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Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, which draws from William Shakespeare's personal and professional life, is a tragic window into the depths of despair.

Japan issued a tsunami advisory Friday after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country's northeast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Message board website Reddit has filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia's social media ban for people under 16 as well as its inclusion in it, calling the law an infringement of free political expression.

Lululemon Athletica said that CEO Calvin McDonald was leaving the company without a replacement and raised its annual profit forecast, sending shares up about 10 per cent in extended trade on Thursday.

If you want to know what kind of winter to expect across much of Canada this winter, you’re out of luck — Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is predicting above-seasonal temperatures in the eastern Arctic region, but elsewhere, the forecast is pretty up in the air. That’s partly because of climate change and La Niña, experts say.

The chief of the Longueuil, Que., police force allegedly gave erroneous information about the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old to Quebec’s police watchdog, according to documents obtained by Radio-Canada.

Soccer fans have accused FIFA of a "monumental betrayal" after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday.

A Conservative source told the Star that Pierre Poilievre's party was blindsided by Ma's stunning defection. Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Ma onstage at the Liberals' holiday party Thursday night in Ottawa.

Officers "attempted to negotiate" with the man after the stabbing. The injured 39-year-old victim was found at a neighbour’s residence where he had sought help, the province’s police watchdog said Thursday night.

Ashley Callingbull and Ben Shulman join the Canadian spinoff as its prize presenter and announcer.

Master Warrant Officer Matthew Robar, a member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, has been charged with multiple offences under the National Defence Act and others.

The women were strangers to alleged serial killer Kenneth Smith. Police said Smith seemed to have chosen his victims at random.

The polling done exclusively for the Toronto Star shows the Liberals and the Conservatives tied at 41 per cent.

"There is no timeline for when residents may safely return to their units but we know it will not be this week," said a city spokesperson.

Scot Patriquin's Griswoldian Christmas display was the envy of the neighbourhood — until masked vandals showed up in the middle of the night.

Premier Doug Ford's government is giving the Ontario legislature an unusually long Christmas break, extending it until March 23.

Meet Damian, the toddler that went viral dancing to “My Girl” by The Temptations at the Toronto Raptors NBA Cup game earlier this week.

78-year-old publisher faces a potential life sentence, but his family warns even a short prison term could see him die behind bars given his worsening health

Popular coach was fired and arrested in a matter of hours Wednesday

Rising crime, weak economy spurred public dissatisfaction with outgoing left-of-centre government

With buckets and mops, the tent camp residents laboriously pushed water out of their tents to save their soaked furniture.

Grand jury again declines to re-indict New York Attorney-General in mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by Trump

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she planned to take her award back to Venezuela, but declined to say on Thursday when she would return to her home country after leaving in great secrecy to receive the honor. She added that the Trump administration's actions have been decisive in weakening the regime in Venezuela.

European governments are trying to help steer the peace negotiations because they say their own security is at stake

Storm Byron descended on the war-battered territory, showing how two months of ceasefire have failed to sufficiently address the spiraling crises. Children’s sandalled feet disappeared under opaque brown water that flooded the camps. Trucks moved slowly to avoid sending waves of mud toward the tents. Piles of garbage and sewage turned to waterfalls.

Gaza’s population of around 2 million is almost entirely displaced, and most people live in vast tent camps without adequate flooding infrastructure

AI was a leading contender for the top slot, according to prediction markets, along with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend, Kerstin Gurtner, were attempting to scale Austria's tallest mountain in the middle of winter, despite her inexperience.

The Canadian economy achieved a trade surplus for the first time since the trade war began, as exports rebounded and imports fell in September, according to Statistics Canada.

The development has frustrated deportations of foreign nationals accused of fuelling B.C.'s extortion boom.

The NHL says if the ice rinks for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics aren't to standards by game time, its players will not be attending the games.

The proposed rule would add new disclosure requirements for visa-exempt travellers, but Canadian citizens using their passport would not be affected.

Sixty-seven fertility clinics used the donor's sperm in 14 different countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a massive U.S. military build-up in the region, including an aircraft carrier, fighter jets and tens of thousands of troops.

The CBSA was responding to an officer who said the agency abandoned him amid an Indian disinformation campaign.

Trump's interview with Politico focused in part on a new national security strategy that sharply criticizes European allies and warns against NATO expansion.

Zelenskyy continued shoring up European support for Ukraine's position in peace negotiations, meeting with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome and Pope Leo outside the city.

A video of the king discussing his “recovery journey” will air on Channel 4 on Friday, British media reported. He was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer last year.

For hundreds of millions of Indians, toxic winter air poisons bodies, constricts lives and wears down spirits.

The new visa for rich foreigners had Kimmel rethinking the Statue of Liberty’s inscription: “Never mind your poor and tired. Give us a million bucks — you’re in.”

The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.

For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.

A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.

Global investors will be watching the latest developments between Ukraine and Russia on Friday.

Asia-Pacific markets traded higher on Friday, tracking Wall Street gains.

The U.K. economy unexpectedly contracted in the three months to October, according to official figures released Friday.

Even though the AI theme seems to be under scrutiny, other sectors are performing well on the back of a resilient U.S. economy and buoyed by interest-rate cut.

Reddit filed a legal challenge seeking to either declare the law invalid, or exclude the platform from the provisions of the law

The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.

Former CIA Director General Petraeus told CNBC it was good that European nations had received a wake-up call to look after their future defense and security.

Indian retail investor-driven mutual fund assets are expected to touch $3.3 trillion by 2035, according to a Bain & Company report.

As OpenAI turns 10, the former nonprofit AI lab is at the center of a roughly $1.4 trillion bet on AI infrastructure.

Even though the AI theme seems to be under scrutiny, other sectors are performing well on the back of a resilient U.S. economy and buoyed by interest-rate cut.

The Kuomintang party’s new leader, Cheng Li-wun, is pushing much closer ties with China, reflecting growing fears Washington would not help in a war over Taiwan.

The effort appears to be a new phase in the Trump administration’s push to oust President Nicolás Maduro.

The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.

Scientists say the aquatic allies were observed apparently relying on one another to find prized prey: large adult Chinook salmon.

Fighting has not abated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or between Cambodia and Thailand in the wake of Trump-backed agreements.

Though not required to carry a knife, the skydiver survived by using one to cut away from the snagged reserve parachute, landing safely with the main chute.

After missing her Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, María Corina Machado said her country has been “invaded” by criminal enterprises supporting the Maduro regime.

After the latest restriction on the internet, officials describe receiving “many” letters from children wanting access to the game-creation platform restored.

The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress. Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career.

Some German lawmakers want to ban Alternative for Germany, but the party has been embraced in Washington, and some of its leaders see Trump’s path to power as a road map.

NHS England says it's facing a "worst-case scenario" after flu hospital cases jump 55% in a week.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says he will speak with Mohamed Salah on Friday morning about whether he will be involved against Brighton on Saturday.

Strikes from Lucy Bronze, Linda Caicedo and Melchie Dumornay all feature in the best goals of the week from the Women's Champions League.

The impact of the JLR cyber-attack continued to affect output, while analysts say spending was hit by Budget uncertainty.

The health secretary also warns planned strikes by resident doctors next week could be the "Jenga piece that collapses" the NHS.

With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed England's shoplifting capital have seen

Backstage footage shows the singer in tears after meeting survivors of the attack during her world tour.

The meteor shower peaks this weekend with dark skies giving the UK a good chance of seeing them, weather-permitting

BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter, Tom English, dissects Wilfried Nancy's start as Celtic manager with the Premier Sports Cup final looming.

The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.

There has been rampant speculation around Donald Trump’s health, after he seemingly fell asleep during a meeting and has rambled about going to heaven

Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns

The King has previously spoken of the ‘shock’ of his cancer diagnosis

Fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore is expected to be arraigned Friday after spending two nights in jail

Warning comes after head of Nato called Europe ‘Russia’s next target’ and said countries must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured’

Official figures showed the UK economy shrank for the second month running in October, contracting by 0.1% following a 0.1% decline in September.

Here’s everything to know about who should get the flu vaccine and how it works

Closing arguments are expected this Friday in Walshe's trial for first-degree murder

The retailer told shareholders the delay would give auditor PwC ‘further time to complete the required audit procedures’.

Trump has claimed Maduro allowed ‘millions’ of Venezuelans into the U.S.