Connie Francis, 87. The wholesome pop star’s 1950s and ’60s hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the ...

The trajectory of India’s long-term economic growth is inextricably linked to the full inclusion of women in the labour ...

From extreme sleep-offs in China to a skateboarding Corgi, these strange, amusing, and surprising stories show the quirky, ...

Mirwais Daudzai, a 31-year-old Afghan refugee, is one example. For the past two years he’s worked at the Phoenix airport, ...

World Cup co-host Mexico was optimistic about its chances of advancing from the group stage after being drawn to play against ...

In a chaotic and distressing year, books provided a respite, a chance to commune with works of coherent voice and vision.

The rejection of the motion has drawn mixed reactions across social media, particularly Facebook with a user describing it as ...

The refugees of Mae Sot that Riedmatten refers to are those who exist outside Thailand’s governmental system. They roam with a semblance of freedom outside the guarded camp gates, but fight lonely ...

Just as her career was getting into full swing, Dr Jessica Ee suffered a stroke which left her with little to no mobility on ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope.     The fatal shooting of conservative ...

A new expanded edition of Michael Nagler’s classic book on nonviolence as a force for personal and social transformation is ...

Daniel Woodrell, a novelist known for prose as rugged and elemental as the igneous rock of the Ozark Mountains, his ...