US & Canada
Three winners hit $1.6 bn US lottery jackpot
Three winning tickets shared a $1.6-billion bonanza in the US Powerball lottery on Wednesday, after millions of people tuned in to see ...Astronomers spot brightest supernova yet in distant galaxy
Astronomers have found a distant supernova, or exploded star, 20 times brighter than the Milky Way galaxy, according to research published on ...Iran released U.S. sailors in international waters
Iran released ten U.S. sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves ...Obama tells anxious US to embrace change
President Barack Obama told Americans nervous about terror and a changing economy that they should not fear the future, in a farewell ...Obama gives last State of the Union address
Barack Obama gives his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, perhaps the last opportunity of his presidency to sway a ...Mexico formally launches process to extradite Guzman to US
Mexico began the process of extraditing drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, two days after the famed fugitive ...Woman raped by five men in New York City park, police say
Five men took turns raping a woman in a Brooklyn park after forcing her father at gunpoint to flee the scene, New ...Sean Penn interview helped catch Mexican drug lord
A clandestine meeting between US actor Sean Penn and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Mexican jungle helped lead to the drug ...Canadian dollar hits lowest level since 2003
The Canadian dollar, weighed down by weak oil prices, fell Wednesday to its lowest level against the American currency since August 2003, ...Obama in tears as he unveils plan to cut gun violence
President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms ...




