On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2021, the world population was approximately 7,954,448,391 people[†]
The country has changed vastly from that hopeful moment nearly six decades ago, and the Olympics this time around have come to represent something different and not entirely positive.
“Better to Have Gone,” by Akash Kapur, recounts the haunting, heartbreaking history of Auroville, an intentional community in southern India where he and his wife were raised.
A man from France dropped to the city pavement, one of more than 3,000 emergencies on this day alone. A young police officer rushed to help.
Officials at the Federal Reserve and White House thought fast price gains would pass. Rent increases could make it a slow fade.
Elon Musk wanted to tap German engineering expertise, but may have gotten more local culture than he had bargained for.
As a crackdown widens in her country, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is trying to build a broad phalanx of Western opposition to a dictatorship that she says is on its “last breaths.”
Best known for playing troubled (and troubling) young women onscreen, the actor has found acclaim and a gift for comedy in this warmhearted soccer sitcom.
His videos have made him one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation, but what really animates this British artist are the emotions that slip off the screen.
The vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness and death, but they are not a golden shield against the coronavirus.
U.S. carriers are reaping the rewards as a surge in domestic air travel has exceeded forecasts.
With daily reports of breakthrough infections and the rise of the Delta variant, vaccinated people may need to take a few more precautions. Here’s what you need to know.
Through WhatsApp and Facebook messages, Afghans who served as interpreters are asking former colleagues in America to get them out as the Taliban close in.