Romaine lettuce has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli in the US and Canada, health officials say.

Brazil’s president-elect is appointing a pro-market reformer to lead the state oil company Petrobras.

The U.N. culture and education agency is teaming up with the World Jewish Congress to launch a website to counter Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.

BEIJING – Beijing’s municipal government will assign citizens and firms “personal trustworthiness points” by 2021, state media reported on Tuesday, pioneering China’s controversial plan for a “social credit” system to monitor citizens and businesses.

MANILA – Philippine opposition senators have demanded President Rodrigo Duterte reveal details of joint energy exploration plans with China, warning such a deal risked affirming Chinese territorial claims that are not recognized under international law.

BUCHAREST – A painting believed to be “Tête d’Arlequin” by Pablo Picasso stolen in 2012 from Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum has turned up in Romania, prosecutors said on Sunday.

The man nicknamed “the Indiana Jones of the art world” has done it again – this time tracking down a precious sixth-Century mosaic stolen from Cyprus.

Hong Kong protest leaders who went on trial Monday for spearheading pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014 say their prosecution threatens the future of civil rights in the territory, where fears have grown of Beijing’s growing influence.

French president tells German parliament that Europe has a duty to guide world on road to peace

Northern California’s air quality has become the worst in the world, according to monitoring groups, as the state battles devastating fires.