In 1997, Marvel published a comic book about rock legends KISS. (June 30)

he US Supreme Court on Thursday banned the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions, dealing a major blow to a decades-old practice that boosted educational opportunities for African-Americans and other minorities.

Peruvian fishermen have paid their respects to Saint Peter and Saint Paul by the seaside resort of Puerto de Pucusana. (June 30) (AP video/Cesar Barreto)

The 193 member states of tUNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, are expected to back the United States’ return to the organisation almost five years after then-President Donald Trump withdrew over accusations of anti-Israel bias and mismanagemen…

Virgin Galactic successfully flew its first paying customers to the final frontier Thursday, a long-awaited achievement that puts it back on track in the emerging private spaceflight sector.

Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday to discuss the war’s impact on the environment. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP

In her small apartment in opposition-held Idlib in northwest Syria, Umm Mohammed is depressed and lethargic. But when her phone rings or someone knocks on the door she becomes suddenly alert. Maybe, finally, her husband has come back.

The U.S. flew nuclear-capable bombers to the Korean Peninsula in its latest show of force against North Korea, days after the North staged massive anti-U.S. rallies in its capital.