MALE, Maldives — Maldives strongman President Yameen Abdul Gayoom conceded that he lost Sunday’s election to his challenger, longtime lawmaker Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, in a speech...
RIGA, Latvia — Pope Francis travelled Monday to the Baltic nation of Latvia, seeking to recognize its suffering under Soviet and Nazi occupation and to encourage...
WASHINGTON — A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court,...
COPENHAGEN — The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — was awarded Monday to three jailed Saudi human rights defenders and two Latin...
NEW YORK — The $1,100 price tag on Apple’s latest iPhone turned heads when the company announced it last week. But for less than half as...
The athletes who received medals from the recently concluded Asian Games received additional incentives for their hard work in representing the country. The financial awards were...
BEIJING — X-Men star Fan Bingbing’s Beijing management office is dark and abandoned. Her birthday passed almost unremarked in China’s hyper-adrenalized social media environment. For one...
GENEVA — Harmful use of alcohol killed more than 3 million people worldwide in 2016, or one in 20 deaths, representing over 5 percent of the global...
WASHINGTON — Walking for at least 35 minutes a day may lead to less severe strokes, a study published on Wednesday in the journal Neurology showed. “While...
Pia Wurtzbach celebrated her 29th birthday with an announcement that she is the very first Filipino to be featured in the Madame Tussauds wax museum located...
