OTTAWA, Canada - A third of Canada's public servants set up pickets at hundreds of sites across the country Wednesday demanding cost-of-living raises and telework flexibility in one of the largest strikes in the nation's history. After months of negotiating with Prime Minister...
BEIJING, China- Chinese authorities said on Wednesday they had detained a dozen people over a hospital fire in Beijing that left at least 29 dead and forced desperate survivors to jump out of windows to escape. The blaze, which broke out on Tuesday afternoon at the Changfeng...
BOSTON, United States - Robert Kennedy Jr, a noted anti-vaccine advocate whose uncle "JFK" was the 35th US president, formally announced his own White House bid on Wednesday. The 69-year-old outsider intends to compete for the Democratic Party's nomination against...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The UN has formally expressed its "concern" to the United States after press reports revealed surveillance of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's communications, his spokesman said Tuesday, denouncing actions "inconsistent with (US)...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Thousands of residents fled from Sudan's capital where witnesses reported bodies in the streets and embassies said more than 270 civilians had been killed in battles between the army and paramilitaries by Thursday, with no end in sight. "Life in Khartoum is impossible if this...
LLANDUDNO , United Kingdom - A ceremonial silver cross containing shards said by the Vatican to be from the cross used to crucify Jesus Christ was blessed on Wednesday, before its use in King Charles III's coronation early next month. Pope Francis gave the two fragments...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan is preparing to evacuate its countrymen from Sudan, the government said Wednesday, the first nation to publicly announce plans to pull its citizens from the conflict-hit country. Violence between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries has killed around 200 people since a...
MOSCOW, Russia - Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin on Wednesday lost an appeal against what his supporters say was a politically motivated decision to jail him for eight and a half years for criticising Moscow's assault on Ukraine. The former Moscow councillor's appeal was rejected as authorities take a...
PARIS, France - Just metres from a busy train station in the heart of Paris, scientists have uncovered 50 graves in an ancient necropolis which offer a rare glimpse of life in the French capital's precursor Lutetia nearly 2000 years ago. Somehow the buried necropolis was never stumbled upon during...
VIGO, Spain - Spain's disgraced former king Juan Carlos returned home on Wednesday for the second time since he moved to Abu Dhabi in 2020 amid fraud investigations. The 85-year-old arrived in Vigo in northwestern Spain on a private jet from London, where he attended Real Madrid's 2-0 win over...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Wednesday warned South Korea against sending weapons to Ukraine after Seoul opened the door to possible military aid to Kyiv in the event of a large-scale civilian attack. An ally of Washington, Seoul has provided non-lethal and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, but...
KANO, Nigeria - Eight Nigerian schoolgirls have escaped from kidnappers in northwest Kaduna State two weeks after they were abducted on their way to school, a government official said. The students of Government Secondary School Awon in Kachia district were seized on April 3 in the latest...
