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Norway and Switzerland complete the group that offers winners a place at the 2028 Olympic Games

The disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has drained nearly one billion barrels from global oil inventories, exposing the need for a fundamental rethink of energy security, the Adipec conference in Abu Dhabi heard on Monday. “Simply put, the world has eroded its supply buffers,” said Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Te

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At a time when AI has become more pervasive in advertising, a return to traditional techniques can feel like an act of rebellion. Those methods may come with steeper production costs but are proving worthwhile for brands like Prada, whose new hand-drawn holiday campaign has drawn widespread praise online since its debut Wednesday night. For […]

Republicans redrew congressional district lines to try to tilt the midterms in their favor. But now they are facing expensive and competitive races they had hoped to outmaneuver.

The New York City Council voted Thursday to ban horse-drawn carriages by 2028 over safety and animal abuse concerns. Ali Bauman has more.

The Iran war is transforming global energy markets and benefiting U.S. companies, especially liquefied natural gas exporters.

Sligo carriage driver says operators are being unfairly blamed for wider public safety concerns after a tourist died in a carriage crash in June

It’s been many years since the continent seemed more spectral, and its people more vulnerable, than it does now.

New York's City Council voted 40 to 7 to pass the bill Thursday, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sign.

The New York City Council votes to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park.

Leafy streets filled with homes are a common visage in the outer suburbs of Melbourne but newly implemented planning regulations may change all that.

The New York City Council passed a bill today that will ban horse-drawn carriage rides by 2028. The rides have been romanticized on television and in movies. The move comes after a teenager was killed this summer when he was thrown from a carriage. NBC News’ Valerie Castro is on the scene.

The New York City Council voted Thursday on Romanch's Law, which will ban horse-drawn carriage rides in the city by 2028.

Horse-drawn carriages will be riding into the sunset in New York City in two years after city leaders voted Thursday to ban the practice.

As councillors prepare to banish the vehicles, views in Central Park are divided over the 160-year-old tradition.

Cultural figures back Irish novelist after publisher decides to stop distribution of her books in the UK due to anti-terrorism legislation

Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones have thrown their support behind Sally Rooney, whose book “Normal People” would catapult them both to fame following its hit TV adaptation. The pair — alongside numerous others, including Mescal’s Oscar-winning “Hamnet” co-star Jessie Buckely — have signed an open letter to the U.K. government backing Rooney, whose books hav