Dozens of people were injured, some seriously, in a stampede at a Jewish religious gathering in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people, Israel's main rescue service said early Friday.
Brazil on Thursday became the second country to officially top 400,000 COVID-19 deaths, losing another 100,000 lives in just one month, as some health experts warn there may be gruesome days ahead when the Southern Hemisphere enters winter.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said early Friday that the main factions have agreed to delay the first elections planned in 15 years, citing a dispute with Israel over voting in east Jerusalem. The Islamic militant group Hamas slammed the move as a "coup."
Los Angeles police say the woman who returned Lady Gaga's stolen French bulldogs was among five people arrested in connection with the theft and shooting of the music superstar's dog walker.
Pope Francis set a 40-euro ($60) gift cap for all Vatican employees Thursday and issued a new law requiring Vatican cardinals and managers to periodically report on their compliance with clean financial practices in one of his biggest efforts yet to crack down on corruption in the Holy See.
Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. Money toward buying an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation's slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves.
A town in northern Portugal opened a 516-metre-long pedestrian suspension bridge on Thursday, an attraction that locals hope will help draw visitors to the region in the years to come.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in the United States, a win for anti-tobacco and civil rights groups, and a move that could erase a huge chunk of sales for cigarette manufacturers.
Powered by consumers, the U.S. economy grew at a brisk 6.4 per cent annual rate last quarter — a show of strength fuelled by government aid and declining viral cases that could drive further gains as the country rebounds with unusual speed from the pandemic recession.
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "naked, thieving king" on Thursday in a courtroom video link from prison, his first public appearance since ending a hunger strike last week.
China launched an unmanned module on Thursday containing what will become living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media reported.
Alberta is ratcheting up the fight in two COVID-19 hot spots by expanding age eligibility for vaccines and directing delivery of more doses.
Joe Biden’s first presidential speech to the U.S. Congress was a call to reverse the legacy of a speech given in that same chamber exactly 40 years earlier. On April 28, 1981, another first-year president, Ronald Reagan, proposed slashing government. Whether Biden succeeds depends on finding one key ingredient Reagan had.
As Indians scramble to secure oxygen and public health experts warn infections aren't likely to fall much over the next few weeks, India's devastating second wave is being blamed on several factors, including mass gatherings and a relaxation of public health guidelines.
