COVID-19 deaths are rising in Russia — but vaccination rates aren't. Experts believe more transparent data and more trust would motivate more people to get the shot.

Urgent new efforts to calm Ethiopia's escalating war were unfolding Thursday as a U.S. special envoy visits and the president of neighbouring Kenya calls for an immediate cease-fire while the country...

The U.S. central bank has begun to cut monetary stimulus as the economy continues to crank out jobs. But supply bottlenecks and the delta variant make predictions difficult.

The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by Venezuelan security forces under President Nicolas Maduro's rule....

An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negli...

Democrats weren't the only losers in elections held Tuesday in the U.S. So was a Canadian-led energy project, rejected by voters in a state referendum. It's not an oil pipeline this time. It's a Hydro...

Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor's race early Wednesday, tapping into culture war fights over schools and race to unite former president Donald Trump's most fervent supporters with enough subu...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged on Wednesday to bury his government's enemies "with our blood" as he marked the start of the war in the Tigray region one year ago.

A $6-billion US donation from Space X founder Elon Musk may help stave off starvation for millions currently facing famine, but it certainly would not "solve world hunger," experts say. ...

Former world No.1 tennis doubles player Peng Shuai, one of China's biggest sporting stars, has publicly accused a former Chinese vice-premier of forcing her into sex several years ago in a social medi...

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control endorsed an advisory panel's earlier recommendation that the vaccine be provided to children across the United States.

Rescuers combed through the rubble of a highrise building in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, in search of survivors on Tuesday, a day after it collapsed while under construction, as the death tol...

Shares of Tesla Inc. tumbled on Tuesday after its CEO and founder Elon Musk tweeted that a contract to sell 100,000 cars to rental company Hertz had not been signed, suggesting the deal had not been f...

Former police captain Eric Adams easily won the race for New York mayor Tuesday, and Boston elected its first woman and Asian American to the city's top job as voters across the U.S. picked local lead...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged all countries of the world to agree to some sort of global price on carbon, a measure he says will dramatically curb the use of fossil fuels and level the playing f...

The Biden administration on Tuesday launched a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming and packs a stronger sh...

Jurors heard starkly different portrayals of Kyle Rittenhouse — instigator or victim — in opening statements Tuesday at his trial in Wisconsin on charges of shooting three men on the streets of Ke...

Since the 2016 Brexit vote, there has been a dispute over the fishing rights of French trawlers in British coastal waters. And the rhetoric is becoming increasingly fierce, writes Don Murray. ...

U.S. President Joe Biden wants more oil to provide relief at the pumps, while for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the oilpatch is one of Canada's top exports. Both leaders are attempting to balance tho...

Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other offences by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation into a controversial $2 million US payme...