America

New York: The world's oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, a research group said. Jones'...

Brasilia: A majority of Brazil's Senate indicated on Thursday it will vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws, signalling...

Washington: Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit Republican lawmakers on Thursday, but instead of what is usually just a...

Washington: US Democratic White House candidate Hillary Clinton lost a nominating contest to Bernie Sanders in economically struggling West Virginia on...

Washington: Amazon.com Inc launched a service on Tuesday that allows users to post videos and earn royalties from them, setting up the world's biggest...

Fort McMurray (Alberta): Repair crews on Tuesday assessed wildfire damage to Fort McMurray after an initial inspection by officials showed the Canadian...

Washington/Tokyo: Barack Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima in Japan later this month, but he will not apologise for the...

Salmon (Idaho): North America's bison, a living emblem of the Western frontier that roamed the continent by the millions before being hunted to near...

New York: Five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to rising seas and erosion, a discovery thought to be the first scientific confirmation of the...

Mexico City: A Mexican judge has ruled that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman can be extradited to face charges in the United States, the...