A traditional Ugandan kingdom selected a television news anchor on Wednesday to succeed King Oyo Nyimba, who ​died last month aged 34 after becoming the ‌world's youngest reigning monarch when he took the throne at age 3.

Schools and entire states are creating new rules forcing professors to teach more hours and show up at the office. At one university, professors quit in response.

The European Council president held budget talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz days after the debacle in Saxony-Anhalt.

He’s accused of ordering workers to kill protected animals on his private French hunting grounds.

If oil prices don’t come down before the midterms, airfares will likely stay high through the holidays.

The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution announced on Tuesday that he was retiring after months of accusations from the Trump administration that the national museums he ​led portrayed a skewed an...

The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

Four juveniles between the ages of 14 and 16 are in custody after Fort Worth police say they followed a driver home and opened fire on a family standing outside, touching off a chase that ended with o...

LeBron James becomes Polymarket's first athlete partner, launching a football-focused campaign as crypto prediction markets compete for sports

Thieves have primarily stolen jewelry, including over $100 million in a heist at the Louvre.

As global demand for seaweed surges, a Canadian corporation’s bid for exclusive harvesting rights in the west of Ireland has upended a once-sleepy industry.

European and US officials are resigned to Russia’s war in Ukraine continuing into next year, acknowledging that the latest American peace initiative made no headway with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

AstraZeneca said on Tuesday its cancer drug, ​Imfinzi, combined with Amgen's targeted immunotherapy, ‌Imdelltra, significantly improved overall survival of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer patients in a late-stage trial.

Eine Fähre mit 267 Menschen an Bord ist kurz nach dem Ablegen aus dem nordzyprischen Hafen Kyrenia gekentert. Videoaufnahmen zeigen Passagiere in Schwimmwesten. Offenbar gibt es mindestens sechs Tote.

Nepal's military airlifted heavy machinery by helicopter on Sunday to an ‌under-construction dam high in the Himalayas as rescuers battled rising waters to reach workers in a tunnel, four days after catastrophic floods trapped them inside.

The long-delayed effects of tariffs are finally hitting consumer prices, but the AI investment boom is pushing inflation just as hard.

Valon's CEO said he imposed the mandate after AI overuse drove up costs and left tenured employees with AI slop to fix.

The lieutenant governor defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Tina Smith.

In all, taxpayers have paid more than $986,000 to defend and resolve lawsuits alleging misconduct by members of the tactical team during traffic stops, according to records obtained by WTTW News.

Messi's father Jorge passed away, aged 68, on August 8.

Strawberry fluff, peaches and cream cake, and more desserts that will help you make the most of the season.

Musk told The Economist last week he thinks he “got a little too involved in politics.”

The 55 member associations in UEFA approved the boycott unanimously on Thursday.

Linde , the ​world's largest industrial gases company, ‌said on Friday it had secured a new long-term agreement to supply ultra-high-purity ​industrial gases to one of ​the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers and ⁠would invest about $1 billion in ​Arizona.

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

With the rise of secondary markets and a stronger liquidity environment, more companies are choosing to stay private for longer, according to experts.

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

The U.S. Treasury Department said yen weakness has persisted despite the narrowing of U.S.-Japan interest rate differentials, warning excess volatility in the currency was undesirable.

The attack on ships in the Red Sea threatened to expand the conflict and severely impact global oil supplies already hobbled by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran-backed Houthi militants said Thursday they had struck two tankers in the Red Sea, risking another bottleneck that could further disrupt global energy supplies, spike prices and heap domestic poli...