Voters endured heat, pouring rain and waits as long as five hours on Tuesday to cast ballots in Georgia, raising concerns about state's ability to manage elections in November when the White House is at stake.
A top official with the World Health Organization has clarified statements that the spread of COVID-19 from people who do not show symptoms is “very rare,” amid backlash from experts who have questioned the claim.
Israel's Supreme Court struck down a law on Tuesday that had retroactively legalized about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday advanced an unfounded conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protester in Buffalo, N.Y., who was pushed down by police officers, tweeting without evidence that the confrontation may have been a "set up."
In a letter to the United States Congress, International Business Machines Corp. has disclosed it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software. The company is instead calling for new efforts to pursue justice and racial equity.
A little-known Indian information technology company offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 email accounts over a period of seven years.
Burundi's outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza has died, the government of the central African nation has announced in a statement posted on Twitter.
George Floyd, 46, will be laid to rest in a private service in Houston today, 15 days after he was killed when a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck. Floyd's death at the hands of police has sparked international protests and drawn new attention to the treatment of African Americans in the U.S. by police and the criminal justice system.
More statues of imperialist figures could be removed from Britain's streets, following the unauthorized felling of a monument to slave trader Edward Colston in the city of Bristol, the mayor of London said Tuesday.
Britain's government is backing away from plans to have all children return to primary school before the summer, even as the country moves to ease restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus. Here's what's happening around the world on Tuesday.
An Iranian who spied for U.S. and Israeli intelligence on slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani has been sentenced to death, Iran said on Tuesday, adding the case was not linked to Soleimani's killing earlier this year.
France's government announced €15 billion (around $22.7 billion Cdn) in rescue money on Tuesday for the pandemic-battered aerospace industry, including plane maker Airbus and national airline Air France.
It was two weeks ago that George Floyd was killed at the hands of Minneapolis police, sparking protests the world over. CBC News spoke to Floyd's former roommate about Floyd's life - and what he has achieved in death.
