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Halfway through 2025, a few music trends have become clear, according to Luminate's 2025 Midyear Report, which was released Wednesday:

South Korea's new government plans to take over wartime operational control of South Korean troops from the U.S. within five years -- a shift that would almost certainly collapse the current joint warfighting command on the peninsula and probably ...

U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher on Wednesday following a better-than-expected update on inflation across the country.

President Trump dismissed the flap over the Department of Justice's refusal to release additional materials related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling the case "boring" as two people who offered key endorsements of the president ramped ...

Russian weapons pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure, officials said.

Romance novels have always spiced up quiet nights. Now, a genre that has sometimes been dismissed as a guilty pleasure is bringing readers and writers together through social media, book clubs and a growing number of romance-specific bookstores.

Iran formally ruled out any further participation in U.S. nuclear negotiations unless a series of preconditions are met, Iran's parliament ruled this week.

This year's crop of Emmy nominees were announced Tuesday. "Severance" led with 27 Emmy nominations, while "The Studio" led comedy nominees with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+.

President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank's $2.5 billion renovation project.

The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal, two European diplomats said Tuesday.