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Rescuers in Myanmar said Friday that floods and landslides set off by Typhoon Yagi had killed at least 110 people, as the death toll from the storm kept rising across Southeast Asia, days after it...

Thousands of Boeing workers voted Thursday to go on strike after rejecting a contract offer from the company, a potentially costly disruption as Boeing tries to increase airplane production after a...

SAN FRANCISCO — Shortly before Steve Jobs died in 2011, Apple filled a cramped auditorium in Cupertino, California, for the unveiling of its fifth iPhone. The device’s biggest selling point was a...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Joe Biden began the final stretch of his political career this week freed from the rigors of running for reelection, appearing by turns nostalgic, liberated, and — in...

Space programs are a small part of Boeing’s business, which is dominated by sales of commercial and military planes and equipment. But the work is a point of pride: Boeing has long been involved in...

In a live-streamed conversation on his social platform X with former President Donald Trump last month, Elon Musk raised the idea of a “government efficiency commission.” Such a council could...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Friday that he planned to deliver a punishment for Google’s internet search monopoly by August 2025, kicking off a new phase in an antitrust case that could...

Exhausted doctors resting in crowded on-call rooms with no locks, two to a single bed. Frustrated relatives of patients angrily challenging a physician’s diagnosis. Too few security guards to keep...

MARACAIBO, Venezuela — It was once a thriving metropolis in the heart of an oil country in Venezuela. That city, Maracaibo, no longer exists. Today, the city is rife with abandoned houses,...

PARIS — The giant Olympic rings that were installed on the Eiffel Tower for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will become a permanent fixture on the monument, the mayor of Paris revealed Saturday. ...

WASHINGTON — As she abruptly went from No. 2 on the Democratic ticket to No. 1, Vice President Kamala Harris had a decision to make: How should she deploy President Joe Biden on the campaign trail? ...

EW DELHI — Even before the #MeToo movement rocked Hollywood and rippled around the globe, the film industry in India’s prosperous and progressive south had embarked on a reckoning of its own. ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, abruptly ending the age of dinosaurs, was a bit of an oddball. The nature of this apocalyptic...

We’ve all experienced it: the urge to withdraw and duck experiences we know we’ll enjoy — even when a mood boost is what we need most. We skip the birthday party. We cancel lunch. They just...

When Shawn Connolly was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease nine years ago, he was a 39-year-old daredevil on a skateboard, flipping and leaping from walls, benches and dumpsters through the streets...

Juan Izquierdo, a Uruguayan soccer player who collapsed on the field during a game in Brazil last week, died Tuesday, his team said. Izquierdo, 27, was playing for Nacional, a Uruguayan club, in...

Even Le Corbusier appreciated cabin porn. In 1952, the modernist architect built a tiny log house on the French Riviera that he could visit every summer: 144 square feet with a Mediterranean view....

LONDON — When Vice President Kamala Harris said last week in Chicago, “You can always trust me to put country above party,” it struck a familiar note in Britain, where the new prime minister,...

SEOUL, South Korea — The flames and smoke from a burning Mercedes-Benz electric sedan spread rapidly through the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in South Korea this month. The fire...

Telegram, founded in 2013 by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov, has grown into one of the world’s largest online communication tools and is central to everyday life in countries including Russia,...