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Hundreds of people gathered in Bethlehem's Manger Square to watch the lighting of a Christmas tree, two years after all public celebrations for the holiday were cancelled due to the war in Gaza.

Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating a fatal blaze in Fort William First Nation, which marks the fourth trailer fire in the Thunder Bay district within a week. Here's what we know about the recent incidents.

Summer McIntosh capped swimming’s U.S. Open with the event record in the women’s 200-metre butterfly on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

Samantha Dornbusch has been bringing her son Jaxson to the hospital for the past six years to treat the aggressive blood cancer he’s battling. Over the last two years, on multiple occasions they say they would show up to the hospital only to have staff tell them his treatments would be delayed because there were no beds currently available.

Conservationists are questioning why an old-growth yellow cedar tree with a diameter that should have ensured its protection and a buffer area around it under provincial law was logged.

A little more than five years ago, the regulator for Alberta's lawyers announced that moving forward, all active Alberta lawyers would be required to take a mandatory Indigenous education course. But new Alberta legislation could change that.

Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.

Saint John is launching a two-year, $780,000-per-year security pilot in crime-affected areas starting in early February. Guards will focus on de-escalation, not arrests, with oversight from the city.

Comic book writer Rob Williams says the new Hellboy comic book story, The Ghost Ships of Labrador, was inspired by a MUN folklore student.

The 17-year MLB veteran was elected Sunday by a 16-member committee. Former teammate Carlos Delgado was three votes short of the 12 required.

Brampton town hall was part of coordinated national campaign, raising awareness of escalating threats against the Sikh community.

Raptors outscored 77-59 in the first half of loss to visiting Celtics.

"We understand that this situation may cause uncertainty and concern," the airline said in a statement.

Passengers should check the status of their flight directly with the airline, Nav Canada said.

Air Transat has begun winding down operations in advance of a potential pilots' strike on Wednesday.

The new LRT, which runs from Finch West Station in the east to Humber Polytechnic in the west, welcomed new riders beginning around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.

OPP responded to the fatal two-vehicle collision on Hwy. 400 near Major Mackenzie Drive around 3:45 a.m. on Sunday.

Netanyahu stressed that the second phase of the ceasefire, the disarming of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza, could begin as soon as the end of the month.

The Next Chapter at CAMH supports people during a perilous period in recovery: transition from the hospital setting to reintegrating into society.

Countries have for more than a century contested sovereignty along their 817-km land border

Beijing’s effort to tamp down unrest ahead of the vote extended to foreign media who were issued a rare warning to temper disaster coverage

Having disrupted American politics, the President is now taking his most decisive step yet to disrupt the world’s

Government claims media reports ignore facts, spread false information and distort disaster relief efforts

Kyiv and its Western allies say Russia is trying to cripple the Ukrainian power grid

Moscow praised the document, which argues the U.S. should revive the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine

The government launched a major campaign to drive up turnout, but the blaze in Tai Po stalled get-out-the-vote efforts

Second stage includes deployment of an international force to secure Gaza and forming a temporary Palestinian government under the supervision of a board led by Trump

Dead included kitchen workers and tourists, says state’s chief minister

Group of solders earlier appeared on country’s state television, claiming to have removed the president and state institutions

The ceasefire's next stage includes the deployment of an international force to secure Gaza and forming a temporary supervised Palestinian government to run day-to-day affairs.

The state government has ordered an inquiry to determine the exact cause of the fire and responsibility, which left at least 25 people dead.

San Diego has agreed to pay $30 millions to the family of a 16-year-old who was fatally shot, making it one of the largest settlements of a police-involved killing case in U.S.

Four protesters were arrested after splattering desserts like custard and apple crumble on the Tower of London’s Imperial State Crown display.

The Trump administration has accused Maduro of leading a 'narco-terrorist' state that allows shipments of drugs to be trafficked into the U.S. and Europe.

Ottawa said it has also removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led a rebel takeover last year, from its list of terrorist entities under the Criminal Code.

Gehry died in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP.

The strategy reinforces Trump’s “America First” philosophy, which favors nonintervention overseas, questions decades of strategic relationships and prioritizes U.S. interests.

United States President Donald Trump has been awarded with the FIFA Peace Prize. It's the first time the award has been given out.

The 18-karat yellow gold miniature pendant was 'recovered' without the need for medical intervention, according to authorities.

Each side accused the other of firing first. The fighting came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.

Past presidents have attended the marquee event, but on Sunday Mr. Trump was the first to host it, putting his cultural takeover of Washington in sharp relief.

Huge reductions in foreign aid by the United States and Europe have led the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator to slash its fund-raising targets for next year.

A traditional Japanese festival is being adapted for poodles and Pomeranians, amid a booming pet industry and a dearth of children.

Poland has charged a little-known Russian opposition figure with espionage and participating in a bomb plot. His friends are perplexed.

The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago.

China’s renminbi is lagging the currencies of key trading partners, making Chinese goods and services cheap and helping to drive exports.

President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.

“Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.

A former secretary of homeland security on the illegality of Trump’s boat strikes.

European stocks edged lower on Monday as global investors focus on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia have this year launched multibillion-dollar initiatives to build cloud, data centers and other AI infrastructure.

Despite an initial show of resistance to the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery deal, stranger things have happened in the Trump administration.

Musk's comments come as U.S. government officials step up criticism of the European Union

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors look toward trade data coming out of China later in the day.

Geopolitics and the energy transition has pushed nuclear energy back onto public agendas.

China's overall exports surpassed market expectations in November as manufacturers loaded up shipments to other markets.

A long-term supply chain shift is pulling the rest of Asia even with manufacturing giant China. For importers, a short-term cash crunch from tariffs is looming.

Despite an initial show of resistance to the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery deal, stranger things have happened in the Trump administration.

The Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates this week, setting the scene for other central banks' final policy meetings for 2025.

The countries agreed to a ceasefire after Trump threatened to stop tariff negotiations, a deal that was formalized when he visited Southeast Asia in October.

Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.

The release of the U.S. National Security Strategy landed like a grenade in Brussels, underscoring the depth of ideological vehemence within the White House.

A group of soldiers said they had removed the president and state institutions, but forces that stayed loyal quelled the attempt, the interior minister said.

Rheinmetall shares have nearly tripled since President Donald Trump’s military spending demands, making CEO Armin Papperger the face of Europe’s rearmament.

The Gaza ceasefire deal has prompted urgent questions about who will ultimately govern Palestinian territories. Even Trump has taken notice of Marwan Barghouti.

Police said tourists were among those killed in the fire at Birch By Romeo Lane in Arpora. India’s coastal state of Goa is a popular destination for tourists.

President Donald Trump directed a review of international vaccine schedules after a CDC panel under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited divergent timelines elsewhere.

The suppression campaign shows how the Hong Kong government is using Beijing’s playbook to respond to crises that could mobilize large groups of aggrieved people.

Banning Alternative for Germany, a far-right party, might seem undemocratic, but Germany’s constitution allows such prohibitions to prevent a repeat of Nazism.

The planned deal would cement Netflix in its position as the world's biggest subscription streaming service.

Wayne Rooney says the critical comments made by Mohamed Salah after Liverpool's 3-3 draw with Leeds were "disrespectful" and have thrown the club "under the bus".

Mohamed Salah is destroying his legacy and should not be involved in Liverpool's next two games before he goes off to the Africa Cup of Nations, says Wayne Rooney.

One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses.

Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells the BBC's Build Baby Build ministers are "pulling every lever" to increase building.

The leak in the Egyptian department comes just weeks after a jewellery heist that put the museum's security infrastructure under scrutiny.

The winner of the ITV reality show's 25th regular series is crowned in the Australian jungle.

A pepper spray incident at Heathrow Airport and a Home Office review of Prince Harry's UK protection leads Monday's papers.

We often end up agreeing to do things we don’t want to do. Here are three ways to help you say no.

Elderly people aged 65 and over now make up nearly 30% of Japan's population.

Group 13 operates the Magura family of drones, which Ukraine credits with multiple strikes on Russian ships

The US president said the deal could raise issues given the size of the merged group’s market share in the industry.

The quake was also about 56 miles from Yakutat, Alaska

The Associated Press’ most powerful images from Ukraine in 2025 show a nation defined by both unending violence and determined survival.

The Ukrainian president will meet with the Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in London

More than 50 bushfires were burning across New South Wales on Monday, nine of them out of control, according to the RFS

One man has been arrested on suspicion of assault as police launch a manhunt to trace remaining suspects

The incident, which unfolded opposite the check-in area for Terminal 3, is believed to have been triggered by an argument between people who knew each other

As celebrations kicked off marking the first anniversary on Monday of the ousting of former President Bashar Assad’s regime, Syrians are still struggling to heal after the dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule and a 14-year civil war that killed an estimated half-million people, displaced millions more and left the country battered and divided.

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid coordinator is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year — mostly from Western governments — plunged to the lowest level in a decade