U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence will deliver the marquee speech Wednesday night at the Republican convention, making the case for another four years for President Donald Trump and laying the foundation for his own potential White House run in 2024.
U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity said on Wednesday there has been no evidence to suggest foreign or nationwide efforts to undermine mail-in voting, despite several claims made by President Donald Trump.
Alaska state health data indicate Pacific Islanders and Alaska Natives are more likely to contract COVID-19 and be hospitalized with the illness.
FC Barcelona has confirmed that the Argentina great Lionel Messi has sent a note expressing his desire to leave. The announcement comes 11 days after Barcelona's humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The second night of the Republican convention featured a bit of unusual political theatre seemed designed to woo people of colour. But it also saw efforts placed on boosting Donald Trump's image among female voters, another demographic that could be a political vulnerability for the U.S. president this fall.
A prominent female Afghan film director who is also an actress and senior police officer was recovering from bullet wounds on Wednesday after unidentified gunmen shot her as she was being driven through the capital, Kabul, her husband said.
Brookfield Asset Management has named Mark Carney as vice-chair and head of ESG and impact fund investing.
Hurricane Laura is forecast to rapidly power up into a "catastrophic" Category 4 hurricane, even stronger than previously expected, as it churns toward Texas and Louisiana, swirling wind and water over much of the Gulf of Mexico.
Authorities on Tuesday arrested anti-government activist Ammon Bundy at the Idaho Statehouse after he refused to leave a meeting room where a few hours earlier angry protesters forced out lawmakers.
More than two million Indian students will sit for admission tests to medical and engineering schools next week, the government said on Wednesday, despite growing concern that the move could fuel a jump in coronavirus infections.
A third night of street protests over the police shooting of a Black man erupted into gun violence late Tuesday and early Wednesday in Kenosha, Wis., killing two people and wounding one, police said.
Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night was a triumph of redemption after her disastrous remarks at the 2016 convention, where she was accused of plagiarizing former first lady Michelle Obama.
