Shooting in Canada leaves a dozen wounded, police say

Forty-seven years ago, before her hair turned white and she had no need of a wheelchair to march around Argentina’s most iconic square, Nora Cortiñas made a promise to her son who disappeared: She would search for him until her last breath. Her commitment sums up the driving force of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, […]

North Korea criticized a meeting at Camp David among the United States, South Korea and Japan, as an “Asian version of NATO” and vowed to take “overwhelming and pre-emptive” action against the trilateral alliance, a senior defense official said. On Thursday, the same day North Korea failed to launch a spy satellite for the second […]

Marijuana campaigners in Germany lit celebratory joints on Monday as the country liberalized rules on cannabis to allow possession of small amounts. The German Cannabis Association, which campaigned for the new law, staged a “smoke-in” at Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate when the law took effect at midnight. Other public consumption events were scheduled throughout the […]