OTTAWA – The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, Anthony Rota, stepped down from his post on Tuesday amid controversies over his invitation to a…
Finding solutions to ease the refugee crisis in the Middle East is back on the international agenda, following regional rapprochements that have taken place in…
Microsoft’s proposed $69-billion takeover of Activision Blizzard — the company behind Call of Duty and other popular online games — has received provisional approval from…
Japan’s record-low births last year caused a global stir, pointing to the problem relevant to a host of countries that despite extensive efforts, it is…
When Jimmy Carter, the oldest living US president, announced last month he was entering hospice care, he joined about 1.7 million people receiving this type…
BERLIN – Germany is set to lose up to 900 billion euros (960 billion US dollars) by 2050 due to climate change related damages to…
A LACK of decent roads and its towering, craggy mountains are leading Afghanistan to turn to an age-old mode of transport to ferry ballots to…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels must respond to the challenge presented by US green subsidies and swiftly push through a law…
SOMA, Japan — The puffer fish filling nets in Fukushima are a delicacy that can kill if wrongly prepared. But to a community devastated by…
Winemakers in Spain are working to identify grape vines more suitable to coping with rising temperatures, which have laid bare a crop that is particularly…