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Presidential candidate Laura Fernández addresses supporters after polls closed in San José, Costa Rica, Sunday. Carlos Borbon/AP hide caption toggle caption Carlos Borbon/AP SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Conservative populist Laura Fernández won Costa Rica's presidency, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation's politics started by her political sponsor, outgoing President

Jared Kushner speaks after the signing of a Board of Peace charter during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Loft-style apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows, an off-shore oil and gas rig, advanced industrial zones and park-lined

A sign for the U.S. Department of State is seen on the outside of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building on on July 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America A group of civil rights organizations and U.S. citizens is suing the State

Katie Uhlaender, of the United States, shown here competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, was denied her chance to compete at a sixth Winter Games. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP MILAN — An international sports tribunal on Monday ruled it lacks jurisdiction to intervene in the case of Katie Uhlaender

The Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The laboratory will soon be home to five new test reactors being built by private companies. Supporters hope the reactors will power data centers needed for Artificial Intelligence. Idaho National Laboratory hide caption toggle caption Idaho National Laboratory The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new

Ads for the Melania movie at the New York Stock Exchange, where the first lady rang the bell last week. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images First lady Melania Trump's documentary outperformed box office expectations during its opening weekend, bringing in about $7 million domestically. Audience members were largely white (75%)

On Sunday, President Trump announced he will close the Kennedy Center in July for two years of renovation. Above, a tarp covers construction on the building's facade on Dec. 19, 2025, after Trump announced The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts would be renamed The Trump-Kennedy Center. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Mohaiminul Rafi, 27, has spent years preparing for Bangladesh’s civil service exams, chasing what he calls “the most reliable route to a secure life”: a first-class government job. With election campaigning under way across the country, he is now hearing promises aimed squarely at people like him: cash support or interest-free loans for the jobless

Exiled punk band says its members are proud to be branded ‘extremists’ and hits back at Putin as an ‘aging sociopath’. A Moscow district court has designated Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot as an extremist organisation, according to the state TASS news agency. The exiled group’s lawyer, Leonid Solovyov, told TASS that Monday’s court

A mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia follows a wave of antisemitic incidents in the country over the last two years. Saeed Khan/AFP hide caption toggle caption Saeed Khan/AFP The deadly shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach follows a sharp rise in antisemitic attacks in the country