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This year's excruciating temperatures, which reach a record high of 43.8 C in western France, have tested the citizenry’s sense of solidarity, Allan Woods writes.

Diagnosis with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome was only the beginning of the search for answers in Canada and the U.S.

A Muslim family in Bowmanville says they have been facing threats and harassment over false allegations they run an illegal slaughterhouse.

Canada's former ambassador to NATO, said this year's gathering will be a "short, sweet summit to try avoid any drama," given the U.S. president's propensity for insulting allies.

In Simon Paré-Poupart's book, Trash! A Garbageman's Story, we meet Montreal's garbagemen: workers who are flawed, hard-working, self-destructive but also vital

This is part of a series looking back at major moments in Toronto Blue Jays history as the franchise celebrates its 50th season.

Toronto's front office, whatever the roster's shortcomings, is telling the hockey world the Leafs intend to return to relevance next year.

As expected, so many Kawhi Leonard questions after the blockbuster trade with the L.A. Clippers.

Kathleen Wynne, Dalton McGuinty, Ernie Eves, Mike Harris - their tenures all ended differently, but the signs were the same

Despite a terminal cancer diagnosis and strict dietary limits, Rick Silver is determined to celebrate local spots.

Comment represents the first, direct call for Trump’s death by an emcee at the funeral

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra used the occasion to promote Canada’s incoming F-35 fleet

Police and protestors clash shortly after Alternative for Germany re-elected leaders, who called the demonstrators ‘anti-democratic’

Canada’s UN ambassador points to climate change and gender equality as areas he’s seen pushback from the Trump administration

The rain-delayed speech marked the end of a week of celebrations dogged by cancellations, logistical problems and sparse attendance

After Venezuela President Delcy Rodríguez angrily defended the competence of her government’s relief effort, her main rival, María Corina Machado, issued her own appeal

Residents of a heavily damaged Kyiv apartment building returned on Friday, July 3, to recover what remained of their belongings as emergency crews continued clearing rubble from the site, a day after a Russian missile and drone attack killed at least 30 people in the Ukrainian capital. Among them was 27-year-old Tetiana Pryvalova, who carried bags of belongings, a vacuum cleaner and a pram from the building.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are widely expected to cap their three-year love story with a New York wedding celebration on Friday (July 3), ending months of speculation about the union between the pop megastar and one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history.

The words in the Declaration of Independence ring out in the current moment

Knockout match starts at 1 a.m. in England on a school night, and students’ parents face fines for unauthorized absences

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce married Friday night at Madison Square Garden in a star-studded ceremony officiated by Adam Sandler, with a performance by Stevie Nicks.

A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.

Canada's threat assessment agency says Iran's intelligence service may be behind acts of violence.

The International Criminal Police Organization named Anastasiia Berezovska, who remains at large, in a Red Notice posted on its website seeking her arrest.

Jeff Landry, the special envoy to Greenland and the sitting governor of Louisiana, said Trump told him the U.S. needs to 'get Greenland' during a phone call last weekend.

The CDC said that 102 passengers and 23 crew members reported becoming ill during the voyage on the Ruby Princess, travelling from San Francisco to Canada and Alaska.

In June, the bellowing and blubbery 5-year-old mammal hauled himself onto land for his twice-yearly tour of beachside towns in southern Tasmania state.

Deaths surged by nearly a third in France during the hottest week of a record heat wave last month, the country’s public health authority said Friday.

The country's theocracy plans to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to the burial of the late Supreme Leader.

Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Vancouver, in the first visit of the country's head of state to Canada in more than a decade.

What best represents America?

A.I. labs are hiring contrarian, chin-stroking, finger-steepling sages. Who’s underemployed now?

On the second day of public mourning for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in February, there was still no sign of his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Independence Day celebrations were canceled nationwide and the Brooklyn Bridge briefly caught fire. Yet Americans still found countless ways to celebrate.

In Mexico City, World Cup euphoria is overshadowing political gloom.

The proxy battles we got instead have not settled questions we have to settle.

Ukraine’s military has denied a Kremlin claim to have taken a city in the eastern Donetsk region, saying its troops are holding out against infiltrating Russians.

Residents, construction experts and seismologists said for years that Venezuela’s public housing would be vulnerable in a natural disaster.

Critics say the administration is weakening public safety. Proponents say regulations would be where they were before President Joseph R. Biden took office.

President Trump has tried to scale back anti-discrimination regulations that date back decades. Federal agencies have heeded his call.

Child development expert Siggie Cohen, who has worked with over 5,000 families, shares one communication mistake she sees parents make every day. Here's why she says it can backfire, when to set clear boundaries and how to use questions more effectively.

Trading volumes on Kalshi and Polymarket both hit record highs in June. Rothera, a new prediction market platform, was also able to manage $2 billion in volume.

France said it has deployed mine countermeasures to the Middle East, including two mine-hunting ships.

Macron and Modi are courting tech CEOs as France and India seek AI data center investment and cloud infrastructure.

Iran plans a six-day funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with ceremonies across Iran and Iraq before burial in Mashhad.

James Patten is the third person who will be sentenced in the stock manipulation scheme related to Hometown International, a company that owned just one deli.

The heat wave threatens to overwhelm U.S. grids and may force some to change their plans on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.

The SpaceX stock purchases come as Elon Musk’s company deepens its role in federal contracting and remains closely tied to President Donald Trump’s Washington.

CNBC's Arjun Kharpal sits down Amazon's Panay on the latest episode of The Tech Download podcast.

Europe's top bankers and financial regulators are grappling with how to better regulate AI risks.

A friendship between presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a need for weapons production, has changed how other NATO countries treat Turkey.

The Russian president donned military fatigues as he tried to counter a narrative that Moscow is stumbling in its war after Ukrainian drone strikes set off an acute fuel shortage.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled over the Islamic Republic of Iran for 37 years, was killed along with several family members in an airstrike in February.

In Lampedusa, island gateway to Europe, the U.S.-born pope stressed human dignity and told America: "in every generation" immigrants "helped to shape the nation’s character.”

For the surviving Iranian regime, the funeral offers an opportunity to project power after withstanding months of war with Israel and the United States.

“Dear You,” a Teochew-language family drama and migration story, has raised fraught questions of identity among some Chinese communities abroad.

The Sunday Times says the Reform UK leader failed to register the support supplied by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had been convicted of fraud.

It is claimed funds raised for the group which campaigned for independence in the 2014 referendum are "unaccounted for".

England will be battling against history as well as entire nation when the face Mexico in the World Cup last 16 at The Azteca, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

The update will be available to all users in England by April 2028, the health service says.

The Watermelon Sugar singer is the first artist to perform 12 shows on a single tour at the stadium.

William Hutchinson was last seen on 24 June and Stuart Tallis was reported missing three days later.

The storm is forecast to bring winds in excess of 160mph and waves nearly 11m high when it makes landfall on Monday.

The Premier League feud between Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Arsenal defender Gabriel goes global as Norway meet Brazil at the World Cup.

The Premier League feud between Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Arsenal defender Gabriel goes global as Norway meet Brazil at the World Cup.

In her latest BBC Sport column from Wimbledon, Naomi Broady looks at if Serena Williams' comeback showed she can win future Grand Slam matches.

Reform MP forced to deny embattled Farage is a ‘liability’ in furious clash over claims he was secretly funded by his criminal friend ‘Posh George’

Thousands gathered to mourn Khamenei as Trump boasts ‘one shot’ could take all the regime’s leaders ‘out’

Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in Portugal and Greece

First in The Independent: Mark Aaron Gatz, 65, is facing prison time in what one U.S. Forest Service officer described as ‘possibly one of the worst residential cases he has seen’

The new study investigated more than 80 safety features across four top social media platforms

More than 3.3 million Americans live outside of the US - and the demographic of that group appears to be shifting, Ariana Baio reports

Exclusive: Labour MP told The Independent he could give up his Commons seat to allow Miliband to become an MP – and prime minister – if Burnham fails

The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya says he is in critical condition

Facebook have taken no action against far-right, AI-generated videos about Britain reaching millions without any indication they are fake or created thousands of miles away, an investigation by Hebe Campbell reveals

Pope Leo XIV is going on summer vacation after a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026