Canadian World News

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
'Light also exists': Some Cubans see hope in the darkness of the moment
The U.S. oil blockade has pushed Cuba into a third month of energy crisis, deepening daily hardship in a country already strained by crumbling infrastructure. But amid the darkness, some Cubans still see hope for a better future.

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:37 EST
Pakistan offers to host 'meaningful talks' as threat of U.S. ground assault in Iran looms

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:34:16 EDT
Anger over Iran war adds fuel to anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests across U.S.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Amid Iran conflict, combative neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan try to stay above the fray
Armenia and Azerbaijan, both of which border Iran to its north, have seen their fair share of conflict. The current war around Iran has drawn in Arab Gulf states — and these two neighbours may not be able to avoid becoming involved, too.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:34:58 EDT
North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting U.S.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed a test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine and hailed it as a development to boost the country's strategic military capability, state media reported Sunday.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:42:43 EDT
Pro-Palestine European Parliament member Rima Hassan says she was denied entry to Canada
A French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament says she was denied entry into Canada only days before she was scheduled to participate in conferences in Montreal. Rima Hassan wrote online that she was "prevented" from coming to Canada in what...

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Air traffic controller’s 'I messed up' highlights human limits — but experts urge caution
The comment, captured on live air traffic control audio, has quickly become one of the most haunting elements of the crash that killed two Canadian pilots and injured dozens more. But aviation experts warn the remark risks oversimplifying what is pot...

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
What happens after communism? Cubans face huge challenges, big decisions
Cuba appears to be tottering toward some kind of political transition. Some Cubans are concerned that the residents own nothing and are too impoverished to take over the few functioning businesses on the island, while there is a large and wealthy dia...

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Were 2 enough? Experts question number of air traffic controllers during LaGuardia midnight shift
Following the deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck on the runway at New York City's LaGuardia airport last week, concerns have been raised about whether there was adequate air traffic control staffing that night.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:45:28 EDT
'We will be fighting': Indian transgender activist says as new bill strips right to self-identify
Seven years after India adopted legislation to protect transgender people, it has passed new amendments to scale back those rights.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:57:52 EDT
U.S. lawmakers demand answers after Canadian man says border officers made him give DNA sample
American lawmakers are demanding answers from the Trump administration after a Canadian man says U.S. customs officers held him for three hours and forced him to provide a DNA sample before sending him home.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:18:20 EDT
Tiger Woods released on bail after arrest on suspicion of DUI in Florida
The pro golfer was released on bail late Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its side, leading to his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:55:01 EDT
Nuclear energy sites targeted in latest strikes, Iranian state media reports
Iran state media says its nuclear facilities were attacked Friday, just hours after Israel threatened to "escalate and expand" its campaign against Tehran.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:15:00 EDT
Undercover police operation thwarts plot to firebomb NY-based Palestinian activist's home
A New Jersey man who planned to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian activist was arrested Thursday following a weeks-long undercover operation, according to a federal complaint and the New York City Police Department.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:37:15 EDT
Savannah Guthrie sets Today show return after mother's disappearance
Savannah Guthrie will return soon as co-host of NBC's Today show after a nearly two-month absence sparked by the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, saying in an interview that 'joy will be my protest.'

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:20:54 EDT
2 humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says
Mexico's navy said on Thursday it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after the vessels failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled.

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
The energy crisis has only just begun
For 26 days, oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf have stopped. But ships that made it out before the war started have been at sea delivering energy products to markets that ordered them. The last of those ships should dock in the next week setting ...

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:05:00 EDT
Iran is 'begging to make a deal' to end war, says Trump, 'not me'
U.S. President Donald Trump used a televised cabinet meeting to try to sell Americans on the merits of the nearly four-week-old war against Iran, while downplaying its impact on the economy and the cost of living.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House
Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175-million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Sora, OpenAI's generative video app, is history. Here's what that means for the firm's future
OpenAI has decided to scrap Sora, its app that generated videos based on user prompts. The move reveals that the company, once the disruptor-in-chief of the AI world, is now facing something of an identity crisis as it struggles to pick a lane on the...

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