Tag Archives: International

BERLIN - Police in southwestern Germany say several people have been injured and some were likely killed in a shooting, and a suspect has been arrested. Aalen police said the shooting took place Frida...

DAVOS, Switzerland - Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday brushed off criticism and mockery from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, saying that his comments have "of course no effect" on her...

VATICAN CITY - U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence met Friday with Pope Francis during a visit to Rome that includes meetings with the Italian president and premier. The audience comes on the same day that...

MADRID - Authorities in Spain say the death toll from a storm that devastated the eastern part of the country this week has risen to at least 12 with rescuers searching for several missing persons. Em...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Down to what sure felt like her last chance, Serena Williams came through with a cross-court forehand winner to close a 24-stroke point, then raised her arms, held that celebrat...

PARIS - French unions are holding last-ditch strikes and protests around the country Friday as the government unveils a divisive bill redesigning the national retirement system. Travellers faced renew...

MEXICO CITY - One day after a vigilante group revealed that it was using children as young as 8 as "recruits" for armed defence patrols, Mexico's president said Thursday that drug cartels too are recr...

BAGHDAD - Hundreds of supporters of an influential, radical Shiite cleric gathered Friday in central Baghdad for a rally to demand that American troops leave the country amid heightened tensions after...

WARSAW, Poland - Legal chaos has deepened dramatically in Poland following the passing of legislation that will allow the government to fire judges whose rulings it does not like - even when those rul...

BEIJING - Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Com...