The U.S. government will send 44 military medical staffers to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is the worst in the country, state health official...

Three men were convicted of murder Wednesday in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was running through a neighbourhood in a Georgia city when the white strangers chased him, trapped him ...

At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous cro...

Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William 'Roddie' Bryan were convicted of murder on Wednesday in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. Here's a look at how much prison time they could get what o...

A large explosion outside a school in Somalia's capital on Thursday has killed at least eight people, including students, witnesses said. The extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the ...

A U.K. MP has been told she can't bring her three-month-old baby into the House of Commons, prompting others to demand a change in parliamentary rules.

Scientists recorded corals in Australia's Great Barrier Reef spawning in an explosion of colour as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes. ...

Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will end the era of longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Olaf Scholz, who is poised to replace her.

Hours after being tapped as Sweden's prime minister, Magdalena Andersson resigned Wednesday after suffering a budget defeat in parliament and coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority ...

NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. ...

Germany is poised to pass the mark of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, a sombre milestone that several of its neighbours crossed months ago but which Western Europe's most populous nation had h...

An attorney for the family of Brian Laundrie, who had been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators searched for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, said Tuesd...

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacy chains recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties amid overdose deaths, a federal jury said Tuesday in a verdict that could set the t...

TC Energy Inc. has filed a formal request for arbitration under NAFTA rules, seeking $15 billion in compensation from the U.S. government for the money it spent on trying to develop the cancelled Keys...

Lush Cosmetics will deactivate its social media accounts later this week in a bid to get tech companies to make online platforms safer.

Two former Netflix employees who criticized anti-transgender comments on Dave Chappelle's Netflix special The Closer are dropping labour complaints and one has resigned from the company, it was announ...

The U.S. government will release 50 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserve on to the market in an attempt to bring down the price of crude and gasoline.

In an annual phenomenon unmatched anywhere in the world, millions of red crabs emerged from the forest on Christmas Island Tuesday, swarming across roads and beaches on their way to the sea to breed...

When Jeffrey Epstein's longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell goes on trial next week, the accuser who captivated the public most, with claims she was trafficked to Prince Andrew and other prominent men...

A bus carrying tourists from North Macedonia crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria before daybreak on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, including 12 children, Bulgarian officials said....