U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers an address at the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on Saturday. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images SINGAPORE — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a stark warning Saturday about China's threat to the status quo in Asia. He said the
Stephanie Case won an ultramarathon race in Wales, running more than 60 miles over rough terrain — and stopping three times to breastfeed her 6-month-old baby, Pepper. Rich Gill hide caption toggle caption Rich Gill In the sport of ultrarunning, athletes often defy human limits. But at a recent 100-kilometer race in Wales, one runner
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams leaves the court in Dublin on Friday after winning one of Ireland's highest-profile cases. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Charles McQuillan/Getty Images LONDON — Gerry Adams, the former president of Sinn Fein, the Irish republican party, has won his libel case against the BBC over a documentary
Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a champion of local African languages. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Shawn Miller/Library of Congress Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the Kenyan writer and novelist who critiqued colonial rule as well as the post-colonial Kenyan government, died Wednesday in a hospital in Buford, Georgia. He was 87 years
A screengrab shows, according to the Israeli Army, Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, taken from a handout video released Dec. 17, 2023. Israeli Army/Handout via REUTERS hide caption toggle caption Israeli Army/Handout via REUTERS Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces. Speaking on Wednesday at the
Xi Jinping, left, with his father Xi Zhongxun in 1958. History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images To many observers of China, its top leader, Xi Jinping, is an enigma. Scholars and journalist have tried to glean insight into his thinking by reading his speeches and
A large emergency service presence is pictured in Liverpool, England, on Monday, after a car collided with pedestrians during a parade. Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Getty Images Europe Twenty-seven people were taken to nearby hospitals after a car plowed into a crowd of soccer fans at a victory parade in
A European Space Agency antenna located at Cebreros, near Avila, Spain, will transmit the waltz into space. ESA hide caption toggle caption ESA Johann Strauss II's popular orchestral piece "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" has been inextricably linked to space since it was used in the 1968 classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz
