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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to visit Canada soon: source
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning to visit Canada as soon as next week.
Canada won’t rush decision on F-35 deal amid U.S. trade tensions, defence minister says
Canada’s defence minister says the federal government is still assessing all available options as it weighs wh…
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to OK sweeping changes for mail ballots
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to give the US Postal Se…
Maria Bartiromo leaves Fox News after more than a decade; no reason specified
Politically influential financial journalist Maria Bartiromo has departed Fox News Media after more than a dec…
Iran war is not a war, U.S. VP Vance says
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said Thursday he would not categorize the Iran war as a war, despite continuing c…
Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of U.S. feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92
Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voice…
Court documents: Republican Missouri House candidate tried to have drugs planted on opponent
Federal court documents allege that a Republican candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives asked a n…
Venezuelans of all stripes are denouncing Trump's 'biggest oil deal ever'
U.S. President Donald Trump's oil deal with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez is being rejected by …
ICE whistleblower warned of ‘unprecedented lowering of standards’ for new hires
Agency has added thousands of new officers to carry out Trump’s mass deportation campaign
British police try to track down theft of 70,000 pints worth of Guinness stout
British police have a stout task ahead: recovering 70,000 pints worth of stolen Guinness. Two trailer truckloa…
Israeli minister presents plan to remove Gaza population
Speaking in the run-up to close-fought Israeli elections, he said the plan aimed to see the departure of 250,0…
Netanyahu says toppling Iran’s Islamic republic ‘within reach’
Netanyahu, after decades of describing Iran’s cleric-run state as an existential threat, in late February laun…
Man sentenced to 20 years over a 'Texas Killing Fields' case, decades after dozens of bodies found
A man convicted over a “Texas Killing Fields” death was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday in a rare tri…
Pentagon temporarily rescinds guidance on testosterone screening for U.S. troops
The detailed clinical guidelines had laid out separate testosterone deficiency screening paths for men and wom…
U.S. House passes bill to crack down on university boycotts of Israel
The Republican-majority chamber voted 237-169 in favor of the “Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act,” whi…
Iran strikes Kuwait in retaliation for U.S. bombardments, and other Mideast news
Iran fired at Kuwait Thursday, continuing its retaliation for U.S. bombardments earlier in the week. Meanwhile…
Russian drones struck Coca-Cola plant outside Kyiv, Zelenskyy says
Russian drones struck and damaged a Coca-Cola plant outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, Ukrainian…
Trump administration pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies
The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-ex…
Judge ends Lindsay Clancy trial for the day as jury foreperson says they're deadlocked over 1 juror
The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day o…
Canadian paper cup and bowl maker sees growing local demand amid tariffs
A Canadian paper cup and bowl manufacturer is seeing growing demand as tariffs prompt restaurants to seek out …
Billionaire Leon Black skips Epstein deposition and sues U.S. House panel over subpoenas
Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear for a sworn deposition before U.S. Congress on Thursday and …
Purple haze: Heat waves threaten lavender fields in France
Lavender industry faces a crisis, with more than half its farms at risk of bankruptcy because of climate chang…
A pregnant soldier mourns her 21-year-old husband at his funeral in Ukraine
A pregnant woman in a black dress stood at the head of her 21-year-old husband’s casket Tuesday in Kyiv, mourn…
Trump wants Europe to retroactively pay U.S. for past Ukraine aid
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would ask European nations to pay back the United States for m…
Robotaxi service debuts on London's busy streets as Europe weighs more self-driving vehicles
Uber and British tech company Wayve are launching London’s first self-driving taxi service, a technology that’…
Thieves in U.K. make off with two truckloads of Guinness
British police are trying to recover 70,000 pints worth of stolen Guinness.
N.S. woman says her family has lost hundreds of relatives, friends in Nepal floods
One N.S. resident says she has lost hundreds of relatives and friends after Nepal's deadly flash floods in her…
ICE officer charged with lying about shooting of Venezuelan in Minneapolis, source says
Christian Castro shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg during January’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis,…
Dozens missing, 5 dead after migrant boat is found drifting near Spain’s Canary Islands
At least five people died and dozens more were feared dead after a boat carrying West African migrants ran int…
Israel prepared to remove Palestinians from Gaza if U.S. approves, defence minister says
Israel is waiting for U.S. approval to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Defence Minister Israel Katz s…
Sister denies detained Ontario university student is Chinese spy
The sister of an Ontario university student arrested in an FBI counter-intelligence investigation has denied h…
Hikers describe intense rain and wind before floodwaters ravage Grand Canyon
It wasn’t long before muddy water came rushing down the creek. The sound was deafening as it crashed against t…
Russia to close German cultural centres as Moscow and Europe spar over Ukraine
Europe increasingly views itself as facing what it calls a hybrid war with Russia, marked by tools such as cyb…
A U.S. journalist sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for acting as China agent
The case is the latest in a series of federal prosecutions involving people accused of working for the Chinese…
U.S. Federal judge considers whether to extend ban against U.S. Postal Service mail voting changes
In June, she prohibited the administration from trying to implement Trump’s order for the November election, r…
U.S. probes Iran wedding strike as analysis suggests direct hit by American munition
Trump faces growing domestic pressure to end war ahead of crucial November midterm elections
A judge blocks Trump's new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent
A federal judge has blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship, gran…
USS Lincoln crew hits the streets of Thai beach city after lengthy Middle East deployment
Buses carrying crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier streamed into Thailand’s seaside resor…
Denmark passes compensation bill for thousands of Inuit in Greenland forced to get IUDs
Thousands of Inuit women in Greenland are now eligible for monetary compensation over a decades-long Danish bi…
U.S. federal judge considers extending ban against U.S. Postal Service mail voting changes
Hearing comes the day before North Carolina starts shipping its mail ballots to all voters who requested them