US & Canada
US sprinter gets one-year ban for positive test
Tyson Gay, the U.S. record holder in the 100 meters, returned his 2012 London Olympics track and field silver medal for receiving ...World marks Press Freedom Day
Saturday is World Press Freedom Day, an annual observance established by the United Nations in 1993 to support freedom of expression.Protesters mark May Day across the globe
Labor and trade unions across much of the world organize demonstrations to mark International Workers\' Day on May 1.Oklahoma prison botches US inmate execution
Oklahoma halted the execution of a prison inmate due to problems with its lethal injection, but the man later died of an ...Senior US lawmaker blocks aid for Egyptian military
US senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Tuesday he would not approve sending funds ...NBA bans LA Clippers owner for life over racist comments
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments the league says ...Powerful tornadoes kill at least 18 in US
A strong storm system moving across the central and southern United States has spawned several tornadoes, killing at least 18 people in ...US and Philippines sign defence pact
Washington has signed a new defence agreement with the Philippines as US President Barack Obama landed in Manila as part of an ...US, EU impose sanctions on more Russian officials, firms
The U.S. and Europe have imposed sanctions on more than 60 Russian and Ukrainian individuals—many of them Russian executives and close Putin ...Egypt sentences 683 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.