DETROIT (AP) — Mazda is recalling more than 262,000 SUVs and cars in the US to fix a software problem that could cause the engines to stall unexpectedly. The recall covers certain Mazda6 midsize sedans and CX-5 SUVs from the 2018 and...
LONDON (AP): A former British prime minister threatened on Wednesday to take Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson to court if he tries to suspend Parliament to deliver a UK departure from the European Union (EU) without a deal....
BERLIN (AP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s body shook visibly at a public event for the third time in less than a month on Wednesday, but the long-time leader insisted that there’s nothing to worry about. Merkel shook as she stood at a military...
ROME (AP): Hail the size of oranges has injured 18 people in an Italian Adriatic city, while a blaze in Sicily forced beachgoers to flee. The Italian news agency ANSA quoted Pescara hospital emergency room officials as saying that Wednesday’s...
LONDON (AP): Britain’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being made a diplomatic nobody by President Donald Trump following the leak of the envoy’s unflattering opinions about the US administration. Veteran diplomat Kim...
LONDON (AP) — A former British prime minister threatened Wednesday to take Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson to court if he tries to suspend Parliament to deliver a U.K. departure from the European Union without a deal....
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A county clerk in western New York has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law authorising driver’s licenses for immigrants who are in the country illegally. Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns’ challenge,...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Clinic says it has delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a dead donor. Uterine transplants have enabled more than a dozen women to give birth, usually with wombs donated from a...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Amazon can be sued over a defective product sold by one of its third-party vendors. A Pennsylvania woman sued after a retractable dog leash she bought online snapped and hit her four...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being made a diplomatic nobody by President Donald Trump following the leak of the envoy’s unflattering opinions about the U.S. administration. Kim...
MEXICO CITY (AP): President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said yesterday that only about 60 per cent of Mexico’s federal police are passing physical and background exams to join the new National Guard, despite the fact they’re considered the elite of...
FORT LAUDERDALE (AP): Financier Jeffrey Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast, challenging his underage sexual-abuse victims in a Florida court hours after he was indicted on sex-trafficking charges in a separate case...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Authorities in Canada say a carbon monoxide leak at a hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has sent 46 people to the hospital, with at least 15 of them in critical condition. John Lane is the chief of the Winnipeg Fire...
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — California lawmakers have sent Governor Gavin Newsom a measure setting new standards for when police can open fire. It would allow police to use deadly force only when it is necessary to defend against an...
PARIS (AP) — France will introduce a new charge on plane tickets from next year, with revenue used to fund environment-friendly alternatives, the country’s transport minister said Tuesday. The “ecotax” costing between 1.50...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump can’t ban critics from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the First Amendment calls for more speech, rather than less, on matters of public concern. The 2nd U.S....
LONDON (AP) — In a significant shift, Britain’s main opposition Labour Party says the government should hold a referendum on whether to leave the European Union or remain in the bloc. Leader Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will campaign...
CAIRO (AP) — The battle between rival militias for the Libyan capital has killed more than 1,000 people since it began in April, the U.N. said Tuesday, a grim milestone in a stalemated conflict partly fuelled by regional powers. Forces loyal...
CHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests legalising recreational marijuana for U.S. adults in some states may have slightly reduced teens’ odds of using pot. One reason may be that it’s harder and costlier for teens to buy marijuana...
GENEVA (AP): The UN’s human rights chief has challenged Trump administration policies and said she is “appalled” by the conditions facing detained migrants and refugees in the United States. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
TEHRAN (AP): Iran on Monday began enriching uranium to 4.5 per cent, just breaking the limit set by its nuclear deal with world powers, while it is still seeking a way for Europe to help it bypass US sanctions amid heightened tensions between...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Mandla Maseko, a South African man who had won the opportunity to become the first black African to go into space, has died in a motorcycle crash. He was 30. Maseko was killed in Pretoria over the weekend, according to a family...
LONDON (AP): The British government was hunting on Monday for the source of a leak of diplomatic cables from Britain’s ambassador in Washington that branded President Donald Trump’s administration “dysfunctional” and “inept.” British officials are...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Boeing’s campaign to restore the reputation of its best-selling plane after two deadly crashes suffered a blow with a Saudi airline cancelling an order worth up to $5.9 billion in favour of a European...
LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s prime minister says European Union leaders would feel a “great deal of reluctance” about giving Britain another delay to Brexit. Leo Varadkar said Monday that many EU countries felt “very...
