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...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A former Iraqi religious official convicted of corruption has escaped police custody, prompting the arrest of more than two dozen officers suspected of helping him flee, the government said Wednesday. Saad Qambash was once head of Iraq's Sunni Waqf, the state body overseeing...
A five-year-old Filipino-American died after members of a gang shot at the vehicle she and her family were riding in, mistaking it for their rival gang's car, in Fremont, California. In a CBC report, California Highway Patrol Capt. Ezery Beauchamp said the victim, Eliyanah Crisostomo, and her family...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization voiced concern Tuesday at courts limiting the right of women to access safe abortion services, following fresh legal manoeuvres in the United States. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said restricting access to safe abortion methods...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned the Covid pandemic was still volatile, saying there could be further trouble before the virus settles into a predictable pattern. In the last 28 days, more than 23,000 deaths and three million new cases have been reported...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met troops in a frontline town Tuesday, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin visited occupied zones as Kyiv builds up to an expected counteroffensive. While 45-year-old Zelensky spoke with soldiers in the heavily...
NEW YORK, United States- At least one person died and four were rushed to hospital after a multi-story parking garage in New York City collapsed on Tuesday, emergency responders said. Aerial video footage circulating on social media showed cars piled on top of one another in a...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Explosions shook Sudan's capital Tuesday evening despite claims of a ceasefire on the fourth day of fighting that has killed nearly 200. A weeks-long power struggle erupted into battles Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief...
LONDRES, United Kingdom -Â Move over Coronation Chicken, there's a new culinary concoction with UK royal approval for the crowning of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla -- "Coronation Quiche". Â Seven decades after the lightly curried chicken dish was created for Queen Elizabeth II's...
