VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, ...

In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services — and its priorities. He’s ...

Desperate times could force China to adopt a ‘tone-setting’ shift by completely scrapping its family-planning policies, which experts say would help mitigate the shrinkage of the world’s ...

With no tangible progress and significant gaps, civilians continue to bear the brunt of the fighting. UN spokesman Stephane ...

The world's fourth-largest economy also faces the twin threats of a steady decline in marriages and a rising proportion of elderly people. Nearly 30 percent of Japanese citizens are now 65 or older.

The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and ...

China is wagering that these kinds of economic incentives can convince families to have more kids, as it strives to arrest a looming demographic crisis. The country’s population has been ...

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It was a low-key, but ultimately world-shaking moment at Vancouver International Airport that led to Michael Kovrig enduring ...

Guwahati: International experts raised serious concerns over China’s proposed “Great Bend Dam” on the Yarlung Tsangpo river—known as the Brahmaputra in India—warning that the massive hydropower ...

March 31, 2025 5:45pm PDT LA County's 'Half-cent sales' tax to combat homeless crisis takes effect Apr. 1 Los Angeles County voters approved Measure A, a half-cent sales tax to fund homelessness ...

Chinese researchers have developed the world's first DNA "movable-type" inkjet printer -- a breakthrough development to tackle the data storage crisis, state media reported Tuesday. The game ...