The former prime minister, 67, was assassinated on Friday in the city of Nara. He served in the office longer than anyone before stepping down in 2020. A 41-year-old man is in custody, accused of shooting Abe. Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, died on Friday at...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally succumbed to political reality Thursday and agreed to resign after the latest ethics scandal around his leadership led some 50 senior lawmakers to quit the government. Johnson had clung to power for two days, defiantly telling lawmakers on Wednesday that...
At least six people died and 24 were wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, and officers are searching for a suspect who likely fired on the festivities from a rooftop, police said Monday. Highland Park Police...
For the last 18 months, the original COVID-19 vaccines — first as a two-dose series, then as boosters — have done an extraordinary job shielding us from illness, hospitalization and death. Globally, they saved an estimated 20 million lives in 2021 alone. Even today, unvaccinated...
Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were hospitalized, including four children. A...