A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Friday evening he would not leave his position, hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him.
A federal U.S. judge on Friday approved a $58 billion US plan by the nation's largest utility to end a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after Pacific Gas and Electric's outdated equipment ignited deadly wildfires in California.
Canada's largest movie exhibitor confirmed on Friday that despite a mandatory face mask policy being introduced at a number of major U.S. theatre chains, it intended to stick with guidance from Canadian health authorities on masks.
The mayor of Louisville, Ky., said Friday that one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor during a raid in March will be fired.
U.S. President Donald Trump does not like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and once personally instructed his staff to attack him in television interviews, former White House official John Bolton alleges in his new book.
The Philadelphia Phillies on Friday confirmed that five players and three staff members working at the club's facility in Clearwater, Fla., tested positive for the coronavirus.
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday condemned discriminatory and violent policing that led to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month, and ordered a report be drawn up on "systemic racism" against people of African descent.
A mysterious 68-million-year-old fossil found on Seymour Island off Antarctica's coast that looked like a deflated football has turned out to be a unique find — the second-largest egg on record and one that may have belonged to a huge marine reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs.
With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.
Ian Holm, the acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in Chariots of Fire, The Lord of the Rings films and Alien, has died. He was 88.
India reported a record daily jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases on Friday as the southern city of Chennai locked down following fresh outbreaks there.
An abandoned bus in the Alaska backcountry, popularized by the book and movie Into the Wild, and which has long attracted adventurers to a remote area, was removed Thursday, state officials said.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday accepted the resignation of his point man on North Korea, who had asked to quit after the North destroyed a liaison office while ramping up pressure against Seoul amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the U.S.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors, which includes Canada, called on Iran on Friday to stop denying the agency access to two suspected former sites and to co-operate fully, diplomats attending the meeting said.
Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is dropping out of the running to be U.S. vice-president, and urging Democrat Joe Biden to select a woman of colour instead.
Here's what's happening with COVID-19 around the world on Friday as coronavirus case numbers top 8.5 million.
Chinese prosecutors charged two detained Canadians with spying Friday in an apparent bid to step up pressure on Canada to drop a U.S. extradition request for a Huawei executive under house arrest in Vancouver.
The forthcoming tell-all book from former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton will likely not rattle Donald Trump's base of supporters. But the problem for the U.S. president is that there aren't enough of those voters to guarantee his re-election in November. He needs swing voters.
This year, Juneteenth has been brought to the forefront, due in large part to the recent killings of Black Americans, the ensuing anti-racism protests and a Trump campaign rally initially planned for the date that drew outrage and was ultimately rescheduled. Here's the history behind the holiday.
