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The remnants of tropical depression Imelda unleashed torrential rain Thursday in parts of Texas, prompting hundreds of water rescues, a hospital evacuation and at least two deaths as the powerful storm system drew comparisons to Hurricane Harvey two years ago. Although the amount of predicted rainfall is massive — forecasters …

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Iran warned U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday against being dragged into all-out war in the Middle East following an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities that Washington and the Saudi kingdom blame on Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has described the weekend strike that initially halved Saudi …

Thousands of students took to the streets of Australia and other Asia-Pacific countries on Friday to kick off a global strike demanding world leaders who are gathering for a United Nations climate summit adopt urgent measures to stop an environmental catastrophe. “We didn’t light it, but we’re trying to fight …

Powerful winds from Hurricane Humberto began hitting Bermuda on Wednesday as the government urged people to stay off the streets during the British territory’s close brush with the powerful Category 3 storm. And another growing storm threatened tourist resorts along Mexico’s Pacific. Bermuda Gov. John Rankin called up 120 members …

A weakening global economy and continued trade fears — and emphatically, he said, not angry words from U.S. President Donald Trump — convinced U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates on Wednesday for the second time this summer. And for Canadians waiting for lower rates, those same …

The United Nations hopes the presence of hundreds of young people will motivate governments and corporations to take bold climate action when world leaders meet in New York City for the annual UN General Assembly next week. On Saturday, one day after thousands of people across the planet hold marches, …

The mysterious ailments experienced by some 40 Canadian and U.S. diplomats and their families while stationed in Cuba may have had nothing to do with sonic “attacks” identified in earlier studies. According to a new Canadian study, obtained by Radio-Canada’s investigative TV program Enquête, the cause could instead be neurotoxic …

The second in command of the largest labour organization in Canada attended a trade union conference in Syria last week and called for the end of sanctions against the country, which is run by an internationally condemned authoritarian regime. In an interview with the Venezuelan network Telesur, Donald Lafleur, the …

Saudi Arabia said it would show evidence on Wednesday linking regional rival Tehran to an unprecedented attack on its oil industry that Washington believes originated from Iran in a dangerous escalation of Middle East frictions. Tehran has denied involvement in the Sept. 14 attacks on oil plants, including the world’s …