U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and signs that the vaccines' effectiveness is slipping.
R&B star R. Kelly is a predator who lured girls, boys and young women with his fame and dominated them physically, sexually and psychologically, a prosecutor said Wednesday, while a defence lawyer warned jurors they'll have to sift through lies from accusers with agendas to find the truth.
Pressure for a co-ordinated response to Haiti's deadly weekend earthquake mounted Wednesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble and the injured continued to arrive from remote areas in search of medical care. Aid was slowly trickling in to help the thousands who were left homeless.
The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed changing how asylum claims are handled, aiming to reduce a huge backlog of cases from the U.S.-Mexico border that has left people waiting years to find out whether they will be allowed to stay in America.
The former president and board chair of Purdue Pharma told a court Wednesday that he, his family and the company are not responsible for the opioid crisis in the United States.
The chaos that ensued following the hasty withdrawal of remaining U.S. forces from Afghanistan may have been prevented had President Joe Biden executed a more gradual and protracted pullout, military experts say.
CBC's Ellen Mauro visits a makeshift camp in Les Cayes, Haiti, where anger and frustration is growing among those displaced by the deadly earthquake last weekend.
The British government said it would take in 5,000 Afghan refugees this year, primarily women and children, as lawmakers packed Parliament Wednesday for a heated emergency debate on the U.K. response to the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan.
Disgraced singer R. Kelly will stand trial this week for sexual misconduct charges brought forth by federal prosecutors. With allegations against the pop star going back as far as the mid-90s, CBC News looks at a number of key moments in Kelly's case.
Zara Rutherford, a Belgian-British 19-year-old, took to the skies Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.
A fossil egg found by a Chinese farmer has turned out to have a rare surprise inside: A baby turtle nearly ready to hatch. For the first time, that’s allowed scientists to figure out what kind of ancient turtle laid that egg.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, whose state is engulfed in a fourth COVID surge, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, but so far has no symptoms of the illness, his office said.
Taliban soldiers riding in Afghan army vehicles visited apartments in Kabul on Tuesday, looking for former Afghan government staff and other Afghans who worked with international organizations, according to an eyewitness who spoke with CBC News.
More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official told Reuters on Wednesday, as efforts gathered pace to get people out after the Taliban seized the capital.
