New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared a state of emergency to prepare for a new coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa. Hochul's declaration on Friday is one of the first emergency steps taken by a state in the U.S. against the new variant,...

The suspect, surnamed Huang, allegedly shot a 45-year-old man to death early on Monday in New Taipei City, Taiwan, say reports.

A monument to the Tiananmen Square massacre faces the threat of removal, part of a broader effort in Hong Kong to erase the public memory.

Josephine Baker next week will become the first Black woman and first American to be honored with enshrinement in Paris' Pantheon.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden descended on the island of Nantucket this week looking to preserve the sense of normalcy that the nation was so looking forward to over this holiday season.