Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, Republican congressional leaders and even his family, Donald Trump refused to call off the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, instead "pouring gasoline on th...

With extreme weather events on the rise, some wonder if Europe's deadly, record-breaking heat wave will finally jolt leaders into action on climate change.

Worldwide rapid population growth, changing rainfall patterns and climate change are putting pressure on fresh water supplies. Communities that rely on rivers for drinking water, agriculture and trans...

New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

With the controversial turbine on its way back to Russia, Gazprom partially restored gas flow to Europe, but not enough to prepare the continent for winter. Russian President Vladimir Putin has tactic...

U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday and is isolating with "very mild symptoms," the White House said, as new variants of the highly contagious virus challenge efforts to r...

The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as international scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the global endangered list because of its fast-dwindling num...

As images of melting runways, buckling railway tracks and raging wildfires consumed the world's attention this week, Americans remained deadlocked on how to slow the climate change that scientists say...

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd.

Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance, the operator said. But the gas flow was expected to fall well short of f...

The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday for the first time in 11 years, joining steps already taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks but raising new questions...

Profits at electric car maker Tesla fell by less than expected last quarter, boosted by price increases and the sale of three quarter's of the company's reserves of bitcoin.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after his ruling coalition fell apart, and the country's president dissolved Parliament, paving the way for new elections.

Fire brigades in Tuscany battled a wildfire on Wednesday that forced hundreds in Italy to relocate as gas tanks caught in the flames exploded, while a Greek hospital was evacuated as several southern ...

As CBC Sports senior contributor Morgan Campbell writes, in the alternate dimension known as the World Athletics Championships, one one-thousandth of a second can determine the difference between a gr...

Ukrainian forces on Wednesday damaged a bridge that is key to supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine, where Russia's foreign minister said Moscow is trying to consolidate its territorial gains. ...

On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA announced Wednesday it's shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket.

Canada is backing U.S. efforts to push back against what they see as protectionist energy policies in Mexico that violate North American trade rules.

A full cut-off of Russian gas supplies to Europe, combined with a cold winter, could reduce average European Union gross domestic product by up to 1.5 per cent if bloc countries do not prepare in adva...

The first Highline World Championships in Switzerland was full of daring as contestants competed against each other in events for both speed and acrobatics on a slackline at an altitude of 2,252 metre...