Three people died when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia's southern New South Wales state
At least six people have been shot in downtown Seattle , including one fatally.
As the U.S. continues to threaten other countries with retaliation if they proceed with a digital services tax, Canada's trade minister says the question of how to ensure profitable search engines, social media platforms and online retailers pay their fair share can only be tackled on a multilateral basis.
The head of Hallmark's media business is leaving the company after 11 years, just a month after its flagship Hallmark Channel faced an outcry over a decision to pull an ad with a lesbian couple kissing.
Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun tells reporters the U.S. planemaker expects to resume 737 Max production months before its forecasted mid-year return to service, adding it doesn't plan to suspend or cut its dividend.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built across U.S. land, federal officials say.
The lead Democratic prosecutor accuses U.S. President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate of setting up a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him win re-election next November.
Luigi Di Maio resigned as leader of Italy's co-governing Five-Star movement on Wednesday.
The District of Columbia is suing U.S. President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and two companies that control the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital, accusing them of throwing parties for the Trump family with non-profit funds, and overpaying for event space at the hotel.
A dengue fever outbreak that has affected thousands of Paraguayans in recent weeks has reached as far as the presidential palace, with the country's leader confirmed as having been struck by the disease.
Terry Jones, a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, has died at 77. He had been suffering from dementia.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose high tariffs on imports of cars from the European Union if the bloc doesn't agree to a trade deal.
Chinese health authorities are urging people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings after warning that a new viral illness infecting hundreds of people in the country and causing at least nine deaths could spread further
Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' phone and both the kingdom and the United States should investigate, a person familiar with the matter said.
As the coronavirus outbreak continues, key questions remain about the nature of the virus and how quickly and easily it can spread between people.
The crucial distinction between any other trial and the Senate's trial of Donald Trump: The verdict is effectively already in. So Republicans are dispensing with trial conventions and making their case in the court of public opinion.
