Trucks carrying water and food on Sunday streamed into a Chinese city at the center of flooding that killed at least 63 people, while soldiers laid sandbags to fill gaps in river dikes that left neighborhoods under water.
Tunisia's president dismissed the government and froze parliament on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of the country's political crisis following a day of protests around the democratic country that his opponents labeled a coup.
The United States is in an 'unnecessary predicament' of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the U.S.'s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol riot and pledged that the Democratic-majority panel will 'get to the truth.' Kinzinger said he "humbly accepted" the appointment even as his party's leadership is boycotting the inquiry.
Days of landslides and flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in western India's Maharashtra state killed at least 113 people and injured 50, officials said Sunday, as rescuers scrambled to find at least 100 missing.
Nearly two-thirds of women in the U.K. military have experienced bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination during their career, a landmark parliamentary report revealed on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron appealed for national unity and mass vaccination to fight the resurgent virus, and lashed out at those fueling anti-vaccine sentiment and protests.
Fires raged Sunday on Italy's Mediterranean island of Sardinia, where nearly 400 people were evacuated overnight. No deaths or injuries have been reported.
A bus swerved off a highway and crashed in Croatia early Sunday after the driver apparently fell asleep, killing 10 people and injuring at least 44 others -- some of them seriously, authorities said.
Pope Francis celebrated the Roman Catholic Church's first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on Sunday.
Madrid's tree-lined Paseo del Prado boulevard and the adjoining Retiro park have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.
The Vatican released information on its real estate holdings for the first time on Saturday, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties as part of its most detailed financial disclosures ever.
Long-time political adversaries Nancy Pelosi and Liz Cheney have joined forces to investigate what happened the day former U.S. president Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol.
When Mary Simon walks into the Senate on Monday to be installed as the country's next governor general, she will find the upper chamber sparsely populated. For Simon, there will be 44 people in attendance to view the ceremony in-person to follow public health guidelines.
Starting Sunday morning, Quebecers who have received at least a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can register to participate in Loto-Quebec draws, which will take place every Friday in August.
Mounties enforcing the B.C. Supreme Court injunction against anti-logging protesters in the Fairy Creek Watershed on Vancouver Island say they arrested 16 people on Saturday, after escorting them to a picnic in the blockaded area.
Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force rescued a pilot whose plane had crashed north of Petawawa, Ont. on Saturday.
Rural roads have been closed off as investigators work the scene of a helicopter crash in Brantford, Ont.
So far this wildfire season, about 400,000 hectares have burned, and without rain in the forecast, that total looks likely to grow.
Trucks carrying water and food on Sunday streamed into a Chinese city at the center of flooding that killed at least 63 people, while soldiers laid sandbags to fill gaps in river dikes that left neighborhoods under water.
Tunisia's president dismissed the government and froze parliament on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of the country's political crisis following a day of protests around the democratic country that his opponents labeled a coup.
The United States is in an 'unnecessary predicament' of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the U.S.'s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol riot and pledged that the Democratic-majority panel will 'get to the truth.' Kinzinger said he "humbly accepted" the appointment even as his party's leadership is boycotting the inquiry.
Days of landslides and flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in western India's Maharashtra state killed at least 113 people and injured 50, officials said Sunday, as rescuers scrambled to find at least 100 missing.
Nearly two-thirds of women in the U.K. military have experienced bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination during their career, a landmark parliamentary report revealed on Sunday.
Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
For beloved Bennifer fans, the long desired reunion of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might actually be happening. Lopez posted photos from her birthday on Saturday, including one of her kissing someone who appears to be Affleck.
Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly's sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex trafficking trial to hear those claims.
A small preliminary study by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital suggests that people who develop severe COVID-19 have noticeably blunted antiviral responses in the nose and throat.
Health Canada is adding two more products — MediCare Foaming Hand Sanitizer and Pur-Vie — to its growing list of recalled hand sanitizers.
More than 200 individuals in 27 states are being monitored for possible exposure to monkeypox after they came into contact with an American man who contracted the rare disease after returning from a trip to Nigeria, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed.
Canada's spy service closely monitored the burgeoning nationalist movement in the 1960s and '70s, poring over pamphlets, collecting reports from confidential sources and warily watching for signs of Communist infiltration, once-secret records reveal.
The federal government is implementing "special immigration measures" to extract Afghan nationals engaged with the Canadian Embassy, their families and those who helped Canadian military on the front lines as the Taliban continues to gain ground there.
Just because Canada and the United States worked closely together to restrict travel across their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to move in lockstep when the time came to reopen it, Ottawa's envoy to Washington said Friday.
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have created 'tweezers of sound' that can move objects without physical contact.
Astronomers have detected the presence of a disc around a planet outside our solar system for the first time.
Chimpanzees' lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time, a team of researchers has said.
Approximately 900 Rio Tinto workers at the company's aluminum smelting facilities in Kitimat, B.C. have gone on strike.
This week in Canadian business news, former CannTrust leaders are set for their first court appearance after the company became embroiled in unlicensed growing allegations and Statistics Canada is set to release its Consumer Price Index for June.
Hemp farming is still a fledgling industry, but some proponents believe it has the potential to move from a niche crop to a staple of Canadian agriculture. Across the Prairie provinces, new businesses are popping up to process and market different parts of the plant.
General Motors is recalling some older Chevrolet Bolts for a second time to fix persistent battery problems that can set the electric cars ablaze.
Canadian auto parts maker Magna International Inc said on Thursday it will buy Swedish rival Veoneer Inc for about US$3.8 billion in cash, in a deal that would help expand its driver assistance technologies business.
Daimler AG's luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz says it is stepping up its transition to electric cars, doubling the share of sales planned by 2025 and sketching out a market scenario in which new car sales would 'in essence' be fully electric by the end of the decade.
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.
The skatepark at Calgary's Shaw Millenium Park has been modified with neon-coloured tape, tactile pathways and audio beacons through the work of a group of blind and visually impaired skateboarders.
The Kraft Heinz Company has partnered with Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Ice Cream to introduce a limited-edition macaroni and cheese flavour of ice cream.
Canada saw success in the pool, securing its first two medals. Take a look at what Canada did on Sunday at the 2020 Tokyo summer Olympic games.
Advocates say a young hockey player's decision to come out as gay this past week, just as he is on the cusp of a possible National Hockey League career, needs to be a catalyst for meaningful cultural change in the game beyond Pride nights and rainbow tape.
Officials with a chuckwagon competition held in Red Deer, Alta. this weekend say 'an unfortunate incident' occurred during a race, resulting in the death of one of the horses.
