International

(Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has sealed a multi-billion dollar deal to finance nuclear power stations in Britain, crowning a visit that Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will unleash a wave of investment from the world's second…

CHICAGO (AP) -- Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys show. The trend reflects a cultural shift and increasingly permissive…

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden will not run for president in 2016, he said Wednesday, ending a months-long flirtation with a third White House campaign and setting him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long…

(BBC) - South African students who were marching to parliament in a protest over a rise in student fees have clashed with police. Police fired stun grenades as the protesters were trying to force their way into the parliamentary complex.…

(BBC) - Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau has confirmed he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. He informed US President Barack Obama of his decision hours…

(BBC) - Supporters of Canada's centrist Liberal Party are to hold a huge rally after a decisive election win that ends almost a decade of Conservative rule. Party leader Justin Trudeau, who will become prime minister, is due to address a…

(London) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hailed the "bright future" of closer relations with Britain, addressing lawmakers as part of a pomp-laden visit during which more than $46 billion of deals are expected to be signed.…

(Reuters) - Russian air strikes in Syria's Latakia province killed a rebel commander and four other fighters from a group armed by President Bashar al-Assad's foreign enemies, a spokesman for the group said on Tuesday. The attack on Monday…

Tegucigalpa, Honduras -- President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez joined National Geographic at an October 6th event at the Presidential Palace to highlight the amazing discoveries detailed in the organization's reporting on Ciudad…

Miami, USA -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations aircrews, working jointly with the US Coast Guard, have intercepted a drug-trafficking vessel loaded with more than 2,645 pounds of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea.…

Medford, Massachusetts (AP) -- Tufts University says it has rescinded an honorary doctor of arts degree it gave to Bill Cosby a decade and a half ago. The university's board of trustees says in a statement it decided to withdraw the honour…

Lausanne, Switzerland (AP) -- Michel Platini lost England's support for his FIFA presidential bid on Friday, signalling the first crack in the European unity behind the Frenchman that UEFA had sought to portray. The English Football…

New York, United States -- Antigua’s former ambassador to the United Nations (UN) is facing charges in the United States (US) for his alleged involvement in a US$1.3 million bribery scheme in which a former Antiguan prime minister has also…

Florida, United States -- The US Coast Guard has suspended the search for the more than 30 crew members who disappeared with their ship during Hurricane Joaquin a week ago. US Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air National Guard and tugboat…

Massachusetts, United States -- Scientists at Harvard University have used a gene-editing technique called CRISPR to remove potentially harmful DNA from pig cells, a critical step in making pig organs a better match for humans and safer for…