Category Archives: World

DURHAM, N.C. - The estate of a North Carolina woman decapitated by her teenage son is suing the doctor who released him from mental health care. The News & Observer reports the lawsuit filed last ...

New York City is announcing plans to create four new statues of women in an effort to address the gender imbalance in public monuments. The statues will honour jazz singer Billie Holiday as well as a ...

LOS ANGELES - WarnerMedia is investigating claims that Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara promised acting roles in exchange for sex as detailed in The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday. The arti...

NEW YORK - Annie Lennox has a sweet dream - that the world will embrace the term global feminism and continue to push for the advancement of women’s rights around the globe. The iconic singer an...

WASHINGTON - The nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization is honouring Christina Aguilera with its Ally for Equality award. The Human Rights Campaign announced Thursday the six-time Gram...

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has posted her first Instagram image. The media-savvy queen posted from the Science Museum Thursday to help promote the museum’s summer exhibition. Using an iPad, she...

WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grew at a rate of 1.9 per cent in the fourth quarter, a slight improvement over the third quarter. Labor costs rose 2 per cent, the strongest gain since the beginning of...

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank took unexpectedly quick action on Thursday to support a slowing economy, joining the U.S Federal Reserve and Chinese leadership in their attempts to counter worri...

CAIRO - An Egyptian actor known for his criticism of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s government said Thursday a military court has sentenced him in absentia to eight years in prison in two sep...

BANGKOK - A court in Thailand on Thursday ordered the dissolution of a major political party ahead of this month’s general election because it nominated a member of the royal family to be its ca...