Australia's economic growth ground to a near halt in the second-half of 2018, official data showed on Wednesday, thrusting the issue to the front and centre of an already contentious general election campaign.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was dealt a fresh blow Monday when his budget minister resigned, the latest in a string of officials to quit amid allegations of government interference in a major fraud case.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday outlined his vision for Europe's future, urging reform of its passport-free Schengen area and setting up a new agency "for the protection of democracies" against cyber-attacks and fake news.
At President Donald Trump's direction, Washington intends to scrap the preferential trade status granted to India and Turkey, the US trade chief's office said on Monday.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meets Britain's negotiating team on Tuesday as both sides seek a breakthrough with just weeks to go before this month's ominous divorce deadline.
China's premier warned yesterday that the country faces a "tough struggle" as he unveiled tax cuts and other measures to prop up an economy expected to slow further this year.
An online survey by China Daily and 25 global media outlets found that China’s foreign policy was the top concern among global internet users.
Estonia's opposition liberal Reform party won Sunday's general election, outpacing centre-left Prime Minister Juri Ratas's party and a surging far-right buoyed by a backlash from mostly rural voters in the Baltic eurozone state.
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, has filed suit against Canadian authorities for violating her constitutional rights when she was arrested in Vancouver, her lawyers said on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a call for reconciliation with Italy following a diplomatic spat between the neighbours that saw Paris briefly recall its ambassador.
A tornado killed 14 people and caused "catastrophic" damage in the southern US state of Alabama on Sunday, local officials said.
President Donald Trump's ex-attorney will return to Congress next week for more testimony, US lawmakers said on Thursday, after three days of marathon appearances during which Michael Cohen accused his longtime boss of being a conman engaged in illegal activity.
Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the UN children's agency said today, including one of the world's richest nations, France.
US President Donald Trump sat down in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, with Fox News Channel right after he left the negotiations with Democratic People's North Korean Chairman Kim Yong Un yesterday with no deal signed.
Australia suffered its hottest summer on record from December through February and forecasts show the southern autumn will continue to be drier and warmer than average, the government said on Thursday.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed its first major gun safety measure in a quarter century, a landmark bill that would expand background checks to virtually all firearm sales.
Britain, France and the United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on the leader of a Pakistan-based Islamist group that claimed a suicide attack in Kashmir, diplomats said.
Pakistan said on Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in its airspace over disputed Kashmir, in a dramatic escalation of a confrontation that has ignited fears of an all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Indonesian rescuers scrambled yesterday to find dozens buried in the collapse of an illegal gold mine that killed at least three people, the disaster agency said.
Chicago voters went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor to tackle rampant gun violence, racial inequality and other pressing social problems in America’s third largest city.
