Corbyn steps down from Labour leadership after election defeat
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Friday he would stand down as his party faced its worst electoral defeat in 84 years, but he...
Traditional Thai massage get UNESCO heritage status
At Bangkok's Reclining Buddha temple, Krairath Chantrasri says he is a proud custodian of an ancient skill - the body-folding, sharp-elbowed techniques of Thai...
AI puts final notes on Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony
A few notes scribbled in his notebook are all that German composer Ludwig van Beethoven left of his Tenth Symphony before his death in...
Star Wars fans camp outside LA theater week before film opens
Obsessed Star Wars fans with sleeping bags and a portable movie projector have started camping outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre, more than a week before...
NZ troops complete daring volcano mission to retrieve bodies
Elite soldiers retrieved six bodies from New Zealand's volatile White Island volcano on Friday, winning praise for a "courageous" mission carried out under the...
UK’s Johnson heads for big win in ‘Brexit election’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that voters had given his government a "powerful new mandate" to take Britain out of the EU next...
Netflix Christmas satire in Brazil sparks religious outcry
A Christmas satire on Netflix depicting Jesus in a gay relationship has sparked a backlash in Brazil, where hundreds of thousands signed a petition...
Greta Thunberg is Time’s 2019 Person of the Year
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became the voice of a generation facing the climate change emergency, was Wednesday named Time magazine's 2019 Person...
NZ military set for risky mission to retrieve bodies from volcano
New Zealand's military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said Thursday, as...
World’s oldest artwork uncovered in Indonesian cave: study
An Indonesian cave painting that depicts a prehistoric hunting scene could be the world's oldest figurative artwork dating back nearly 44,000 years, pointing to...
