologists excavated a 3,300-year-old Egyptian palace in Amarna, which was fleetingly the capital of Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten. Situated far from the crowded...

SAN FRANCISCO — Last month, hundreds of well-known people in the world of artificial intelligence signed an open letter warning that AI could one day destroy humanity. “Mitigating the risk of...

BERYSLAV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers sped along a dirt road, their pickup truck bouncing over ruts, lest they become an easy target for Russian tanks across the Dnieper River. Nearby,...

MONTREAL — Canada on Friday was once again threatened by hundreds of wildfires that for weeks have displaced tens of thousands of people, consumed millions of acres and stoked alarm over the perils...