The comeback concert had as its backdrop the historic Gyeongbokgung royal palace — fitting for the "Kings of K-pop" — with thousands of fans from South Korea and abroad singing along.

K-pop megastars BTS released a new album Friday billed as reflecting the maturing boy band's Korean roots and identity, as buzz built ahead of their open-air comeback concert in the heart of Seoul.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson personally won three Oscars, the first of his career, for his political thriller that tackles the hot-button issues of immigration raids and white supremacy.

The misinformation spread as four astronauts, who returned to Earth following a high-risk splashdown on Friday afternoon local time, captivated the world with stunning visuals from their fly-by of the Earth's natural satellite from aboard the Orion spacecraft.

NASA's gumdrop-shaped Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity, parachuted gently into the sea off the Southern California coast shortly after 5 p.m. PT, concluding a mission that took the astronauts deeper into space than anyone had flown before.

Earlier this week, Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Jeremy Hansen voyaged further from Earth than any human before, in a mission considered a key stepping stone towards eventual crewed lunar landings, and more.

The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, are due to splash down off the Southern California coast on Friday evening after reaching the moon earlier this week. They cruised along a path that took them past the shadowed, lunar far side to become the farthest-flying humans in history.

He died at the age of 96 in Starnberg, in southern Germany, she said, citing information from the family of the politically engaged theorist.

KUTA, Bali — At the 4th Global Women’s Empowerment & Leadership Summit, Dr. Leena Khaled Al-Mujahed of ALFA University College (Malaysia) presented new research arguing that women in conflict zones are not merely victims but agents of change, often converting hardship into leadership.

The 37-year-old Bailey said it was a "huge honor" to receive the pop culture accolade previously awarded to stars including Chris Hemsworth and George Clooney.

The R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer melded genres and opened doors as he stretched the boundaries of Black pop traditions.

According to London's GlobalData, 40 percent of Gen Z and 45 percent of Millennials reported they're trying to improve their gut health.

As global health systems adapt to shifting demographics, rising costs and the lasting impacts of COVID-19, the demand for professionals who can navigate both policy and practice has never been clearer. At the National University of Singapore (NUS), two graduate programs, one long-established and one brand new, are preparing students to meet that demand head-on.

The previously unreported efforts reflect how the $1 trillion global drinks industry is taking on the World Health Organization over its hardening stance that there is no risk-free level of drinking.

Rene Redzepi—who trained at the Spanish restaurant El Bulli, also once considered the world's best, and at French Laundry in California—has previously admitted to losing his cool.

But his recent work focuses on what he considers the most urgent concern: the accelerating unravelling of the natural world and the moral legacy left for the future.

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday.

The divisions at the IPCC session mirror those that have long riven the COP conferences, which have seen disagreements between developed and developing nations over issues such as an end to fossil fuel use, compensation for the damage caused by climate change and funding to adapt to a warming planet.

An analysis found that there were 47 extra days of harmful heat per year on average in 25 countries representing nearly all global coffee production between 2021 and 2025, according to independent research group Climate Central.

They are putting pressure on Hana Bank to end loans tied to coal-fired power in Indonesia.