The relaxation of England's coronavirus restrictions is stirring concern among some people who have weakened immune systems and are more clinically vulnerable to the possibility of an infection. ...

As U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, Alex Panetta takes a look at the legacy of the longest war in U.S. history. The Taliban are almost everywhere, al-Qaeda is still lurking, and the future seems bleak. ...

Los Angeles County residents are again required to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status — a new mandate starting this weekend that health officials hope will reverse the latest ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel surveyed what she called a "surreal, ghostly" scene in a devastated village on Sunday, pledging quick financial aid and a redoubled political focus on curbing climate c...

Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Sunday but remained physically distanced and wore masks as the coronavirus takes its toll on the hajj for a sec...

Tadej Pogacar took the yellow jersey to Paris to win his second straight Tour de France on Sunday after a grueling three-week odyssey that at times he made look like a recreational ride. ...

As COVID-19 cases decline and restrictions ease across the country, Canada's chief public health officer is still urging younger Canadians to get their vaccine shot if they haven't already in order to...

Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19, with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday.

OPEC and allied nations agreed Sunday to raise the production limits imposed on five countries next year and boost their production by two million barrels per day by the end of this year, ending a dis...

Thousands of people marched in France on Saturday to protest mandatory vaccinations for health-care workers and COVID-19 passes that will be required to enter restaurants and other venues. ...

Titane, a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Julia Ducournau just the second female filmmaker t...

After weeks of declining case numbers, hospitalizations and daily deaths, the pandemic's trajectory in the U.S. is changing — and heading in the wrong direction, public health officials warn. One M...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed to preserve a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, promising to appeal a judge's "deep...

A group of key countries, including Canada, issued a statement supporting Haiti's designated prime minister, Ariel Henry, following the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. ...

The Biden administration is investigating a recent rash of mysterious health incidents reported by American diplomats and other government employees in Vienna, U.S. officials said Friday. ...

According to CBC's vaccine tracker, 48.48 per cent of Canadians are now fully vaccinated, while 69.48 per cent have had at least one shot. The same figures in the U.S. are 48.05 per cent and 55.44 pe...

The delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide and is driving a surge of deaths around the United States, almost entirely among unvaccinated people, U.S. officials said Friday. ...

Standing at the entrance to a looted mall and surrounded by soldiers, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed Friday to restore order to the country after a week of violence set off by the impri...

Hong Kong's national security police on Friday raided the office of a university student union after student leaders last week commemorated a man who killed himself after stabbing a police officer. ...

The remains of a third Canadian victim of a deadly condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., have been identified, sources have confirmed to CBC News.