Andy Burnham, a Labour mayor, won a resounding majority in a special election on Thursday, making him eligible to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the country’s leadership.
The US government says it will stop funding programmes in South Africa intended to tackle the spread of HIV and Aids, linking the decision to the government's alleged failure to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with tech journalist Joanna Stern about the release of new augmented reality glasses from Snap and the future of wearable technology.
Roughly 220,000 people gathered at VivaTech and Eurosatory — two major events in the tech and defense sectors — in Paris this week. Against the backdrop of a changing world order, one word was everywhere: sovereignty.
Torres, the only Democrat boosted by cash from the conservative Fellowship PAC, has no serious competition in his House race.
Football's governing body, FIFA, won't even stand up for players, referees, and fans who are being harassed by the US authorities. It's no surprise FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has also offered his services to help whitewash Israel's genocide in Gaza.
▶ Video"Another Wasted Life" is a new song by Pulitzer Prize-winning, Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens, inspired by Kalief Browder, who died by suicide in 2015 after being wrongly detained at Rikers Island jail for nearly three years. The video features 22 wrongly incarcerated people who collectively served over 500 years in prison.
The strikes are the latest threat to the fragile ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The drone attack that sent plumes of smoke rising over Moscow intensified Ukrainian hopes of bringing the war to Russia.
The Princess of Wales has expressed concerns about an "increasingly digitalised world" in an essay reflecting on her recent visit to northern Italy to learn more about its approach to early years education.
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has turned green with algae blooms shortly after President Trump had it refilled following a multi-million dollar renovation project that repainted its bottom "American flag blue." Scientists say the algae growth is expected under these conditions and may have been accelerated by the recent renovation work.
The Greater Manchester mayor's commanding victory clears the way for him to contest the leadership of the Labour Party — and the government.