Multiple lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival in Houst...

A distress signal co-developed by the Canadian Women's Foundation and a Toronto ad agency is being credited with helping a missing teenage girl from North Carolina who was rescued by police after usin...

A man who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during a night of turbulent protests against racial injustice in Kenosha, Wis., has testified that he was unintentionally pointing his own gun when h...

November 15 will see a banned Civic March for Change launch across Cuba — a protest Communist authorities have threatened to repress with force. It's happening on the same day the island reopens to ...

Eight years after he shot and killed his girlfriend, double amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first must meet with her parents.

Former U.S. president Barack Obama called on the UN climate conference in Glasgow on Monday to address the risks that island nations face from rising sea levels.

Clearer pictures began to emerge Sunday of some of the eight people who died after fans at the Astroworld music festival in Houston suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Trav...

The European Union's medicines agency began reviewing Merck's COVID-19 treatment pill on Monday so that it can swiftly advise national drug authorities in the 27-nation bloc that want to begin using i...

Canada is withdrawing the families of embassy staff and non-essential personnel from Ethiopia as fighting in the country's northern region of Tigray intensifies.

Tesla, Inc. CEO Elon Musk should sell about 10 per cent of his Tesla stock, according to 57.9 per cent of people who voted on his Twitter poll asking users of the social media network whether he sho...

Investigators on Sunday worked to determine how eight people died in a crush of fans at a Houston music festival, as concertgoers recounted the horror and confusion of being trapped in the crowd and m...

As developed countries negotiate more ambitious climate pledges, and private-sector groups worth $130 trillion US promise to make efforts go green, the president of Seychelles is urging more aggressiv...

A transport truck smashed into a toll booth and six other vehicles on a highway in central Mexico Saturday, leaving at least 19 people dead and three injured, authorities said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence.

Billionaires, celebrities and royalty were front and centre at this week’s COP26 climate conference, where Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged $2 billion to fight climate change. But some experts say ...

At least 98 people are dead and dozens hurt near Sierra Leone's capital after a fuel tank truck exploded while large crowds had gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said. ...

A U.S. federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily halted the Biden administration's vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress's passage of his $1 trillion US infrastructure package as a "monumental step forward for the nation" after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a mo...

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said Friday he sought alternative treatments instead of the NFL-endorsed COVID-19 vaccinations because he is allergic to an ingredient in two of the FDA-app...