First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to...

The NBA playoff games will resume Saturday following a series of commitments reached between players and the league after a strike that halted play, the parties announced Friday. In a joint statement the NBA and its players association said they have agreed to "immediately establish a...

The death toll from two days of heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 150 Thursday, with scores more injured as rescue crews searched for survivors beneath the mud and rubble of collapsed houses, officials said. Heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often...

European Union nations, Britain and EU partners have agreed on a blueprint for a COVID-19 vaccination plan envisaging inoculation of at least 40% of their populations, a step that may set back the World Health Organisation's own vaccine blueprint. The EU target for early vaccinations is...