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It can be hard to describe that feeling of being overcome by the unbearable cuteness of a fluffy little cat or a chubby-cheeked baby. But there’s now an official word for it in English: gigil. Borrowed from Tagalog, one of the primary languages of the Philippines, gigil is among 42 words that are untranslatable or have no direct English equivalents that have been...

The framework for defense exchanges between Japan and Brazil will include discussions on bilateral cooperation in defense equipment and technology.

An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation.

Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.

An Australian man credited with saving more than 2 million babies through decades of regular blood and plasma donations has died at age 88.

Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113.

A sweeping blackout plunged most of Chile into darkness Tuesday, stranding commuters, knocking the internet offline and paralyzing businesses and daily life as officials scrambled to restore power.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says that one U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines.

The Trump administration on Thursday seized a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.

Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas.

The advocacy group Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists makes an annual announcement that rates how close humanity is to collapse.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they’ve moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been.

The solemn commemoration comes amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.

A first attempt ended in a dramatic standoff at the residence where President Yoon Suk Yeol has been holed up since he was impeached.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was hospitalized on Monday after developing a fever.

A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital Zagreb on Friday, killing a young student and injuring 3 more children and a teacher, authorities said.

Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US Embassy reported Monday.

Police in China’s financial capital were out in force over the weekend to crack down on Halloween festivities, after revelers last year wore politically sensitive costumes.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Japanese anti-nuclear weapon group Nihon Hidankyo.

While the remains of Colleen Monfore were found in the belly of a shark after she disappeared during a dive excursion in Indonesia Sept. 26, her loved ones don’t believe the shark killed her.