U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday turned into a scattershot defence of his administration's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, veering into political score-settling, exaggerations and talk harking back to his impeachment.
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney will be replaced by Republican representative Mark Meadows, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday.
Tiina Jauhiainen, a Finnish national and former fitness instructor, spoke to CBC News and Reuters about how she become embroiled in a saga involving a Dubai princess that took her to the Philippines, the Arabian Sea and a British courtroom.
Dozens of Hachette Book Group employees staged a walk-out in protest on Thursday, in the wake of controversy surrounding the publishing company's upcoming release of Woody Allen's memoir.
Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of a French cardinal who was convicted and then acquitted of covering up for a pedophile priest in a case that fuelled a reckoning over clergy sexual abuse in France.
R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors said more charges alleging yet another victim are upcoming.
The OPEC oil cartel is calling for a deep production cut to keep crude prices from falling further as disruption to global business from the coronavirus slashes demand from air travel and industry.
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus charged toward 100,000 Friday, with the global scare upending routines, threatening livelihoods and prompting quarantines.
Gunmen killed at least 27 people and wounded 29 more in Afghanistan's capital on Friday at a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shia leader, officials said.
Greek authorities used tear gas and a water cannon to repulse an attempt by migrants to push through the border from Turkey Friday morning, while Turkish authorities fired volleys of tear gas onto the Greek side of the frontier.
