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OTTAWA - Voluntary speed restrictions in place for vessels passing through the Cabot Strait don't go far enough to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, according to a newly released report....

BARCELONA, Spain - The imprisonment of a rap artist for his music praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage this week in the southern Euro...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX's first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...

LONDON - U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is setting out a road map on Monday for lifting one of Europe's strictest national lockdowns - but the millions of Britons longing for a haircut or an evenin...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says he will withdraw a legal petition that sought to overturn the victory of President Yoweri Museveni in last month's presidential election. Win...

LONDON - Researchers in Scotland say its COVID-19 vaccination program has led to a sharp drop in hospitalizations. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Strathclyde and Public...

BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 19 more officials in Venezuela accused of undermining democracy or rights abuses in the crisis-torn South American country. EU foreign mini...

BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers on Monday will look at options for imposing fresh sanctions against Russia over the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as the 27-nation bloc consi...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and other government officials received COVID-19 vaccines on Monday as the city begins its inoculation program. Lam and city's health minister Sophia Chan were among the fi...

BEKASI, Indonesia - Thousands of residents are being evacuated on the outskirts of Indonesia's capital amid flooding after the Citarum River embankment broke, officials said Monday. Bekasi district in...