On this day in 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a US health care safety net for millions of ...

Multiple world champion Ellen van Dijk will retire from cycling at the end of the season, saying an increasing worry about ...

The 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia that triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific occurred on what is known as a “megathrust fault”, where the denser Pacific Plate is sliding underneath the ...

A comic novel about a cynic’s struggles to connect with others has won a $10,000 award named for the late Gabe Hudson, a ...

Eighteen European Union countries have applied for billions of euros from a new defense fund aimed at helping Europe provide ...

Japanese electronics and technology company Panasonic has chosen a new chief executive at a group company after eking out a 1.2 percent rise in its ...

A wait of 45 years ended when a group of Olympians who defied pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games were recognized in ...

The Chinese military announced Wednesday that it would hold an annual naval exercise and conduct a maritime joint patrol with ...

Rescuers comprising local mountaineers and porters resumed efforts on Wednesday to reach injured German Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier on a peak in ...

Japanese automaker Nissan sank into a 115.8 billion yen ($782 million) loss for April–June but promised Wednesday to return ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for a renewed commitment to diplomacy to resolve conflicts as he marked the 50th anniversary ...

US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Israel on Wednesday for talks on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Axios reported, citing two US officials.