A Russian icebreaker has made a successful supply run to exchange crew and deliver goods to an international expedition that's been adrift in the high Arctic for months trying to improve scientific understanding of climate change.
Manufacturers need to "urgently increase" their production of critical supplies like gowns and gloves as health-care workers around the world try to treat a growing number of patients infected with COVID-19, the World Health Organization's top official says.
Bonnie Holstad says she wasn't able to get any information about her sick husband until she marched down to the Washington senior facility at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak and stood outside the window with a sign.
Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November in violation of its deal with world powers, the UN atomic watchdog agency said Tuesday, raising questions about other undeclared nuclear materials.
The last patient being treated for Ebola in Congo was discharged on Tuesday, the World Health Organization said, bringing the 19-month-old outbreak closer than ever to an end.
Five Afghan police officers died in a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint near a copper mine on Tuesday, officials in the region said, a day after the insurgents decided to resume operations against local forces.
Search and rescue teams were out searching tornado-damaged structures for trapped or injured individuals, the Nashville Fire Department said. Earlier in the morning, the department had said it was responding to reports of approximately 40 collapses of structures around the city.
Wells Fargo & Co. has become the third major U.S. bank to announce it will not support financing for oil and gas projects in the Arctic.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday Turkey was breaching a 2016 agreement with the European Union on migration as he toured border areas with European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel.
In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizeable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.
Officials with the Arctic Winter Games say the risk is low, but they're taking all necessary precautions to avoid a COVID-19 outbreak at this year's event in Whitehorse.
China's social media platforms were either instructed or under pressure to block criticism of the government’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, Toronto-based cyber research group Citizen Lab says in a report.
Britain has unveiled its "battle plan" to tackle the spread of coronavirus, warning that as many as a fifth of employees could be off work at the peak of the outbreak.
Longtime MSNBC host Chris Matthews abruptly retired from his Hardball show on Monday, apologizing for making inappropriate comments about women and saying "a younger generation is ready to take the reins."
Seiko Hashimoto, Japan's Olympic minister, said Tuesday the contract to hold the Tokyo Games only specifies the event has to be held during 2020. She added it could be held later in the year and would not have to start on July 24 as planned.
Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria, where fighting has intensified in recent days, bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swath of Syria still held by rebels.
At least two tornadoes shredded buildings across the city of Nashville and central Tennessee early Tuesday, killing at least seven people. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency confirmed the preliminary death toll as first responders search the wreckage for injured people.
The campaigns of three candidates who have withdrawn from the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidency were important parts of the Dirtbag Left's strategy for electing Bernie Sanders. On Super Tuesday, the group's earlier excitement appears at best premature.
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The delayed response by the U.S. government to the coronavirus outbreak could have significant ramifications, including the number of people ultimately diagnosed as infected, and potential fatalities from the disease, some health policy experts say.
Many Canadian residents with U.S. citizenship could have problems with their banks and other financial institutions in coming months unless they provide them with a U.S. identification number, CBC News has learned. Experts say those who refuse or who can't could face fines or the risk of their bank accounts being closed.
California moved up its primary to Super Tuesday, giving the highly populated state a shot at increased relevance in the race for the Democratic Party to choose its presidential candidate.
