British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he does not believe the COVID-19 virus escaped from a Chinese lab in Wuhan province but is keeping an eye on new evidence as it emerges.

Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83 missing passengers are also feared dead.

Republicans in the U.S. Senate have blocked the creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days on Friday, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. ...

The Wuhan lab-leak theory of COVID-19 isn't new, and no major evidence has suddenly appeared. What has changed is calls from scientists in the field, the Biden administration, and others to investigat...

Nova Scotia's gradual COVID-19 reopening plan is set to begin on June 2 at 8 a.m. AT, with expanded outdoor gatherings and the reopening of restaurants and certain businesses with limitations, off...

Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack down on dissent i...

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin is one of the rare voices in Russia calling people out for not doing their civic duty and getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Unlike many countries that have struggled ...

Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019, should be immediately fired and charged with crimes, leaders of ...

EU foreign ministers met in Lisbon on Thursday to determine new economic sanctions against Belarus after it arrested a dissident journalist aboard an intercepted passenger jet on the weekend. ...

In an effort to fully open the Golden State on June 15, California residents who receive the COVID-19 vaccine by then stand to win lottery-style prizes worth $116.5 million in cash and gift cards. ...

Shares in movie chain AMC and video-game seller GameStop have risen to their highest level in months, as retail investors are once again piling money into certain stocks to try to catch short sellers ...

Hong Kong's legislature on Thursday passed a bill amending electoral laws that drastically reduces the public's ability to vote and increases the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers making decisions for t...

President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese lab...

There's a 40 per cent chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorolog...

They are traumatized after 11 days of bombardments. Their community is filled with massive piles of rubble. But, as Margaret Evans reports, many Gazans will still say the cyclical wars between Hamas a...

Manitoba extended public health restrictions targeting gatherings, workplaces and retail establishments on Thursday, as the province's health-care system continues to strain under a third wave of C...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a new security directive for pipeline owners and operators on Thursday after a hack this month of the Colonial Pipeline disrupted fuel supplies in the s...

An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard serving Silicon Valley, killing eight people before ending his own life, authorities said.

A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45 per cent by 2030 compared to 2019 levels in a landmark case brought by climate activism groups, which hailed...