Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament on Friday that she opposes changing the imperial family's male succession rules.

Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has been forced to rein in an AI-powered customer service assistant after users reported it had been rambling about its mother.

It's hard to recognize Ethan Hawke in "Blue Moon": he's short, bald, slightly greasy-looking and uncomfortable in his own skin.

Killings of civilians in Sudan's war more than doubled in 2025 compared with the previous year, the United Nations rights chief said Thursday, warning that thousands more dead are unidentified ...

The tech-rich Nasdaq was back in retreat Thursday as lingering worries over the artificial intelligence boom overshadowed strong Nvidia results while leading bourses in Asia and Europe hit fresh ...

What began as a quiet meetup of Pokemon enthusiasts at a US store ended with an armed robbery in which masked men held the group at gunpoint to steal more ...

Democrats on Thursday accused US President Donald Trump and his officials of a "massive cover-up" in the handling of files tied to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, vowing an aggressive investigation ...

US Olympic men's ice hockey player Charlie McAvoy apologized Thursday for his team's response after President Donald Trump joked he would "have to" invite the women's team to the White ...

UNC Health Appalachian is proud to announce that two new physician training programs—Psychiatry and General Surgery—have been awarded Planning and Development Grants from the North Carolina General ...

The plaintiff in a blockbuster social media trial in Los Angeles took the stand Thursday, telling the jury that she could not ...

A Turkish amateur footballer has gone viral for saving a seagull's life with CPR after it was struck down during an Istanbul match.

Girls on the Run of the High Country presents the No Man’s Land Film Festival at the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country in downtown Boone on Thursday, ...