Experts paint a grim picture of the struggle with lockdown isolation — a “mental health pandemic” that should be treated as seriously as containing the coronavirus.

A United Nations commission voted to remove marijuana for medical use from a list of the most risky narcotics, such as heroin.

The design will start circulating on June 23, the birthday of the mathematician whose work cracking German codes is credited with helping to shorten World War II.

A contentious ruling in Poland, which spurred thousands of women and their allies to protest, came into legal force on Wednesday.

With an upcoming departure from Sydney, one Australian reporter reflects on the experience of home and the country’s culture of simple pleasures.

Thousands of people fled from their homes as wildfires raged on the last day of the warmest decade on record in Australia.

The government, responding to what it said was a decline in the use of contraceptives among some young women because of the cost, will pay for contraception starting next year.

Many homeless people in London will stay in hotels over the Christmas and New Year holidays, if not longer, through funding from charities and the government.

Days after returning from a long trip in Asia this month, I started feeling feverish. It was probably nothing, a post-trip flu — but was it?

"Big Things” are family-friendly attractions in many Australian towns. But residents of Woodenbong don’t want to be associated with an icon linked to drug use.

Alarmed by an online personality’s popularity among their students, educators are mobilizing to combat the sexism he promotes.

More than a year after they first began arriving in Britain under a new visa program, people from Hong Kong are settling into their new home. But they still long for the one they left behind.

The killing of Scott Johnson drew attention to a rash of crimes in past decades in which gay men were targeted by gangs of young people.

“I cannot remain indifferent,” the director wrote in a letter to Nigeria’s president about a 13-year-old who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and menial labor on a blasphemy charge.

The author and essayist shares insights on immigrant striving, social media and Australia’s imperfect meritocracy.

A group of Asian-Australian students started a Facebook group to share jokes and memes about their experiences. Now, it has nearly a million followers all over the world.

Indigenous entrepreneurs say that the field is an alluring, empowering avenue to take their destiny in into their own hands.

The Black Lives Matter movement has offered a rare moment for the descendants of plantation laborers brought aboard ships in the 19th century to make their family histories known.

The Ukrainian leader, a former actor, has invoked emotional moments in the history of nations from which he is hoping to secure backing. We look at five of his recent speeches.

Readers share how they are coping with wildfires that have swept through parts of Australia. Some fled to the beach for safety. Others stayed behind to defend their homes.

Hong Kong has been galvanized by mass protests over the last two weeks. Those who grew up there and left are experiencing a wide range of emotions.

Activists who fled Hong Kong and some British lawmakers have called for a tough government response to the episode in Manchester, as the man who was beaten spoke out.

Orcas caused enough damage to sink a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar last week. A small pod has been slamming boats in recent years, worrying skippers charting routes closer to shore.

More than a year after they first began arriving in Britain under a new visa program, people from Hong Kong are settling into their new home. But they still long for the one they left behind.

The fallout from the Harry and Meghan interview created a rare public schism in the press, and an embarrassing reversal, and raised broader questions about racism in Britain.

“Would this have happened if I had worn a suit and a tie?” asked Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, after she was left standing during a summit in Turkey this month.

As housing costs rise, the capital’s extensive green spaces, often described as the “lungs of the city,” offer space and respite to all — when the weather cooperates, that is.

At a time of increasing tension, many Chinese-Australians are demanding more recognition for their history and contributions to Australia.

The waters swept away hundreds of homes as emergency officials raced to find survivors of the flooding caused by torrential weekend rains. Officials in one city described “catastrophic” devastation.

There are increasing calls to prioritize people of color, who have been harder hit by the coronavirus. But for some of them, a mistrust of the authorities has fed into anxieties about the shots’...

The former prime minister on negotiating with President Trump, the “terrorist” tactics of right-wing populists and his exercise routine while in Canberra.

After a year marked by isolation, loneliness and violence in the city, many self-defense and martial arts gyms say they are seeing more interest from women.

Thousands of people waited in line — a very long line — to pay homage at the coffin of the queen, who will lie in state until her funeral on Monday.

Rishi Sunak’s ascent to the prime minister’s office is a significant milestone for Britain’s Indian diaspora. But for many, his immense personal wealth has made him less relatable.

A teenager known as “Egg Boy” has spoken publicly to media for the first time since he cracked an egg on a far-right politician’s head after the New Zealand attacks.

Reports by news media and a human rights group say Chinese police forces opened two offices in the Netherlands that are used to intimidate Chinese citizens.

It’s swarming season in Britain, with honeybee colonies splitting in half in search of new homes. This year, beekeepers say they are getting an unusually high number of swarm sightings.

Private firms apologized for not doing more to prevent the release of untreated sewage into rivers and seas and pledged to invest 10 billion pounds to fix the problem.

The far right has made strides by tying the longstanding issue of crime to immigration, while Sweden’s center-left party is blaming failed integration, resulting in an exceptionally tight race.

Sharp price spikes are forcing the country’s young to move back in with family and worry about finances just as many were hoping to move past the pandemic.

The cabinet minister offered his defense just two weeks after a separate case in which a government staff member said she was sexually assaulted in Parliament.

Fear of attacks — and of the consequences of speaking out for family members who remain in China — is keeping many in the Chinese community here quiet.

The investigation, which relied on accounts from 900 students, found that sexual harassment — from sexist name-calling to requests for explicit photos — was endemic.

When “Fortress Australia” sealed its borders, thousands of citizens were stuck abroad. When allowed to return home, a reporter wondered how she would find the country — and how it would find her.

A recent visit to Nauru revealed the effects of Australia’s offshore detention policy and its impact on mental health.

A grad student in London hoped to collect a few testimonies from teenage sexual assault victims for a petition to teach consent in schools. She got thousands.

Officials in many European cities are giving streets, squares and intersections in front of Russian missions names with pro-Ukraine themes.

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s ultraconservative president-elect, said that he would not meet with President Biden, and that Tehran’s position on its ballistic missile program was “nonnegotiable.”

Would-be mourners in line to pay their respects — known as the Queue — will probably have to wait 24 hours, the British government said, after it reached capacity on Friday.

On the North Devon coast, where breathtaking cliffs give way to barreling waves, the surfing scene can hold its own among the best in Europe, and more girls and women are taking it on.

Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Wednesday that she would resign. Despite the success of the far-right Sweden Democrats, they will influence but are not expected to be formally part of the...

Fear among older and other vulnerable people is building as war in Ukraine aggravates energy costs that inflation had already pushed higher.

While the battle lines seem clearly drawn, views are often less absolute and loyalties not so predictable. On Australian campuses, this uncertainty is producing a deepening anxiety.

Prime Minister Liz Truss’s resignation, yet another episode of political instability, only added to concerns over galloping inflation and a looming economic crisis.

Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, an Episcopal priest who is married to a woman, said the funeral of her godfather was moved to his garden to allow her to participate.

With prices for the fruit soaring after two years of low harvests, growers are experiencing a raft of thefts and black markets have sprung up to distribute the spoils.

Buckingham Palace said issues raised in the interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, “particularly that of race, are concerning.” Piers Morgan, a TV host who said he “didn’t believe a word” of the...

A map pinpointing hundreds of homicides in 14th-century England could help teach medieval history.

A major bank is leaving its headquarters in London’s purpose-built financial district. But the district’s owner has other plans for the area, which may help it survive the pressures it faces.

The scuffle came as tensions have escalated between Beijing and London, which has offered special visas to Hong Kongers seeking to leave.

One politician said a 9-year-old who refused to stand for the national anthem deserved a “kick up the backside.”

The disaster ended a brief lull in the country’s summer of deadly wildfires.

The financial turmoil in Britain has led to soaring interest rates, prompting many lenders to withdraw products and stoking worry among homeowners about rising costs.