What happenedPatrick Stewart, the British actor celebrated for his Shakespearean performances and popular science-fiction roles, has passed away at the age of 86. He died at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday following a period living with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia, according to his ...

What happenedThe latest “Call of Duty” video game has provoked outrage among families of victims of an overcrowding disaster in South Korea. A scene from “Modern Warfare 4” uses real footage of the aftermath of the crush in Seoul’s narrow streets on Halloween in 2022 – where 160 people died – to dep...

Bougainville could soon gain its independence, three decades after a brutal civil war, and seven years since the resource-rich islands overwhelmingly voted to secede from Papua New Guinea.Parliamentarians in Papua New Guinea will vote next month on whether to grant full self-determination to the aut...