Two passports, one grudge: Roots of South Korea’s unease with ‘black-haired foreigners’
The 25-year-old could have legally avoided conscription, but his decision not to was widely praised as a rare display of civic duty.
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Bob Weir: A Life in Photos
Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, died today at age 78. Weir helped shape the Dead’s 60-year legacy as the leaders of psych-rock, and became known as a restless musician who toured solo and with several side bands well into his
The FTSE 100 has hit a record high. Is now the time to start investing?
As the FTSE hits the 10,000 mark, the chancellor is encouraging more of us to become investors - but is it the right time?
Zoo visitors in Malaysia thrilled as panda enclosure opens to public
Visits to the panda enclosure are carefully managed, with only 50 visitors allowed every 10 minutes.
Japan PM Sanae Takaichi may call early election, coalition partner says
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is reportedly considering a February vote, just months after taking office in October last year.
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist and founding member, dies at 78
"Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music."
Rubio and Netanyahu discuss Iran, Syria and Gaza, Axios reports
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke over the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said on X, adding they discussed protests in Iran along with Gaza and Syria. Ravid cited a U.S. source.
'I had no electricity for six months': American families struggle with soaring energy prices
Rising electricity costs have emerged as a key cost-of-living concern, pushing families further into debt.
Bob Weir: 11 Essential Songs
The Grateful Dead co-founder, who has died at 78, grounded their farthest-reaching explorations and kept the band's flame alive
Winners and Sinners: What to expect from the Golden Globes
Marty Supreme, Sinners and One Battle After Another are the films competing at this year's ceremony.
Myanmar votes in second phase of military-run election
Polling stations opened at 6am local time in 100 townships across the country, including in many areas that have seen clashes in recent months or remain under heightened security.
Japan PM Takaichi may call early election, coalition partner says
TOKYO, Jan 11 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may call an early general election, the head of her party's coalition partner, Hirofumi Yoshimura, said on Sunday, after media reported she was considering a February vote.
The real impact of roadworks on the country - and why they're set to get worse
There is a fine balance between the benefits of improved infrastructure, versus the cost of disruption. Does the country have it right?
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78
Weir was a fixture in the psychedelic rock group and its various spin-offs over 60 years.
Trump says he hopes released Venezuelan prisoners 'remember how lucky they got'
President Trump on Saturday said he hopes political prisoners released in Venezuela "remember how lucky they got" in the week after U.S. strikes ousted President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S. to face charges. "Venezuela has started the process, in a BIG WAY, of
Don Felder, Andy Cohen, and More Remember ‘Impossibly Beautiful and Wildly Fiery’ Bob Weir
"Until we meet again, amigo," Felder wrote
Japan's coalition partner head signals snap election may be nearing
TOKYO, Jan 11 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi appears to have moved to a “new stage” in considering whether to call a snap election and would not be surprised if she proceeded as domestic media have reported, Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of ruling coalition partner Ishin,
Watch Bob Weir Perform ‘Touch of Grey’ with Dead and Co. at His Final Live Appearance
Nobody knew it at the time, but Weir was diagnosed with cancer weeks before the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary shows in Golden Gate Park
'Hounded and harassed': The former pop star taking on Uganda's long-time president
Bobi Wine - a former musician - has been arrested numerous times as he challenges President Yoweri Museveni.
Bob Weir Dead At 78
Bob Weir, co-founding singer/guitarist for the Grateful Dead and their various offshoots, has passed away. "He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could," according to a statement posted on his website today that
Smithsonian swaps Trump portrait at national gallery, removes impeachment text: Report
The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery revealed President Trump's new photographic portrait, but also removed most of the adjoining text that mentions his two impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The White
'The answer cannot be nothing': The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease
A small Canadian province feared it had a mystery neurological illness on its hands. The search for answers set off a battle for the truth.
Divinity: Original Sin 2's brilliant armor system is one of a kind in RPGs, and I'm bummed we'll apparently never see it again
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Last SDF fighters leave Syria's Aleppo, Ekhbariya TV reports
Jan 11 (Reuters) - The last Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fighters have left Aleppo, Syrian state-run Ekhbariya TV said on Sunday. The SDF head said the group had reached an understanding on a ceasefire and the evacuation of trapped civilians and fighters from Aleppo's
Cyclone Koji downgraded to storm after crossing Australia’s north-east coast
Koji has “weakened below tropical cyclone intensity”.
Australia's Queensland state braces for Tropical Cyclone Koji
SYDNEY, Jan 11 - Australia's Queensland on Sunday braced for a tropical cyclone to make landfall, with authorities urging residents to prepare for destructive winds and possible flooding in the state's north.
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Singer, Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dies at 78
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the San Francisco psychedelic band’s many latter-day offshoots for more than half a century, has died after a long battle with cancer and lung issues, according to a social media post from his family.
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 78
"Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music," statement announcing musician's death said
Loeffler says SBA will relocate Minneapolis district office amid 'local hostility' toward ICE
Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Saturday that the agency’s Minneapolis office is being relocated, citing “overwhelming local hostility” toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in recent days. “Since Day One, I have been clear that
Homan asks critics to 'tone down the rhetoric' about ICE after Minneapolis shooting
White House border czar Tom Homan urged critics to “tone down the rhetoric” about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the wake of the Minneapolis shooting. “Let’s decrease the temperature here,” Homan said on a Friday episode of "The Dr. Phil Podcast." “Let
Australia bushfires to burn out of control for weeks, authorities say
SYDNEY, Jan 11 - Australian authorities said on Sunday it would take firefighters weeks to get on top of bushfires in the country's southeast that have razed homes, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swathes of bushland.
Australia bush fires to burn out of control for weeks, authorities say
The blazes have raged through more than 300,000ha of bushland in Victoria.
'Hermès of durian': The luxury fruit cashing in on China's billion-dollar appetite
A former gold mining town in Malaysia has seen its riches turn a new shade of yellow, thanks to this pungent fruit.
How a sporting snub has rolled back India-Bangladesh relations
On its face, the decision to ask Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to release Bangladesh’s left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) appears a sporting controversy. But beneath that surface lies a deeper rupture in bilateral relations between
Bangladesh seeks to join international force in Gaza
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Saturday it has told the United States that it wants to join the international stabilization force that would be deployed in Gaza. Bangladesh said its national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, met U.S.
Kennedy Center Head Insists They Instigated Split With the Washington National Opera, Not Vice Versa
In a statement probably anyone could have seen coming, Richard Grenell, the controversial president of Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center, spoke out to claim that it was the organization’s leadership that decided to end ties with the Washington National Opera, not the other way
Trump administration 'using ICE as a political football': Former chief
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director John Sandweg on Friday said the Trump administration is "using ICE a political football" amid its widespread crackdown on immigrants and after an ICE officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis this
U.S. says it hit Islamic State in Syria in response to attack on troops
The attack is the latest in a series of actions the Pentagon has taken after two U.S. service members and an interpreter were killed in Syria in December.