G. Gordon Liddy, a brash former FBI agent who helped orchestrate the 1972 Watergate break-in, a crime that began the unravelling of Richard Nixon's presidency, died on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported. He was 90.
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justice Department over a former relationship but denied any criminal wrongdoing.
"We've heard people from our community reaching out to us, asking us to please do something, please protect them," says Senator Michelle Au. "And instead, they decided to pass a law that loosens gun restrictions."
Canada's vaccine advisory committee on Monday recommended suspending the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Canadians under 55 because of safety concerns. Here's what's happening with the vaccine in other countries.
The absence of traffic in one of Rome's busiest squares during the pandemic meant there was simply no need for traffic control. Now Romans hope the return of the city's iconic traffic "conductors" is a sign that things may soon start getting back normal.
The teenager who shot the viral video of a Minneapolis police officer forcing his knee onto the neck and back of George Floyd said she has stayed up at night apologizing to him for not doing more to help him.
Canada, the United States and 12 other countries expressed concerns Tuesday that the released World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement.
The United Nations urged international donors to pledge up to $10 billion US ($12.6 billion Cdn) on Tuesday to help Syrians fleeing a decade of civil war in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the need for humanitarian support has never been so great.
It appears that SpaceX just can't stick the landing. The launch of the latest Starship, which CEO Elon Musk hopes will take humans to the moon or Mars in the near future, once again ended in another explosion, though it's unclear what happened.
More than 20 heads of government and global agencies are calling for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say will protect future generations — but there are few details to explain how such an agreement might actually force countries to act more co-operatively.
China's top legislature approved amendments to Hong Kong's constitution on Tuesday that will give Beijing more control over the makeup of the city's legislature.
The suicide crisis among Indian farmers is deeply felt in the poorest districts in Punjab, which is often referred to as the country’s breadbasket, because of its rich soil and rice fields. Nearly every village here has had a string of suicides over the past few decades, but the problem is a national one, Salimah Shivji reports.
Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was freed as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways.
