Peter Parker’s good fortune continued over the holiday weekend as Hollywood prepares to close the books on a turbulent 2021. Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies, and rising concerns over the omicron variant, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” stayed in the No. 1 spot...

At least 47 people lost their lives in the massive floods in Malaysia as of Sunday, according to local media. Many regions in the country were flooded due to heavy rains that were effective for three days from Dec.17, the Asian News International said. Police officials reported that the...

PARIS (AP) — France has recorded more than 100,000 virus infections in a single day for the first time in the pandemic and COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled over the past month, as the fast-spreading omicron variant complicates the French government’s efforts to stave off a new...

Suicides have surged in Iraq in 2021, with more than 700 people taking their own lives, according to Iraqi authorities on Saturday. Khaled Al-Muhanna, a spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said 772 people have committed suicide this year, up from 663 suicides in 2020. He said...