Britain's Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise public appearance at the opening of a long-awaited train line in London on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country's power minister told citizens not to join the lengthy fuel queues that have galvanized weeks of anti-government protests.

Shanghai officials on Tuesday said they had achieved "zero-Covid at the community level" in what appeared to be a turning point in a heavy-handed and costly campaign to tame an Omicron outbreak -- but many residents remain skeptical the city will reopen anytime soon.

A deadly cholera outbreak linked to contaminated drinking water has infected thousands of people in central Pakistan as the country grapples with a water crisis exacerbated by a brutal heat wave in South Asia.

It's been a brutal year for Robinhood. The twin plunges of stocks and bitcoin have crushed the online brokerage's sales. The company also reported a loss and drop in users. The stock has plummeted 40% this year and Robinhood recently announced a big round of layoffs.

The American economy is super weird right now.

India banned wheat exports on Saturday — days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year — as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high.

The Chinese currency is declining rapidly as the world's second largest economy falters under the weight of Covid restrictions.

Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since 1963, when Glen Canyon Dam was built, a new report shows.

Air pollution spiked to unhealthy levels around the world in 2021, according to a new report.

As the US attempts to wean itself off its heavy reliance on fossil fuels and shift to cleaner energy sources, many experts are eyeing a promising solution: your neighborhood big-box stores and shopping malls.

The recently opened Venice Biennale -- an 8-month-long international festival of art and culture staged every other year (though it skipped 2021 due to the pandemic) -- is an opportunity to see some of the world's best artists all in one place.

ASMR -- short for autonomous sensory meridian response -- is a physical sensation that has dominated a corner of the internet for the best part of a decade. It has a dedicated following, with more than 14 million monthly searches on YouTube, and has launched entire careers, where digital creators ever so gently release ASMR-inducing content -- soap-cutting, slime-kneading and whispered role play all fall under the perplexing genre -- in the hopes of gaining loyal viewers.

If the thought of retiring your comfortable sweats and choosing a new outfit to leave the house in each morning is an intimidating prospect, you're in good company. For the better part of the pandemic, I've lived in a pair of stretchy, soft wool trousers in the cooler months, switching allegiance in summer to a white linen dress that my brother-in-law dubbed "the ghost dress" (likening its so flowy, so oversized shape to that of a large bedsheet with a hole cut out for my head).

Hold a question in your mind, shuffle, select your cards and see into your future. For centuries, people of all walks of life have turned to tarot to divine what may lay ahead and reach a higher level of self-understanding.

Gianni Versace's former townhouse in Manhattan has gone on sale for $70 million.

Massive Native American drawings -- which remained unseen in an Alabama cave for more than 1,000 years -- have been unveiled by a team of scientists. It's the largest known cave art ever discovered in North America.

Almost two decades since Concorde retired, interest around supersonic travel has been picking up pace, and several super-fast planes are under development. Airlines seem interested: United has already committed itself to offering supersonic routes as early as 2029.

Is there a food more humble yet universally adored than the sandwich?

Making a trip to Sicily without indulging in a delicious cannolo pastry is akin to visiting Naples without tucking into an authentic pizza. Practically unheard of.

The first time Krystina Burton met Gabriel Solberg, she rolled her eyes.

Students protested at Beijing's Peking University last weekend over COVID-19 restrictions, including the use of a metal barrier. Social media videos of the peaceful demonstration have been largely removed by China government censors.

A coalition of over 26 international pro-Israel groups on Tuesday condemned a U.N. probe into the May 2021 Israeli-Palestinian conflict, alleging “bias” and a violation of its own guiding principles.

The Ukrainian engineers and Hayward had to put together a prototype rechargeable battery or face the tightest of restrictions on the use of their Command Launch Units.

Russia has pushed back on Finland and Sweden's applications, claiming they will not help Europe's security.

As many as 16,000 Ukrainian soldiers have allegedly been surrounded in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, a top official from a pro-Russian separatist group known as the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) claimed Tuesday.

The retired Russian colonel who said last week that Russia needs to “replenish” its losses in Ukraine has returned to state television with a new warning for the Kremlin – that the situation “will get worse” the longer the war drags on.

Shanghai will stay under lockdown despite reaching "zero COVID," officials say.

Finland and Sweden joining NATO "makes no big difference," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Israeli police clashed with protesters and mourners at a funeral in Jerusalem on Monday night.

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, while more than a dozen independents gained seats, according to final tally released Tuesday.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry is warning this week that Sweden’s plan to apply for NATO membership will “inflict considerable damage to the security of Northern Europe and Europe as a whole.”

The Ukrainian soldiers who were trapped under the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have been evacuated, ceding control to Russian forces.

Amed Khan has worked to move and house the Afghan citizens while they wait for their special visa applications to process.

Canadian psychologist and bestselling author Jordan B. Peterson announced that he is "departing" from Twitter after finding an "endless flood of vicious insult" on the platform.

Anti-government protests continue into a second week in Iran as protesters continue to demonstrate against the regime's price hikes.

The Russians should not be surprised that Finland now wants to join NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine

Patrick Conolly, mayor of the Sydney, Australia-area Hawkesbury Council, was stabbed during a home invasion that local authorities say was a case of "mistaken identity." The suspects remain at large.

A senior Ukrainian official tells Fox News Monday that an agreement has been reached to evacuate around 50 wounded soldiers from the Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol to Russian-controlled territories.

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling praised a feminist activist who was attacked by a group of trans activists at he Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester, U.K.

Sweden's prime minister announced Monday that “we will inform NATO that we want to become a member of the alliance” as Russia’s war with Ukraine is nearing the 3-month mark.