A Chinese court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence of Canadian prisoner Robert Schellenberg for drug smuggling — a day before another court is due to rule on the case of another Canadian accused o...

Members of the U.S. military would be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Sept. 15, under a plan announced by the Pentagon Monday and endorsed by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Wildfires have ignited across Greece in the wake of the nation's most protracted heat wave in 30 years — which sent temperatures soaring to 45 C for days — creating bone-dry conditions. ...

Another Olympic Games — with even more layers of dissent and debate than Tokyo — are less than six months away in Beijing.

The UN climate panel sounded a dire warning Monday, with its updated climate report described as a 'code red for humanity.' Here are some key takeaways, including how close we are to climate threshold...

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, an allegation he has denied in the past.

German pharmaceutical maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely used coronavirus vaccine with Pfizer, swung to a huge profit in the second quarter on record sales.

The United States said it was up to Afghan security forces to defend the country after Taliban militants captured a sixth provincial capital on Monday, along with border towns and trade routes. ...

Iran reported a daily record of 588 COVID-19 deaths on Monday and the U.S. said soldiers would be required to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus if a plan endorsed by President Joe Bide...

Beginning today, Canada will open its border to fully vaccinated American travellers. The federal government will also loosen several travel restrictions that apply to Canadians returning home from ab...

The Tokyo Games have provided Beijing a preview of hosting an Olympics during a pandemic, which should help the city navigate the challenges of COVID-19 when it welcomes athletes next year. ...

An executive assistant who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her said in her first televised interview that she was initially afraid to identify herself because she worried the governor's ...

Markie Post, best known for her role as Christine Sullivan on a seven-season run of NBC's Night Court, died Saturday at the age of 70.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has mobilized the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, amid concerns over an economic crisis and food sho...

A U.S. judge has allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. to demand that passengers show written proof of coronavirus vaccination before they board a ship, dealing a major blow to Florida Gov. Ron ...

Pillars of billowing smoke and ash turned the sky orange and blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island Sunday as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and encroached on villages...

A report alleging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women marked another milestone in his fall from grace. Some political strategists suggest his continued presence on the n...

Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals in Afghanistan, including the strategic northeastern city of Kunduz and northern Sar-e Pul on Sunday, local officials said, as the insurgents intensifi...

In the year and a half since the pandemic began, deadly gunfire in the U.S. has spiked. National data shows homicides increased by 30 per cent in 2020 — and it’s a trend that’s continued this ye...

Inside the Olympic "bubble" where athletes and others involved in the Games have spent the past two weeks, a total of 430 COVID-19 cases had been reported as of Sunday.