Category Archives: World

BEND, Ore. - The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon, soared to international fame when it became the last such franchise on Earth two years ago. Now, a new Netflix documentary called "The ...

MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand - Violence in eastern Myanmar, including air raids that drove thousands of members of the Karen ethnic minority to seek shelter across the border in Thailand, deepened Tuesday w...

BRUSSELS - The European Union and the United States pledged a combined $1.2 billion in aid Tuesday to help tackle war-ravaged Syria's deepening humanitarian and economic crises. The promise of aid com...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A billionaire's private SpaceX flight filled its two remaining seats Tuesday with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him t...

BERLIN - German health officials agreed Tuesday to restrict the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in people under 60, amid fresh concern over unusual blood clots reported in a tiny number of th...

NEW YORK - The award-winning series of graphic novels about congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis will continue a year after his death. Abrams announced Tuesday that "Run: Book One" will be...

WASHINGTON - In a sharp rebuke to Trump-era policies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday will formally scrap a blueprint championed by his predecessor to limit U.S. promotion of human rights...

What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could have major implications not just for the country's second-largest employer but the labour movement at large. Organizers are pushing for some...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court appeals judges have upheld the convictions and 30-year prison sentence of a Congolese warlord known as "The Terminator" who was found guilty of cr...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matovic and his government resigned on Tuesday to ease a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine...