Countries across the globe are beginning to usher in 2026. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first to ring in the ...

Jan 1 (Reuters) - 10...nine...eight... As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes ...

World leaders reacted to a fatal fire that tore through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski ...

Hundreds of billions of dollars spent, a surge in mental health concerns and thousands of jobs lost. These are just a few of the ways AI rattled the world in 2025 and what comes next.

The latest ambition of artificial intelligence research — particularly within the labs seeking “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI — is something called a world model: a representation of the ...

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the ...

Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam.

A convicted murderer sentenced to life behind bars is suing his prison because they won’t let him eat Vegemite. Andre McKechnie, 54, said the Victoria jail deprives him of his right to “enjoy his ...

The World Cup draw can determine a nation’s confidence ahead of football’s showpiece event. On Friday, December 5, at 12pm ET (9am PT; 5pm GMT), the draw for next summer’s tournament in the U.S., ...

The FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., divided a record 48 teams into 12 groups of four. Six spots won’t be determined until March, when 22 teams will face off in playoffs.