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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:59:43 EDTTrump's army secretary becomes latest military leader to quit administration
U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the second Trump administration.
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDTOlivia Rodrigo's music festival raises $20M US for charities that help women and girls
Tens of thousands of music lovers descended on Great Park in Irvine, Calif., over the weekend to scream along to their favourite artists — part of a history-making event to raise funds for women's health, reproductive rights and ending gender-based...
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:48:45 EDTRepublican Party revokes CBC/Radio-Canada media accreditation for upcoming midterm convention
Chuck Thompson, the head of public affairs at CBC, says the public broadcaster is reviewing the Republican National Committee's "disappointing" decision to revoke CBC/Radio-Canada press accreditation for next month's event in Dallas, Texas.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:01:10 EDTDuane 'Keffe D' Davis found guilty of orchestrating 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur
A jury has found Duane "Keffe D" Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for decades.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:29:40 EDTQ&A: Canadian man held in ICE detention centres for 9 months shares challenges while detained
An Edmonton-born man who spent months in ICE detention is back in Canada, where he is now sharing his story about the conditions and hurdles he faced while detained.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:35:01 EDTCan Iran really launch sea mines from rockets? | About That
U.S. Central Command says it carried out fresh strikes on Iran, claiming it was retaliation for Iran preparing to launch sea mines from rockets into the Strait of Hormuz. Andrew Chang digs deeper into what may be Iran's novel ability to deploy underw...
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:13:13 EDTTrump asked Apple to change Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' on its maps: U.S. official
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says Apple Maps could "soon" change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America," after President Donald Trump signed an order last week to rename the lake amid Canada-U.S. trade tensions.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:09:43 EDTThe 1st Fat Marmot Week winner is a 'special boy who likes to eat rocks'
Dawn, fuzzy fat father who likes the taste of rocks, is officially the most popular yellow-bellied marmot in Gothic, Colo. The Fat Marmot Week contest is the brainchild of the Marmot Project, a long-term research initiative whose future hangs in the ...
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:01:39 ESTRussia is rattling NATO’s nerves, but how far will Moscow go?
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:58:12 EDTAbout 80 people rescued after Grand Canyon flash flood leaves 2 dead, 1 still missing
Two bodies have been recovered since a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon, park officials said Monday, while about 80 people were rescued and one person remained unaccounted for.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:42:49 EDTSeabirds, silting and salt: Photos show some of the early effects of El Niño
The El Niño weather pattern won't peak for several months, but some effects are noticeable right now — both in terms of weather and human preparation. Here's a photographic look at some of the ways El Niño is already making its mark.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:42:55 EDTArgentina soccer legend Lionel Messi, 39, retiring from international play
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday, ending 21 years of national-team duty that were capped by winning the World Cup in 2022 to secure his place in the pantheon of the game's greatest ever pla...
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:16:50 EDTHundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950 in Nepal, China
Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched...
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:02:46 EDTSwiss police arrest suspect after deadly rave shooting
Swiss police said on Monday that they had arrested a 43-year-old suspect in relation to a deadly shooting incident at a rave in the town of Aarau on the weekend.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:57:28 EDTMet Gala honouring John Galliano cancelled following backlash
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is cancelling its planned exhibit honouring British designer John Galliano, which had led to severe backlash in the Jewish community and beyond because of the designer's past antisemitic and racist statements.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:35:26 EDTRussia continues drone barrage on Kyiv for 5th day
Russian drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding region stretched into the fifth day on Monday, with near round-the-clock air raid sirens disrupting daily life for millions.
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 EDTCoral skeletons keep record of stronger El Niños, new research finds
New research highlights the declines in living corals in reefs around the world, showing the unprecedented twin-danger of human-caused climate change and an expected record El Niño.
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:32:43 EDTIran's Revolutionary Guard retaliates after U.S. bombs targets in Strait of Hormuz
U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday in the first military action in a month, prompting an Iranian response and breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months.
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:00:00 EDTAs Germany's far right gains ground, coded symbols are hiding in plain sight
As Germany’s far right gains political ground, researchers say some of its supporters are becoming more comfortable signalling their views in public — sometimes without displaying an explicitly political symbol at all.
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:22:38 EDTAt least 8 dead after ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers, crew capsizes off northern Cyprus
Some 237 people have been rescued, Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel told Turkish state-run TRT news channel.