SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. Park became South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over […]

Design Army has made the chicken. Now it’s going back to the egg. The Washington, D.C., agency, perhaps best known for its gorgeously crafted ads for Georgetown Optician, is planning to open a new space in a warehouse district over on the Maryland border. But it’s not another office, or even a traditional workspace. It’s intended to […]

Scientific research is increasingly revealing that whales form highly complex societies that are comparable, in many ways, to our own. Now, a new study of beluga whales conducted by an international team of researchers has demonstrated that the animals value culture, ancestral roots and family ties just as much as humans do. The scientists found that related […]

esearchers assessed dietary and exercise patterns to determine why metabolic syndrome occurs in some obese individuals and not in others. Obesity is linked to metabolic syndrome, which is a collection of risk factors that increase the likelihood of disorders such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Some of these risk factors include high blood pressure and an […]

SAO PAULO – A former shoeshine boy and steelworker who rose to become one of Brazil’s most popular presidents, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s downfall has been just as dramatic. At 72, the lifelong fighter finds himself on the ropes following a Supreme Court ruling that could see him soon sent to prison. The two-term former […]

Okay, you’re probably not going to the royal wedding, with all its pomp and ceremony, but just before or just after the event would be a terrific time to visit London, when the capital city will be at it’s well-groomed best. I’ve lived there, and visit frequently, so here are some insider, wide-ranging tips from my own […]

Emily Blunt says she knew “disarmingly soon” that John Krasinski, 38, was the one for her. The London-born actress, 35, says she was sitting at a restaurant with a friend when The Office star walked in. “We were discussing how much I was enjoying being single. And then [my friend] goes, ‘Oh, my God, there’s my friend John.’ And […]

As CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before Congress next week to answer questions about the company’s privacy and data policies, Facebook announced a slew of changes to its APIs. The changes don’t come as a surprise — Facebook already announced that it was conducting an audit of “all apps that had access to large amounts of information […]

The researchers believe that the destabilization of the Higgs boson particle might be the catalyst for such an event. Recent research from a team of physicists from Harvard University suggests that the end of the universe might take place in the same way it had started. The researchers’ findings also include a possible timeline for […]

The Dow on Wednesday rebounded from a more than 500-point plunge to close 231 points higher in another rocky trading day, as Wall Street bet that tariff threats and tough talk on trade from China and the Trump administration was likely a negotiating tactic and that the sides would eventually reach a deal to avoid a trade war. The Dow Jones […]