Los Angeles County residents are again required to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status — a new mandate starting this weekend that health officials hope will reverse the latest spikes in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for a second straight year after a mostly ceremonial final stage to the Champs-Élysées on Sunday in cycling's biggest race. The 22-year-old Slovenian is the youngest double winner of the race.
Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Sunday but remained physically distanced and wore masks as the coronavirus takes its toll on the hajj for a second year running.
OPEC and allied nations agreed Sunday to raise the production limits imposed on five countries next year and boost their production by 2 million barrels per day by the end of this year, ending a dispute that roiled oil markets.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will spend 10 days self-isolating after contact with a confirmed coronavirus case, his office said Sunday — reversing an earlier announcement that he would not have to quarantine.
As U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, Alex Panetta takes a look at the legacy of the longest war in U.S. history. The Taliban are almost everywhere, al-Qaeda is still lurking, and the future seems bleak. Was it worth it?
Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday.
Titane, a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Julia Ducournau just the second female filmmaker to win the festival's top honour in its 74-year history.
Rescue workers laboured to deal with damage laid bare by receding water on Saturday as the death toll from disastrous flooding in western Europe rose above 160 and thoughts turned to the lengthy job of rebuilding devastated communities.
