Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, citing Margaret Thatcher as inspiration while promising to restore confidence and strengthen security.

Jennifer Lawrence reveals she was "at peace" with potentially leaving Hollywood during extended breaks between films, discussing her acting career in a new interview.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer calls Zohran Mamdani a 'job-killing socialist' while other New Jersey Democrats sidestep the New York City mayoral candidate's Democratic Socialist campaign.

Chinese intelligence claims NSA hackers infiltrated Beijing's time service center for years using 42 specialized cyber weapons.

The admissions policy of Kamehameha Schools gives preference to Native Hawaiians. A new lawsuit calls it “blood-based discrimination.”

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Andrew Cuomo, whose stewardship of the M.T.A. as governor was contentious, suggested that the authority hand over responsibility for capital construction and maintenance to the city.

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The owner of CNN, HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio revealed that it has received acquisition interest from multiple suitors.

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A contentious meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine produced no obvious progress toward a cease-fire.

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A woman from China was charged with stealing gold last month from National Museum of Natural History. It’s one of several high-profile recent thefts from French institutions.

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New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill leads Republican Jack Ciattarelli by just four points, despite missing most House votes.

When the system thrives and profits off brokenness, who’s truly there for those caught in it? This is how the poverty-industrial complex works, and it’s time we dismantled it.

The Chiefs have not been forthcoming with details about why their first-round pick has been sidelined, while reports have surfaced labeling it as "extremely unusual."

Without proper acclimation, climbers face serious risks to the lungs, brain and eyes.

Bronny James, LeBron's son and a rookie with the Lakers, was the one to post the NBA-shattering breaking news from insider Shams Charania in the players' group chat. 

After review, the call on the field made no sense. 

The famed "Goosebumps" author tells Page Six he loves reading thrillers, mysteries, humors and current fiction books.

"You hope that you can embody it in a way that that feels right and feels resonant," Beharie told Decider.

Zaslav said Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns HBO, CNN and the Warner Bros. studio, has been preparing to split into two companies next year.

A team of researchers in California studied a new multi-cancer early detection test called Galleri, which can reportedly detect more than 50 types of disease.

The 3 to 4-month-old boy was “conscious and alert” when he was found in a stroller inside of the coffee shop around 8 a.m., police said.

Paris (AFP) -- Nicolas Sarkozy entered the Elysee Palace in 2007 boasting hyperactive energy and a vision to transform France, but lost office after just one term. The ex-president has now gone to prison in a spectacular downfall. Read More

Former PM tells Covid inquiry that children ‘were paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’

Boris Johnson laid blame on the Department for Education (DfE) over its lack of preparation for school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, telling the Covid-19 inquiry that he assumed detailed planning was going on behind the scenes.

“We were focused on trying to delay the peak of the pandemic and we thought that the closure of schools, if it had to be used at all, would be a measure of last resort,” Johnson said, adding: “It was my impression that the work was being done. I certainly, let me put it this way, I certainly assumed that the work was being done.”

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The vice president and second lady and were greeted by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter and Israel's Minister of Justice Yariv Levin.

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