There's a well-known saying that everything is bigger in Texas. But so far, that hasn't been the case for the state capital's skyline.

For the holidays, McDonald's is giving away free meals for life. Well, sort of.

England and Wales are no longer majority Christian, and are slightly less White than a decade ago, newly released 2021 census data show.

The rare protests that spread across China over the weekend often featured demonstrators holding pieces of blank white paper, a phenomenon that has caused problems for the country's top stationery chain.

Pope Francis has described two of Russia's ethnic minority groups, the Chechens and Buryats, as some of the "cruelest" troops fighting in Ukraine.

The mayor of Kyiv has said the city "cannot let Putin steal our Christmas" as Ukrainians prepare to tentatively celebrate the festive season with darkened trees while Russian airstrikes knock out power and wreck havoc on critical infrastructure.

Hong Kong's leader said he'll ask Beijing to determine whether foreign lawyers can work on national security cases in the city, a move with repercussions for the upcoming trial of jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai.

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Bob Iger was back at Disney headquarters on Monday to meet with employees for the first time since surprising the media world by returning as the company's CEO last week.