Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and evidence that the resurgent virus has caused a spike in layoffs. The latest figur...

WASHINGTON - Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem at Joe Biden's inauguration and Jennifer Lopez will give a musical performance on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol when Biden is sworn in as the ...

PARIS - France's government says it opposes the proposed 16.2 billion-euro ($19.6 billion) takeover of French supermarket chain Carrefour by Canadian convenience store group Couche-Tard. Labor Ministe...

ROME - The vaunted Mediterranean diet and French gastronomy are getting some competition: The European Union's food safety agency says worms are safe to eat. The Parma-based agency published a scienti...

CANBERRA, Australia - A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometre (8,000-mile) Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities conside...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. humanitarian chief is urging the United States to reverse its decision to declare Yemen's Houthi rebels a terrorist group, warning that the designation will likely lead t...

Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested a lawyer and 10 others on suspicion of helping 12 Hong Kong activists try to flee the city, media reported. The fresh wave of arrests comes a week after 55 activi...

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government said Wednesday that it and 10 other countries in North and Central America are worried about the health risks of COVID-19 among migrants without proper documents. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company's ban of President Donald Trump in a lengthy Twitter thread, although he warned that it could set a dangerous precedent. When Trump incited...

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointedly did not rule out that he might eventually vote to convict the now twice-impeached President Donald Trump, but he also blocked a quick Sena...