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A $565 million program unveiled Monday aims to make "Europe a magnet for researchers," Ursula von der Leyen, president of the ...

Ahead of U.S. trade talks being held with Chinese officials this weekend, a new report highlights the U.S. states that are the most and least exposed ...

Wheel of Fortune fans claimed that the game show was a “ripoff” after a woman who is a first responder missed out on winning more than $73,000. This was the seventh episode in a row where a contestant ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks ...

Tracker Season 2 stars Justin Hartley (as Colter Shaw), Fiona Rene (as Reenie), Abby McEnany (as Velma), and Eric Graise (as Bobby). Between the first two seasons, Robin Weigert, who played Teddi, ...

Red-robed cardinals assembled in the Vatican on Wednesday to pray, shortly before being locked in to elect a new pope to lead ...

A shingles vaccine lowers the risk of a heart attack or stroke for up to eight years, according to new research. People given a jab to protect against the painful rash illness have a 23% lower risk of ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday meets France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris on his first visit to Europe since ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...

On a rainy day in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, three men coated in metallic paint known as the "manusia silver", or silvermen ...

Visitors mill around a bright red hilltop pagoda in southwestern China, gazing down at a sprawling cigarette factory whose ...