Local residents stand next to a crater and a destroyed residential house following a missile strike in Kyiv region, on August 27, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia said it downed two Ukrainian drones flying over border regions on...
This combination of undated handout photographs created on August 27, 2023 and released by the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade on August 27, 2023, shows Ukrainian pilot Vyacheslav Minka, Sergiy Prokazin and Andrii Pilshchykov, better known by his call-sign "Juice", who were killed in a mid-air...
Community members load supplies onto to boats to move across Shuswap Lake for high alert and evacuated community areas that don’t have road access as the Bush Creek East fire continues to burn in Blind Bay, British Columbia, August 21, 2023. (Photo by Paige Taylor White / AFP) OTTAWA, Canada --...
Covid-19 vaccine shots(Photo by Hannah Beier/Bloomberg) President Joe Biden said the White House would request additional money from Congress to fund the next round of coronavirus vaccine shots. Biden told reporters that he signed off on a proposal Friday morning that would be sent to lawmakers...
Justin Trudeau on Aug. 25. Photo by Jimmy Jeong/Bloomberg Group of Seven leaders understand that the war in Ukraine may be lengthy but are prepared to support the country for as long as it takes, Canada’s prime minister said in an interview. “We’ve always known this was going to be a long...
MONTREAL, Canada -- The Canadian environment minister was traveling Saturday to Beijing for talks on climate change and biodiversity, the first visit there by a Canadian minister in four years. Steve Guilbeault will take part in three days of talks starting Monday at the annual assembly of the...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has allowed citizens stranded abroad by its strict Covid curbs to return home, state media reported Sunday, as the country moves towards a full reopening after three years of pandemic isolation. The country had sealed its borders since early 2020 to protect itself...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A white man driven by racial hatred shot dead three Black people in a Florida discount store Saturday before taking his own life after a standoff with police, authorities said. "He targeted a certain group of people and that's Black people. That's what he said he wanted...
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a press conference with Greek Prime Minister (unseen) at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on August 25, 2023. (Photo by Spyros BAKALIS / AFP) NEW DELHI, India -- India's budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own...
Loch Ness -- considered the most voluminous lake in the United Kingdom -- is located in the Scotland Highlands. (Photo from VisitScotland website) DRUMNADROCHIT, United Kingdom -- The biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in five decades takes place in the Scottish Highlands Saturday, as...
Pope Francis (Photo from AFP) VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis on Saturday denounced "disinformation" and fake news spread in an effort to influence public opinion as journalism's principal offence. "Disinformation is the first of the sins, the mistakes -- let's say -- of journalism,"...
LUCKNOW, India -- Indian authorities vowed Saturday to take action after a primary school teacher ordered her pupils to take turns slapping a Muslim classmate, with footage of the incident stoking outrage online. Rights groups say hate crimes and violence against India's large Muslim minority have...
