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Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:37 EST
Is the Strait of Hormuz really open again? Here's what we know — and don't know

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:25:00 EDT
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick takes a swipe at Canada's trade strategy ahead of review
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday criticized the current iteration of North America's free trade agreement as a bad deal, taking a swipe at Canada's trade strategy ahead of upcoming negotiations.

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:09:49 EDT
Acting ICE director to leave as controversies, funding questions continue to swirl around agency
Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is planning to depart at the end of next month. Lyons's boss Markwayne Mullin at the Department of Homeland Security says he hopes that the Trump administration can carry ...

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:59:03 EDT
Calls grow for Starmer to resign, as the shadow of Epstein still looms large over 10 Downing St.
Calls are growing for Keir Starmer to resign after it was revealed that Peter Mandelson, who was a close friend to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, failed a security vetting process but was appointed as the U.K's ambassador to the U. ...

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:02:18 EDT
1 killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on 1st full day of ceasefire deal
An Israeli drone strike killed one person in southern Lebanon on Friday, the first full day of a U.S.-brokered truce meant to end hostilities between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, paramedics in the area and the head of a local hospital tol...

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:26:07 EDT
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen reflects on his mission — its challenges and its joy
Jeremy Hansen sat down with CBC News to share some of his insights, like how he felt during lift-off, the joy the mission brought him, and that one time he accidentally let a water bag explode in the capsule.

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Canadian firm ignored worker complaints over drug cartel-management links at Mexican gold mine, sources say
Several workers for a Canadian-owned Mexican gold mine received no response after making complaints to the company’s workplace ethics hotline saying that local management was working with a prominent organized crime group to force out the existing ...

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:02:24 EDT
Trump rails against latest court decision on stalled White House ballroom project
U.S. President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge's decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400-million US White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security fa...

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:58:45 EDT
Is it normal for the U.S. president to spar with the Pope?

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:56:24 EDT
Trump expected to OK resolution to lift mining ban on Minnesota wilderness area near Canadian border
Congressional Republicans have sent U.S. President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, about 160 kilometres southwest of Thunder Bay, Ont.

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Oil and gas emissions rising as other sectors mostly flat, federal data shows
Progress on cutting carbon emissions has stalled somewhat in Canada, according to the federal government annual reporting to the UN. Oil and gas emissions have continued to rise since the pandemic.

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:44:37 EDT
Trump administration signals optimism about ending Iran war — even as it levels new threats
The Trump administration expressed optimism on Wednesday about reaching a deal to end the war with Iran, while also warning of increasing economic pressure against Tehran if it remains defiant.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:11:34 EDT
Trump claims victory as Lebanon braces for the unknown

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:46:33 EDT
Russian strikes kill 16 across Ukraine in worst attack this year
Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight, killing 16 people, including a 12-year-old child, and wounding scores, in drone and missile strikes, officials said on Thursday.y.

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:13:56 EDT
'We were a normal family … but then everything changed': Refugees recount brutal toll of Sudan's civil war
Three years on from the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, the country is in the grip of what the United Nations calls the world’s worst displacement crisis, with more than 11 million people forced from their homes.

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:21:54 EDT
Jury finds Live Nation, Ticketmaster had anti-competitive monopoly over big concert venues
A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states.

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:51:46 EDT
U.S. Supreme Court justice calls colleagues' use of emergency orders 'potentially corrosive'
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues' use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration, calling the orders "scratch-paper musings" that can have a "potentially cor...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Armed with paintbrushes, volunteers try to preserve rare books at Gaza City's Omari library
A group of volunteers had begun sifting through the damage at the Omari library in Gaza City and trying to save whatever books they can find. They say the work is not just about the books, it's about protecting the culture and heritage of the Gaza St...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:04:29 EDT
Russian news agency fined for posting review of Heated Rivalry
A Russian court has fined a local news agency and one of its directors thousands of dollars for a review it posted on the smash hit series Heated Rivalry, which the Russian government considers LGBTQ+ propaganda.

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:23:08 EDT
Political strain between U.S. and Britain on full display days ahead of King Charles’s American visit
British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves was not backing away from her criticism of the Iran war as "folly," even as she prepared to meet Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday.

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