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BEIJING - A sharp escalation of violence in Hong Kong is once again raising the question of how China's central government will respond: Will it deploy its armed forces, or allow the chaos and destruc...
Nov 12, 2019
HAMPTON, Va. - Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will leave North America and begin her return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday aboard a 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran sailboat whose pas...
Nov 12, 2019
HAVANA - Spanish King Felipe VI and Cuban President Miguel Daz-Canel met Tuesday at the start of the first modern state visit to Cuba by a member of the royal family that once ruled the Caribbean isla...
Nov 12, 2019
WASHINGTON - House Democrats are giving President Donald Trump a reality show for the ages as they take their case public for his impeachment. But the proceedings are much more than showbiz, with lawm...
Nov 12, 2019
CANBERRA, Australia - More than 50 homes were damaged or destroyed and 13 firefighters were injured overnight by catastrophic wildfires across Australia's most populous state before the emergency subs...
Nov 12, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping up pressure on Pacific Gas & Electric to fork over billions more in cash to pay thousands of people who lost homes in wildfires that drove ...
Nov 12, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz. - A judge banned an Arizona border activist charged with harbouring immigrants from mentioning President Donald Trump during his retrial, which began Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge R...
Nov 12, 2019
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children. The High Court of Australia said Wednesday t...
Nov 12, 2019
JUNEAU, Alaska - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she learned her husband was seeking a divorce in an email from his attorney. The revelation came in an interview released Tuesday with James Dobson...
Nov 12, 2019
LOS ANGELES - Robert De Niro will receive the Screen Actors Guild's life achievement award. The guild announced that De Niro will be the 56th recipient of its highest honour at its SAG Awards on Jan. ...
Nov 12, 2019