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Singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz were named one of the TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2024. TIME celebrated their 2024 class on Thursday (April 25) in New York.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for talks in Beijing on Friday (April 26). During his visit to Beijing, Blinken raised concerns about China's support for Russia's military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world's biggest economies.

Thousands of Indigenous protesters marched in Brazil's capital on Thursday against the government's failure to protect their ancestral lands. The annual event this year focused Indigenous anger over the government's plans for a railway they say will destroy the environment of tribal communities near the Tapajos river. Devi Rajaram reports.

Voters stood in long queues at polling stations on Friday (April 26), as India entered the second phase of the world’s biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals raise the pitch of the campaign by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday (April 26) for talks across a range of complex issues, including deepening strains over China's backing of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Firefighters responded to a massive fire that broke out at Oceanside Pier in California on Thursday (April 25).

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York's highest court on Thursday (April 25), reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable. #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke spoke to Reuters.

On an April morning at a popular beach in Japan’s Yokohama, volunteers pluck a strand of eelgrass from a tray. Around 100 volunteers gathered to plant seedlings, contributing to Japan's broader environmental goals such as achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, which includes eelgrass restoration efforts. Syakir Jasnee reports.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted reality-television star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian at the White House on Thursday (April 25) to discuss criminal justice reform, after President Joe Biden granted clemency to more people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses.

Paleontologist Rodrigo Alvarez announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur in Argentina that was a fast runner and lived around 90 million years ago in present-day Patagonia.

When Zendaya first read the script for director Luca Guadagnino’s romantic sports film “Challengers,” she immediately understood that the tennis player turned coach she would portray was unapologetic about her own power and how she wielded it.

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

British electro-pop duo Pet Shop Boys say their new album "Nonetheless" is one of their most melodic from their four-decade-long career, featuring songs about solitude, freedom and looking for a new bohemia.

The Biden administration is not taking any options off the table to respond to China's excess industrial capacity, which is a top concern for the U.S. and its allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Thursday (April 25).

Student protests in the U.S. over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week, with a number of encampments now in place at colleges including Columbia, Yale, and New York University. Lucy Ha explains why.

Olympics' enthusiasts with deep pockets will be offered a variety of services and VIP spaces provided by American company 'On Location,' when the Games kick off this summer.

Record low sea ice in late 2023 led to breeding failures in one-fifth of Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies, scientists with the British Antarctic Survey said on Thursday. Lucy Ha has more.

Australian wildlife experts were taking measurements and samples from whales that had beached on the shores of Western Australia on Thursday (April 25), looking to determine the cause of the mass stranding event.

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday (April 25) for stronger, more integrated European defenses as he outlined his vision for a more assertive European Union on the global stage. Olivia Chan reports.

Toyota has launched a public transport pilot with nine fully electric Hilux Revo pickup trucks in Thailand. "The battery EV Revo have been modified into song-taews for public transportation," Toyota Motor Thailand Executive Vice President Surapoom Udomwong said, referring to the pickup trucks that have been re-purposed for public transit.

Political analyst Miguel Murado explained on Thursday (April 25) that the decision of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to suspend his public duties was ‘unprecedented’ in the country. Sanchez said on Wednesday (April 24) he would step back "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg flew aboard a German Air Force Eurofighter on Thursday (April 25) as part of his visit to the Rostock-Laage air base, home to the Luftwaffe’s “Air Squadron 73 S” near the Baltic Sea coast.

Hollywood star Jeff Daniels said his character in the new Netflix show "A Man in Full" and former U.S. President Donald Trump are in "a similar situation" as he hit the carpet on Wednesday (April 24) for the premiere.

The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, the most celebrated cabaret club in Paris, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday (April 25), much to the sorrow of tourists. Olivia Chan has more.

Venice residents on Thursday (April 25) staged a protest against the introduction of a payment system for tourists, aimed to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. Giovanni Andrea Martini, a member of an opposition group in the Town Hall, said the new ticketed system "regulates nothing" and that the city will still suffer from over-tourism.