Canadian World News
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 EDT‘It’s more shouting’: Finland’s president says he’s not exactly a ‘Trump whisperer’
Finnish President Alexander Stubb sat down with CBC News chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton to talk about trade, his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO’s role in a shifting global order.
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 EDTThis Japanese town cancelled its cherry blossom festival to stop overtourism. It didn’t work
Fujiyoshida was a sleepy town with a great view — until its cherry blossoms went viral on social media. Now, it’s the latest travel hotspot struggling to find ways to balance tourism with liveability.
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 EDTQueen Elizabeth’s 'legacy is locked in': 100th anniversary of her birth prompts nostalgia, commemoration
The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's birth on April 21, 1926, offers what might be considered typical royal recognitions for such milestones. But the moment also offers an opportunity to assess the legacy of Britain’s lon...
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:37 ESTIran closes Strait of Hormuz over U.S. blockade of its ports, fires on ships trying to pass
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:52:36 EDTGunman who killed at least 6, took hostages in Ukraine supermarket shot dead by police
A gunman who killed at least six people in the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, on Saturday before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket has been shot dead by police, Ukrainian officials said.
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:47:22 EDTPope Leo XIV says 'not in my interest at all' to debate Donald Trump
Pope Leo XIV says he won't debate U.S. President Donald Trump and will continue to preach peace.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:25:00 EDTU.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 12:59:03 EDTCalls 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 12:09:49 EDTActing 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 10:31:17 EDTScientists thrilled as an elusive Greenland shark washes up in Ireland
When Dublin scientist Emma Murphy got word that a dead Greenland shark had washed up on the shores of northwestern Ireland, she was gobsmacked. Not only are the massive and ancient ocean dwellers notoriously elusive, but they usually make their home...
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:02:18 EDT1 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 EDTCanadian 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 EDTCanadian 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 EDTTrump 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 EDTIs it normal for the U.S. president to spar with the Pope?
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:56:24 EDTTrump 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 EDTOil 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 EDTTrump 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 EDTTrump claims victory as Lebanon braces for the unknown
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:46:33 EDTRussian 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.