Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

After turning a derelict lecture hall into the daring Almeida Theater, he had a long career as a director and impresario in ...

PM Lawrence Wong called the election results, where the People’s Action Party took 65.57 per cent of the national vote, a “clear signal of trust, stability and confidence in your government”.

The Philadelphia Phillies have a game of their own to worry about on Saturday, but a franchise legend might have the highest ...

Before announcing his plan to step down as Berkshire Hathaway chief executive at the end of the year, Warren Buffett offered ...

As cardinals from Myanmar to Malta ready themselves for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his meeting with President Trump last week was the “best” the two have had, ...

"To pray for the dead means, therefore, to love those who have died and that is what we are doing now for Pope Francis," the ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Saturday he was considering proposing a national referendum over the country's ...

Battling brain cancer, Michael Tilson Thomas makes his last stage appearance with a San Francisco Symphony concert that ...

The conclave to elect the new pope is just days away — and bettors are laying down cash wagers on who will be chosen, his papal name and nationality, and even the number of voting rounds it ...

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's ...