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An Ontario judge said she would not be able to convict Canadian businessman Frank Stronach on the charges related to one of the complainants in his sex assault trial, saying her evidence is "fatally flawed."

Even though Canada's opponent for its FIFA World Cup opener in Toronto was just determined Tuesday, many of the resale tickets left for the international match come at a steep cost.

Ever since becoming leader in 2011, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has made his nuclear weapons program a national goal — almost a doctrine — arguing it is the only way for smaller powers to keep from being "mercilessly violated" by superpowers.

Stocks are climbing worldwide, and oil prices are easing Wednesday as hopes build that the war with Iran could end soon.

The Supreme Court today will hear arguments on President Donald Trump’s consequential first-day executive order in 2025, a case that could upend a long-held understanding on who is considered a U.S. citizen.

We look at the latest research on AI and cognitive decline. Is artificial intelligence making us dumb?

The number of inmate-on-inmate assaults appears to be rising in the province, according to Ministry of the Solicitor General figures. The big concern in northern Ontario is violence fuelled by overcrowding and a lack of options to separate the person who was attacked from the perpetrator.

Canada's finance minister François-Philippe Champagne is in China to continue diversifying trading partners and strengthen the economy. This visit follows that of Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier this year as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war has driven more and more countries to turn toward China, the world's second-largest economy.

President Donald Trump has been pressuring U.S. oil and gas executives to invest in Venezuela’s energy sector, nearly three months after the toppling of former president Nicolás Maduro, as the country is said to have the largest crude oil reserves in the world.

Police did not confirm how the woman died and said an autopsy will determine the cause of death.

The anonymous survey on headlight glare opened on March 6 and will run until April 20.

The Republican president is not shielded from liability for much of his Jan. 6 conduct, including that speech and many of his social media posts that day, according to the judge.

Russian claims of battlefield progress have in the past shown discrepancies.

Thousands of Tunisians roared to support their team after a 90-minute weather delay sparking an overdue response from home fans at BMO Field.

Trump plans to be in attendance. He will be the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.

The crew, which includes Canadian Jeremy Hansen, will travel about 8,000 kilometres past the moon, the furthest humans have ever travelled from Earth.

The 'Schitt's Creek' star created 'Big Mistakes' with American actor and screenwriter Rachel Sennott.

A group claiming to represent political staff at city hall that voted in a union drive more than a year ago launched a publicity campaign Tuesday about their struggle.

The Crown alleges lawyer Deepak Paradkar was paid millions of dollars for “egregiously abusing his position as a licensed lawyer” to further the Ryan Wedding drug ring.

The innovations of Apple Inc. are on show at a new museum in the Netherlands. It charts the company's journey, from its first experimental models to the world-changing iPhone.

Trump became the first sitting president to attend an oral argument at the court, according to the resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society

The citizenship restrictions are a part of Trump’s broader immigration crackdown, signed as an executive order in January, 2025, but they have not yet taken effect anywhere in the country after being blocked by several courts. A definitive ruling from the Supreme Court is expected by early summer.

Defence lawyers say back-to-back state and federal trials are hindering preparations

Tiger Woods said on Tuesday he is stepping away to seek treatment and focus on his health after pleading not guilty to DUI charges stemming from his rollover crash in Florida last week.

NASA is preparing for its first crewed mission towards the moon in more than fifty years. The Artemis II mission will not land on the lunar surface, but it's a critical step in testing deep space travel and the crew reflects a new generation of international and more diverse human spaceflight. Here is a look at the four astronauts who will make the journey.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. could end its military campaign against Iran within two to three weeks.

The offices of two of the country’s leading dailies were attacked and set on fire by mobs late last year

U.S. President to address nation ‘to provide an important update on Iran’ at 9 p.m. EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday told Fox ​News Channel's "Hannity" show that Washington will have to re-examine ties with NATO after the conflict.

Four crew members will take off on the Orion spacecraft no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday on a 10-day mission expected to take humans the farthest they've ever gone in space.

Two British men, ages 20 and 19, and a 17-year-old male were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

The 77-year-old U.S.-led military alliance was a 'paper tiger' and Russian President Vladimir Putin 'knows that too,' Trump said in an interview.

The statement was released after Global News asked the RCMP to clarify Commissioner Mike Duheme’s comments about India.

U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of US$4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war continues to push fuel prices higher worldwide.

An appeals court disagreed with the claims from victims' families that prosecutors had violated their rights and therefore could not revive the case that ended with a plea deal.

Part of the crew of astronauts making the trip is Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen of London, Ont., becoming the first Canadian and non-American on such a mission.

Carney told reporters in French that a ceasefire is necessary between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, against which Israeli forces have launched a renewed offensive.

The case stems from an executive order Trump signed on day one of his second term ending birthright citizenship, which guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil.

The growing Iran conflict has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East, which some experts say could amount to war crimes if carried out.

A primary in Tennessee between Representative Steve Cohen, a white incumbent, and Justin Pearson, a Black state lawmaker, exemplifies a national push for a passing of the torch.

In Iran, the schedule is our most malleable illusion.

An Argentine woman, who is white, could face years in prison after being accused of racism. The case has set off intense debate in Argentina and Brazil.

The E Street Band opened its Land of Hope and Dreams tour on Tuesday night, where the musician asked the crowd to choose “unity over division and peace over war.”

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers could be in and out of court in Manhattan through the end of the year. A judge could decide as early as Wednesday on whether to delay his federal case.

A shortage of affordable housing in the coastal city in South Africa has forced many people to live far outside the city center, while tourists occupy prime real estate.

In 1976, 14-year-old Chris Espinosa rode a moped to his job demonstrating computers made in Steve Jobs’s childhood home. The company has changed a bit since then.

In the tiny town of Castlewood, S.D., where everyone knows the Noems, the prevailing sense was that people can’t help but feel bad for Bryon Noem after a tabloid photo leak.

NASA will broadcast the launch of the Artemis II mission as well as holding live conversations with the crew during their time in space.

U.S. commanders have kept many troops away from bases in the region to protect them from Iran’s ballistic missile attacks.

The FDA approval of Eli Lilly's GLP-1 pill Foundayo comes nearly three months after Novo Nordisk's oral version of Wegovy hit the market.

Trump's executive order says babies born in the U.S. are not entitled to citizenship if their parents are illegal immigrants or undocumented workers.

Private sector employment growth kept pace, but health care and construction continued to provide nearly all the momentum.

The war began in late February when the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, causing economic turmoil and massive global energy disruptions.

Oracle plans to cut thousands of jobs which will free up cash flow as the company aggressively invests in its AI data center buildout.

The 10-year Treasury yield was relatively unchanged on Wednesday as investors assessed the prospect of a resolution to the conflict in the Middle East.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned a number of tech companies with Middle East operations that they'll be considered "legitimate targets."

Germany is introducing a fuel package to prevent powerful gas companies from "abusive fuel price increases," as the Middle East conflict continues.

On Tuesday stateside, Trump said the U.S. could leave Iran in "two or three weeks," adding "We leave because there's no reason for us to do this."

Crude prices fell Wednesday as President Donald Trump signaled a willingness to exit the Iran war even as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed.

Italy blocked U.S. use of a base, the latest instance of European nations refusing deeper involvement in the war despite U.S. threats of backing away from NATO.

Iraq’s interior ministry said it had arrested one suspect, seized a car and was looking for accomplices.

Opposition lawmakers, rights advocates and some foreign governments condemned the law as discriminatory. Israelis in the territory are tried in different courts.

A soldier who made “inappropriate remarks” has been dismissed from service, the IDF said. Reservists from the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda unit held the journalists for two hours.

Iran contradicted Trump’s claims that direct talks with more a moderate regime in Tehran were making “great progress.”

Four masked men are believed to have forced their way through an entry gate, grabbed the paintings and escaped by climbing a fence, Italy’s Carabinieri said.

The administration had threatened to punish countries that attempted to break the blockade, which was aimed at weakening the communist government.

In a rare about-face, the move by Israeli police to block Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from the holiest site in Christianity was reversed after criticism.

Reviews are in for the sequel to the mega-successful Super Mario Brothers Movie, but not everyone is convinced.

Sandhu Ponnachan, 36, from Alvaston in Derby, was charged after seven were injured in the incident.

Six teenage girls are arrested after online trends spark anti-social behaviour in south London, the Met says.

Police are carrying out inquiries into Lord Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The US president finds himself under growing pressure at home to avoid a protracted conflict.

The IOPC is investigating six Met officers, looking at the level of force and whether race was a factor.

Trump considers leaving Nato, as Starmer says he won't change his position on Iran.

The fashion designer and her husband plan to build the house overlooking a sea loch in the Highlands.

It comes as UK-US relations have been strained by the PM's refusal to be dragged further into the Iran war.

Many businesses have said they will have to pass higher wage costs onto customers.

Prosecutors are “providing early investigative advice” to the police as they carry out their inquiries into Lord Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Jeffrey Epstein, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Maine lawmakers are considering using the state's real estate transfer tax to support homeless shelters in addition to affordable housing programs, including those for first-time home buyers and foreclosure prevention

The Italian coast guard has found 19 people dead and rescued 58 from a dinghy filled with migrants near Lampedusa

US president claims alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and the UK ‘doesn’t even have a navy’

A commuter had a miraculous escape after he was almost pushed under an approaching train in Seattle, authorities have said.

Police say the suspect fled the scene in Speedwell on a black and grey electric bike

Critics have challenged Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship saying it violates the 14th Amendment

Hershey said Wednesday it will use classic recipes for all Reese’s products starting next year

Residents of Castlewood said Bryon Noem was a supportive spouse who shied away from being in the limelight

The UK’s decision to withdraw funding from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative sends precisely the wrong signal to the world about the value we place on this crucial effort for the health of others and health security for all, writes Timothy Hallett