George Floyd's scuffle with police, along with Derek Chauvin's knee pressed into his neck, was too much for his underlying heart condition and caused the death of the 46-year-old Black man, the local county's chief medical officer told a Minneapolis court on Friday.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg criticized nations she said were unwilling to share vaccines with those that have little access to the drugs.
Some of the tugboats that helped free the Ever Given, one of the world's largest cargo ships, from the Suez Canal were designed in Vancouver. The architects who designed them explain how powerful these small vessels can be.
The rapper DMX has died, his family announced on Friday.
La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent explosively erupted on Friday morning, spreading ash across surrounding villages, the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre said.
Boeing has told 16 of its customers, including WestJet, to address a possible electrical issue in a group of its 737 Max aircraft before using them further.
British Columbia launched new strategies targeting workplace outbreaks of COVID-19 and screening for its variants as some called for more aggressive action.
With new variants pushing ICUs past their limits, experts are warning that Brazil's soaring COVID-19 infection rates have become a global public health threat.
