Half of the world's wild animals have been lost in the past 40 years because of habitat destruction, hunting and deforestation, according to a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The Living Planet report found that populations of mammals, birds, ...

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy stalled in July, after six consecutive monthly gains, as growth in manufacturing and the public sector was offset by declines in energy and utilities output. The Canadian dollar weakened to a session low against the ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately take steps to assure that independent investigators have free and unimpeded access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was ...

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London, England (SportsNetwork.com) - Rising stars Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard will meet in the semifinals at Wimbledon after winning quarterfinal matches in straight sets on Wednesday. The third-seeded French Open runner-up Halep, who ...

London, England (SportsNetwork.com) - Rising stars Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard will meet in the semifinals at Wimbledon after winning quarterfinal matches in straight sets Wednesday. The third-seeded French Open runner-up Halep won the last ...

Transformers: Age of Extinction Two and a half stars out of five. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Raynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci Directed by: Michael Bay Running time: 165 minutes. Michael Bay likes big trucks. A lot. To say anything more ...

MONCTON, N.B. — What a fine, tough example Helene Rousseau and her big, warm family set the other day from Victoriaville, Que. The mother of slain RCMP Const. Dave Ross and his step-siblings held a news conference in the town about 130 kilometres ...

When Eugenie Bouchard steps onto the court Thursday to face Maria Sharapova in the French Open semifinals, there will be a tremendous worldwide audience because of what her Russian opponent has done in a long and competitive career. What many of ...

When Eugenie Bouchard steps onto the court Thursday to face Maria Sharapova in the French Open semifinals, there will be a tremendous worldwide audience because of what her Russian opponent has done in a long and competitive career. What many of ...

When Eugenie Bouchard steps onto the court Thursday to face Maria Sharapova in the French Open semifinals, there will be a tremendous worldwide audience because of what her Russian opponent has done in a long and competitive career. What many of ...

Bill Clinton looked anything but happy as he strode into the Savoy Baur en Ville hotel in Zurich in December 2010. The receptionists could tell he was irritated, but had no idea just how angry he was. After closing the door to his suite, he reached for an ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The head of the company that owns a South Korean ferry that sank and left more than 300 people dead or missing was formally arrested Friday as authorities worried he may destroy evidence, officials said. Kim Han-sik, president of ...

A crippling disease that had almost been eradicated is on the move prompting the World Health Organization to declare the spread of polio an international public health emergency. Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria pose the greatest risk of exporting the ...

JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN — When South Africans line up on May 7 to vote in their fifth election since the end of apartheid, 20- year-old Tshepo Mangwele and most of his contemporaries probably won't be joining them. “Standing in a line and placing ...

Millions in St. Peter's Square in Rome and millions more by television around the world were set to witness a historic sight today: the canonization of two popes at the same time. Planning to stay up late for the three-hour Mass and ceremony scheduled for ...

Afghanistan's enduring poverty and corruption have allowed the Taliban to make inroads nearly 13 years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted them from power. The militants vow to disrupt Saturday's nationwide elections with violence, and recent high-profile ...

Geneva, Switzerland (SportsNetwork.com) - A powerful Swiss team and visiting Kazakhstan are tied at 1-1 following Friday's opening singles rubbers in a best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal in Geneva. The great Roger Federer won the Day 1 nightcap after the ...

A top Palestinian official says the Palestinians have not abandoned U.S.-led efforts to reach a peace deal with Israel, despite renewing a campaign to win international recognition of an independent state of Palestine. Fed up with a lack of progress in peace ...

ARLINGTON, Wash. - The official death toll from Washington state's mudslide has increased to 28, and the Snohomish County medical examiner's office says 22 of those victims have been identified. That's up from 27 dead with 19 identified on Tuesday ...