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...

World leaders, environmental experts and activists are pleading for decisive action to halt the global warming that threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in th...

More than 100 global leaders have pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion US in public and private funds to invest in prot...

Global leaders have gathered at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, to discuss urgent action to combat a rapidly warming world. Here are some memorable quotes from heads of state an...

At least six people have died in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos after the collapse of a high-rise building that was under construction, the state emergency services chief said on Tuesday. ...

Kobe Bryant's widow won't have to undergo psychiatric testing for her lawsuit over graphic photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter and others, a f...

Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst was indicted Monday on a murder charge in the death of his first wife, Kathie Durst, who disappeared nearly four decades ago, prosecutors said. ...

In 2007, Mohammed Nabi Wardak, then 18, started work as an interpreter for Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. Now, he is homeless and jobless in Greece, after fleeing his homeland due to threats from the...

Delayed by the pandemic for a year, the 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) began in Glasgow Sunday. Though the chances of success have been described by the British hosts as "touch and go", man...

The U.S. government will require companies with at least 100 workers to provide paid time off for employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave to recover from effects of the shots...

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped five million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health-c...

Jes Staley, the chief executive of British bank Barclays, stepped down Monday following a report by U.K. regulators into his past links with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ...

Bikini-style uniforms will no longer be mandated for female beach handball players following protests by players and European lawmakers.

The British Transport Police has declared a major incident after two trains collided in the southwestern English city of Salisbury on Sunday, injuring a number of people.

Canada wanted a stronger and more ambitious agreement on climate change to emerge from the G20 summit — but leaders still managed to make progress by committing to address some key issues, Prime Min...

After seeing the devastating effects of climate change in his country, Ugandan climate activist Nyombi Morris has a message for world leaders at COP26: "Put an end to fossil fuels and make polluters p...

OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann says a global deal reached on taxing rights and a minimum corporate tax is a broad consensus that represents an ambitious but pragmatic approach to the issue. ...

A man dressed in Batman's Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumpin...

The United Nations climate summit in Glasgow formally opened on Sunday, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of global...