LONDON — A mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than SARS, doctors reported after in...
Water levels hit peak; at least 3 people dead
CALGARY, Alberta — At least three people were killed by floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta, leading author...
She reaches out to protesters
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff spoke about her generation’s struggles in battling a dictatorship during a prime-time ...
LUCKNOW, India — Rescuers Friday found 40 bodies floating in the River Ganges near a Hindu holy city hit by heavy monsoon flooding that has killed more than 200 people a...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis waded diplomatically into the gay marriage debate today, telling the Archbishop of Canterbury he wants to work together to promote family val...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis lamented that a “gay lobby” was at work at the Vatican in private remarks to the leadership of a Latin American church group which were publi...
Birth could help economy
LONDON — British officials are hoping that the impending royal birth will produce a bouncing baby buoy for the economy.
With the Duchess of Cambr...
LONDON — A British museum on Monday successfully recovered a German bomber that had been shot down over the English Channel during World War II.
The aircraft, nicknamed ...
BEIJING — Rising global food demand will push up prices 10 to 40 percent over the coming decade and governments need to boost investment to increase farm production, a f...
Leader to meet with Obama
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping meets his American counterpart, Barack Obama, this week after stops in the Caribbean and Latin America as the lea...
