India has confirmed 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, half in the past two months, as the virulent delta variant infected hundreds of thousands daily.
Air Canada is seeking the dismissal of the U.S. Department of Transportation's US$25.5-million fine over the airline's alleged failure to provide prompt refunds after cancelling flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic dismissed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation on Friday that will require businesses to report their greenhouse gas emissions and has been described as Russia's first step towards carbon regulation to combat climate change.
The Boy Scouts of America have reached an $850-million US agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in what could prove to be a pivotal moment in the organization's bankruptcy case.
Driven by the delta variant, a new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across the African continent where new cases, hospital admissions and deaths are increasing.
A cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oahu in Hawaii on Friday morning, and both people on board have been rescued.
In an encouraging burst of hiring, America's employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months and a sign that companies may be having an easier time finding enough workers to fill open jobs.
Though most survivors of the condo collapse in Surfside, Fla., lived in parts of the building that remain standing, they have little hope of returning to reclaim clothing, computers, jewelry and sentimental possessions they left behind.
Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports, and it appeared headed eventually for Florida or the U.S. Gulf Coast.
On what would have been her 60th birthday, a statue of Princess Diana was unveiled by her sons at Kensington Palace. They appeared together, sparking speculation about the state of the rift between Prince William and Prince Harry.
The charges will do nothing to dissuade Donald Trump from running for president again if that's what he chooses to do. If that's all prosecutors have, it's a decidedly ho-hum finale to a years-long legal saga. But prosecutors and witnesses are dropping clues about more news coming.
While daily new COVID-19 cases are noe averaging in the single digits in Washington, the opioid crisis there is showing no sign of letting up, making outreach services increasingly vital.
Sailors have been stuck on shipping vessels for months after their contracts expired, and while the shipping industry blames COVID-19 protocols, the seafarers' union says more must be done to help them.
A long chapter in French colonial and post-colonial rule is drawing to a close as France looks to pull back troops fighting Islamist extremists in western Africa and other countries make their own power plays in the region, Don Murray writes.
