‘Democracy now’: Protesters at Hong Kong airport
Demonstrators crowded the arrivals hall at Hong Kong airport on Friday, handing out anti-government leaflets and waving banners in a dozen languages in a bid...
Trump calls for meaningful background checks
President Trump told reporters Friday that he wants to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, insisting “sick” minds pull firearm triggers,...
At least 10 dead, dozens missing after landslide in southern Myanmar
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens are missing after...
New blasts hit Siberia ammunition dump during cleanup from earlier explosions
New blasts tore through a Siberian ammunition dump on Friday during a clean-up operation, four days after it was destroyed by explosions that forced thousands...
Canadian right-wing party calls for end to ‘official multiculturalism’
An upstart Canadian right-wing political party announced on Friday that “ending official multiculturalism and preserving Canadian values and culture” will be part of its platform...
Floods kill at least 28 in southern India, displace thousands
At least 28 people have died in the southern Indian state of Kerala after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooding that cut off some...
Hollywood star Gere visits stranded migrants on Open Arms ship
American actor Richard Gere on Friday visited 121 migrants stranded for the past week on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, as the European Union’s...
Canada enacts drug price crackdown, in blow to pharmaceutical industry
The Canadian government on Friday announced final regulations to reduce patented drug prices it said would save Canadians C$13.2 billion ($10 billion) over a decade,...
Britain will spend ‘whatever it takes’ on no deal: Gove
Britain will spend “whatever it takes” before its departure date from the European Union to prepare for the possibility of leaving without a divorce deal,...
Russian protesters hurt in police crackdown seek redress in courts
Bruised Russian teenager Alexander Kostyuk spent three days in hospital being treated for concussion he said he sustained on Aug. 3 when four policemen beat...