Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. But Francis, who died Monday at 88, also turned to ...

The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

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The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of ...

It took its current form in 2018, under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador—a pugnacious, swaggering populist known ...

President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with gold furnishings and added a new portrait of himself to the White ...

Japan is seeking an exemption from the sweeping U.S. tariffs that threaten to destabilize hard-won improvements in the domestic economy. Amid uncertainty over how talks will pan out and what tariffs ...

Japan’s latest craft craze has officially landed in Hawaii. Wappen, a wildly popular trend overseas, is now making its way ...

Vulcan Elements opened its first plant on March 31 in Durham. A few days later, the escalating U.S.-China trade war shoved ...

Jimmy Kimmel on his battles with Donald Trump, the Democrats' failures, growing up in Las Vegas, 'The Man Show,' and the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year are at risk of ...

Edmond Huot, chief creative officer at Forward Studio, highlights how the liveries of flag carriers help shape how nations ...