US, Mexico, Canada agree on free trade pact to replace NAFTA
Canada and the US reached a deadline deal on a new free trade pact that will include Mexico, the governments announced late Sunday, after...
Two dead after typhoon batters Japan
Two people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that battered Japan over the weekend, officials said Monday, as the storm's aftermath brought travel...
Iran fires missiles at Syria ‘terrorists’ after deadly attack
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they launched a missile strike against a "terrorist" headquarters in Syria in retaliation for an attack that killed 24...
White House denies ‘micromanaging’ inquiry into high court pick
US President Donald Trump hit back Sunday at suggestions his administration is trying to "micromanage" the FBI investigation of controversial Supreme Court nominee Brett...
UN report spotlights government inaction on climate
Diplomats gathering in South Korea Monday will find themselves in the awkward position of vetting and validating a major UN scientific report that underscores...
US, Japanese pair win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy
Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research that has revolutionised the...
Death toll in Indonesia quake-tsunami tops 800
The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia leapt to 832 Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi...
China HIV/AIDS cases surge by 14%
The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in China has surged by 14 percent, with most cases transmitted through sex rather than blood transfusions,...
Poland’s Walesa turns 75 in emotional ceremony
Polish freedom hero Lech Walesa, shunned by the current right-wing government, on Saturday celebrated his 75th birthday and the 35th anniversary of his Nobel...
Brazilian women rally in force against presidential frontrunner Bolsonaro
Hundreds of thousands of women turned out for a wave of nationwide protests in Brazil on Saturday against the candidacy of the right-wing frontrunner...
