US sends migrants from Guantanamo to Venezuela
The United States deported 177 migrants from its military base in Guantanamo, Cuba to their homeland in Venezuela Thursday, the latest sign of cooperation between the long-feuding governments.
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Japan's core inflation rate hits 19-month high
Japanese inflation accelerated in January, further pressuring households as prices excluding fresh food rose 3.2 percent on-year, government data showed Friday.
Read moreIsrael says hostage body returned by Hamas not Bibas mother
Israel said Friday that one of the bodies returned from Gaza is not that of Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, and accused Palestinian "terrorists" of killing her two boys who have become symbols of the hostages' ordeal.
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Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in Pakistan's hottest city
In Pakistan's hottest city, fresh and filtered water can quench the searing onslaught of climate change -- but US President Donald Trump's foreign aid freeze threatens its vital supply, an NGO says.
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Big-gun Wallabies 'add energy' to Brumbies' Super Rugby campaign
ACT Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham says the return of six Wallabies, led by James Slipper and Allan Alaalatoa, has given the side added energy as they look to take down Western Force on Saturday.
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Bus blasts rock central Israel in 'suspected terror attack'
Israeli police said that bombs on three buses exploded in the central city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening, with a local official saying there were no injuries.
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Fishermen, sailing champions clean up trash-covered Rio island
Fisherman Jose Antonio Crispin recalls the days when he would throw out a net and get a decent haul of fish around Pombeba Island, a small oasis in Rio de Janeiro's iconic Guanabara Bay that is being suffocated by trash.
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What is Brutalism? And why do architects hate 'The Brutalist'?
"The Brutalist," an epic drama loosely inspired by the life and work of architect Marcel Breuer, is one of the favorites for Sunday's Oscars.
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How a 'forgotten' Minnesota monastery inspired 'The Brutalist'
On a snowy prairie in Minnesota stands a monastery like no other. A concrete trapezoid banner encasing a bell tower looms over a giant, beehive-shaped front window composed of hundreds of gently shimmering hexagons.
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People can spread bird flu to their cats, US study suggests
A study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that people can transmit bird flu to their domestic cats, with fatal consequences.
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