Dozens of well-known leaders in Jamaica including professors and politicians are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare for a trip to the former British colony that coincides with the 60th anniversary of Jamaica's independence.
The creators of the popular online video game Fortnite have raised more than $36 million US in a single day, after promising to send all the money raised from sales of a new version of the game to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, a declaration intended to both generate international pressure and lay the groundwork for potential legal action.
Hong Kong's leader says the city will lift flight bans on nine countries including Canada and the U.S. as of April 1 and reduce quarantine time for travellers arriving in the city as coronavirus infections plateau.
Kanye West was told Friday that he is not allowed to perform at the Grammys this year, a representative for the musician has confirmed to The Associated Press.
British Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said on Monday she should not have been left detained in Iran for six years and questioned why Britain had failed to get her home before her return last week.
The U.S. Senate's judiciary committee will begin historic confirmation hearings on Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
A China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said.
