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NEW YORK - When the Met Gala returns in September, it will feature a starry contingent of celebrity co-chairs: Actor Timothe Chalamet, musician Billie Eilish, poet Amanda Gorman and tennis star Naomi ...

TUPELO, Miss. - Multiple tornadoes were reported across Mississippi on Sunday, causing some damage but no immediate word of injuries. A line of severe storms rolled through the state Sunday afternoon ...

HALIFAX - The leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative party has issued a statement saying Donald Cameron, the province's 22nd premier, has died. Tory Leader Tim Houston described Cameron as a...

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II stressed the need for "reconciliation, equality and mutual understanding" as she sent her "warmest best wishes" to the people of Northern Ireland on Monday to mark what is ...

ISLAMABAD - The media is facing growing censorship, attacks and harassment in Pakistan that are threatening freedom of the press, a committee of journalists said Monday. The government said there are ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh - A speedboat carrying about 30 passengers overturned after hitting a sand-laden cargo boat in a Bangladeshi river on Monday, leaving at least 26 people dead, an official said. The s...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican boxer Flix Verdejo turned himself in to federal agents Sunday night just hours to face federal charges after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as his...

TOKYO - Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they're already near the breaking point dealing...

MOSCOW - While at the Park House shopping mall in northern Moscow, Vladimir Makarov saw it was offering the coronavirus vaccine to customers, so he asked how long it would take. "It turned out it's si...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took a tougher stance on China's human rights record Monday by saying it was getting harder to reconcile differences as China's role...