'Violent' attack by protesters at Canadian pipeline worksite
Canadian police said Friday they were investigating a "violent confrontation" at a gas pipeline construction site in the western province of British Columbia.
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'Scenes of war' amid search for victims of Brazil floods
An increasingly desperate search was under way Friday for people buried by a deluge of mud that swept through the Brazilian city of Petropolis leaving what resembled "scenes of war" according to President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Seven dead as Storm Eunice batters Europe
Storm Eunice killed at least seven people in Europe on Friday, pummelling Britain with record-breaking winds and forcing millions to take shelter as it disrupted flights, trains and ferries across Western Europe.
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Fed formally adopts investment rules for officials after outcry
Top officials at the US Federal Reserve will be banned from holding individual stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and certain other investments under new rules adopted Friday, after controversial trading activity led to high-profile resignations last year.
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Street styles, neon kick off London Fashion Week
Fashionistas braved gale-force winds in London on Friday to attend the first Fashion Week shows, with a schedule dominated by up-and-coming young designers.
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NY Fed president sees no need for 'big' rate hike in March
With high inflation hitting the US economy, it is time for the central bank to raise the benchmark borrowing rate, but there is no reason for a "big" early move, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday.
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Israeli police scatter Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem
Israeli police on horseback scattered protesters Friday in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where demonstrators poured in to support Palestinians facing eviction by Jewish settlers.
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Six dead as Storm Eunice batters Europe
Storm Eunice killed at least six people in Europe on Friday, pummelling Britain with record-breaking winds and forcing millions to take shelter as it disrupted flights, trains and ferries across Western Europe.
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US military aims to reassure rattled eastern NATO allies
At the Powidz base in Poland, US soldiers said they hoped the growing US presence in a key NATO ally bordering Ukraine would reassure the region as a whole amid security tensions with Russia.
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Pitt sues Jolie over sale of French vineyard where they married
Brad Pitt is suing Angelina Jolie for selling her share of the French vineyard where they got married.
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