Gunmen opened fire at a Cancun beach resort on Thursday, killing two people in what Mexican state officials called a confrontation between rival drug dealers that witnesses said forced tourists and hotel staff to hide for several hours.
The selection of a nearly all-white jury to decide the fate of three Georgia men charged with the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, has forced concerns about racial fairness to the forefront of the case before the trial even begins.
In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations announced steps Thursday to wean themselves — at times slowly — off of the heavily polluting fossil fuel.
Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck's coronavirus antiviral, the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19. It is the first country to OK the treatment, although it was not immediately clear how quickly the pill would be available.
The woman in charge of weapons on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said Wednesday night that she had inspected the gun Baldwin shot, but doesn't know how a live bullet ended up inside.
Chinese authorities seem to have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by a Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official.
A spike in health-care spending during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to some serious financial challenges for provinces as they work to rebuild their health systems in the aftermath, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Urgent new efforts to calm Ethiopia's escalating war were unfolding Thursday as a U.S. special envoy visits and the president of neighbouring Kenya calls for an immediate cease-fire while the country marks a year of conflict.
COVID-19 deaths are rising in Russia — but vaccination rates aren't. Experts believe more transparent data and more trust would motivate more people to get the shot.
The U.S. central bank has begun to cut monetary stimulus as the economy continues to crank out jobs. But supply bottlenecks and the delta variant make predictions difficult.
