In its latest classification of countries, the World Bank has elevated Sri Lanka from a lower middle-income country to an upper middle-income country. What does this mean? Let us find out. But first, ...

People told not to enter damaged buildings for fear of aftershocks from magnitude-7.8 quake At least 37 people have died and hundreds have been injured after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook part of ...

‘Coastal uplift’ exposes coral and kills marine life, as residents say shorelines extended by up to 200 metres A powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines this week raised ...

Large new signage guiding World Cup visitors through Vancouver have triggered a debate over how the Downtown Eastside is being presented to an international audience. The signs encourage visitors to ...

If you bake bread, jar jam, or sell cookies out of your own kitchen, the past year has gone your way. A wave of states rewrote their cottage food laws in 2025 and 2026, and most of the changes ...

The FIFA World Cup 2026 will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. This year’s football tournament will be the largest World Cup ever held, expanding from 32 to ...

More than a million people make the arduous ascent to this wonder of the world each year. And most of them bring cameras, so even those who can’t make it are in luck. One of the rewards of hiking up ...

Apple Maps is getting a real upgrade with iOS 27 – finally, something to talk about beyond just Apple Intelligence and the latest Siri facelift. At WWDC 2026, Apple quietly showed off a bunch of new ...

Some of our recommendations are great beach reads; some are serious history books; and one of them is an old encyclical, because Jesuits gonna Jesuit.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session, citing concerns about ...

WASHINGTON, DC: Just days before former President Barack Obama's long-awaited presidential center is set to open its doors, President Donald Trump unleashed a fresh attack on his longtime political ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is the next Southern state where Republicans are convening to redraw voting districts in ways that could diminish the political power of Black and other nonwhite voters after ...