World

From fashioning straw yule goats in Scandinavia to the Feast of the Seven Fishes in southern Italy, Christmas is…

BEIJING—In an effort to crack down on overly harsh dissent, President Xi Jinping jailed Chinese real estate tycoon…

The Trump administration ordered China to close its Houston, TX consulate as COVID-19, trade battles, and other…

SHENZHEN, CHINA—Upset about the theft of one of the thousands of garments she had sewn, sweatshop worker Li Chen was…

TAOYUAN, TAIWAN—Shouting “Commodore” as nearby automatons were forced to cover their small peripheral’s microphones,…

VATICAN CITY—Expressing surprise at how productive he had been during the pandemic, Pope Francis told reporters…

WASHINGTON—Declaring that the coronavirus pandemic should not affect America’s hardline stance against the Middle…

The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, which would replace NAFTA as the act governing North American trade, has…

NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND—According to eyewitnesses at the scene, a homeless and thoroughly disheveled Prince Harry was…

PARIS—Stopping every few blocks to tilt back their heads in wonder, idiotic hick tourists on their first visit to…

TOKYO—Finding themselves caught in a grisly tangle of wrecked vehicles and reeking with the unmistakable odor of…

LONDON—Monitoring polls and news coverage of the upcoming elections, U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson reportedly…

WASHINGTON—Justifying the expenditure as necessary to preserve the only bastion of democracy in the Middle East,…

TORO PAMPA, PARAGUAY—Cursing their luck after scientists confirmed their nation’s worst fears had been realized,…

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA—Calling the individual “patient zero” for the lethal strain of flames currently raging across…

The U.S. decision to pull troops out of Syria that were assisting rebel forces has cleared the way for Turkey to…

Massive human-caused fires in the Amazon are burning the rainforest at a record rate, stoking global concerns about…