OTTAWA- A study commissioned by Quebec's teachers union released on Thursday found that students in Canada's French-speaking province are increasingly choosing to study in English in hopes of landing...

WASHINGTON- The United States on Wednesday threw its support behind Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri as it searched for a next move after Hezbollah toppled his government during a White House...

PARIS- One of the world's top wine magazines, Revue du Vin de France, plans to launch a monthly Chinese-language edition in the spring, the Marie Claire publishing group revealed on Wednesday....

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama will meet Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday to discuss, among other matters, a UN probe into the murder of his father and ex-premier Rafiq...

PORT-LOUIS- An Irish beauty queen and daughter of a high-profile sports personality was strangled in her hotel room on honeymoon in Mauritius, rocking its high-end tourism industry and sparking a...

KHARTOUM, Simon Martelli- Adored nationwide, Sudanese musical icon and former exile Mohammed Wardi, who hails from the Nubian north and has sung about unity for decades, says he will be saddened to...

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- NASA has spotted a tiny, rocky planet about the size of Earth doing a speedy orbit of a star outside our solar system, but its scorching temperatures are too hot for life,...

JUBA, Peter Martell- Vast crowds of jubilant south Sudanese voted on Sunday in a landmark referendum expected to create the world's newest state, forcing many polling stations to stay open late into...

TUCSON, Shaun Tandon- The US congresswoman shot in the head by a would-be assassin during a shooting spree at an Arizona political event is in a critical condition but showing positive signs, medics...