Venezuelan military: the muscle behind Maduro
AFP | The latest developments in Venezuela's political crisis have dealt a severe blow to President Nicolas Maduro -- severe, but not fatal, for one...
Ex-diplomats, scholars urge China to release Canadians
AFP | A group of more than 100 former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the...
Death toll from Mexico fuel explosion rises to 85
AFP | The death toll from a fiery explosion in central Mexico rose to 85 on Sunday as authorities vowed to hold accountable those responsible...
Canada PM renews calls for Saudi blogger’s release
AFP | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renewed calls for the release of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi after meeting his wife on Friday, calling the issue...
China, Canada diplomatic row escalates with death sentence
AFP | A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa intensified on Tuesday as Canada warned its citizens of the risk of "arbitrary enforcement" of laws...
US govt. shutdown becomes longest in history
AFP | The United States government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats...
Canada takes in Saudi teen asylum seeker
AFP | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada was taking in an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and harnessed the...
Trump demands $5.7 bn for steel barrier on US-Mexico border
AFP | President Donald Trump demanded $5.7 billion to fund a wall on the US-Mexico border in his first televised Oval Office address Tuesday, describing...
Trump says build US-Mexico wall or he’ll seal border
AFP | President Donald Trump threatened Friday to seal the US-Mexico border "entirely" if Congress does not approve billions of dollars in funding for a...
The challenges facing Bolsonaro as he takes power in Brazil
AFP | Brazil's next president, Jair Bolsonaro, takes office next week with promises to radically change the path taken by Latin America's biggest country by...
Canada, US call for ‘immediate release’ of two Canadians held by China
AFP | Ottawa and Washington on Friday stepped up pressure on Beijing, calling for the immediate release of two Canadians detained in apparent retaliation for...
Americans have grown fatter, shorter since 1999: US data
AFP | Americans have got fatter over the past two decades, adding girth to their bellies and even growing fractionally shorter on average, according to...