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Flash flood warnings were in effect Saturday for parts of Kentucky and Indiana amid heavy rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

Despite having nearly identical parliamentary systems, Canada has avoided the kind of prime ministerial parade that has befallen the U.K. in the past decade. Political watchers point to the Brexit vote as the key moment that led to half a dozen leaders occupying 10 Downing Street in the 10 years since, but there are underlying factors that make it easier for U.K. MPs to ditch a leader than their Canadian counterparts.

The threat of a glacial lake overflowing and potentially sending a torrent of meltwater and debris rushing toward homes has become an annual fear for people living near British Columbia's Place Glacier. But experts says this is an increasing risk as the effects of human-caused climate change hit Canada's glaciers hard.

There was much interest in the move by King Charles to reveal for the first time how much income tax he pays, but in ways, the numbers that emerged this past week add to the longstanding opaqueness around royal finances.

As of July, some benefits that were previously mandatory under standard car insurance policies will be optional. This could drop the cost of premiums for customers who opt out of certain coverages, but insurance experts warn against leaving coverage exposed to risk.

With so much potentially at stake from a simple strike of a soccer ball, it's understandable that the science of penalty kicks has attracted an enormous amount of research. But when it comes to the intense pressure of a World Cup shootout, is the search for the perfect penalty in vain?

Seven search and rescue volunteers from Burnaby are on their way to Venezuela Saturday to help out with rescue efforts following devastating earthquakes.

"Thousands of lightning strikes" mean a very busy weekend, says N.W.T. fire. Fort Simpson fire remains main concern, as well as fire near the Alberta border that threatens the highway. High heat and the risk of dry lightning continues for the area around Wood Buffalo National Park, Fort Smith and in the Sahtú and Dehcho.

As of Friday, an out-of-control wildfire south of the town has quickly grown to 1,600 hectares in size since it was detected on Thursday, according to a provincial fire status report.

Temperatures hit record highs from Switzerland to the Czech Republic and Denmark on Saturday, as a heat wave that baked western European countries this week moves to central and eastern parts of the continent.

The perpetrators clearly had tools, and they had nerve, and then they had a huge score — whatever the full story was.

Two of soccer's biggest names are heading to Canada as Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal will take on Luka Modric's Croatia in a Round of 32 game Thursday.

At No. 60, Mississauga defenceman Alexander Bilecki already has a Cup to his name.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are leaving O.J. Simpson and his tarnished legacy behind, in making the move to their new stadium this season, chief operating officer Pete Guelli said on Saturday.

“This is the classic Canadian story,” Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka said about Friday night's No. 1 draft pick.

Sutton Place Hotel, its restaurant Abrielle, and micro-wedding purveyor The Pop-Up Chapel Co. joined to give 12 free weddings to LGBTQ+ couples.

In a hospital bed at SickKids, 10-year-old Rahaf manages a smile even with tubes snaking across her face. She needs a liver transplant.

Earlier this month, the five big education unions announced they were filing formal notices to kick-start bargaining, which began last week.

LOS ANGELES—Canada and South Africa will square off in Sunday’s World Cup round-of-32 opener. Here's what it will take for the Canadians to reach the final 16:

The legend says Mary Gallagher's ghost comes back to look for her severed head on the anniversary of her decapitation on June 27, 1879.

The latest exchanges are putting further strain on an already fragile preliminary peace deal

Britain’s government said they took a page a similar program in Canada, settling some 400,000 people in the country since 1979

New data represents the government’s first official look at how people’s inability to pay their first bills this year affected total enrollment

Aleksandar Vucic’s statements follow student-led anti-corruption protests calling for snap general elections

Dong Guangping was detained by South Korea’s coast guard in May for allegedly violating the country’s immigration law

With temperatures in Germany expected to hit 40 C, even the country’s famous highway, the Autobahn, was overwhelmed

The campaign aims to stall Moscow’s efforts on the battlefield bring Putin to the table, Zelensky says

Security tightened around 109-storey China Zun tower as authorities restrict access and limit online discussion of the incident

BYD, Chery could finish procedures to enter Canada later this year, Wang Di says

Tourists can watch live grooming and physiotherapy sessions, explore the mountain pass with augmented reality technology and learn more about the dogs

A Canadian teacher living in Venezuela says people are digging through rubble by hand and sleeping in parks as search efforts continue following a pair of devastating earthquakes.

Seven members of Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue are now heading to Venezuela to help find and rescue people trapped by the earthquakes.

The heat wave has pushed temperatures as much as 18 degrees Celsius above their seasonal average, according to the Reuters Climate Monitor.

The officials did not share details on the agreement, which does not include Hezbollah and prompted one of the group's officials in Lebanon to warn of civil war.

In a post on social media, Trump took aim at European countries that he said are discussing “imminent” implementation of taxes on American companies.

The King only pays taxes on his personal income, which is generated from his privately owned estates, Balmoral in Scotland and Sandringham on the east coast of England.

The planned restoration of 24 Sussex Drive has renewed hope that the prime minister's official residence will once again be on par with those of other world leaders.

Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran carried out a drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the ship's upper deck.

Sherritt International has shut down its Alberta refinery after running out of feed from its Cuba mine, as the company faces operational and financial challenges.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced the new toll early Friday as she welcomed the arrival of rescue crews from all over the world.

An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten.

Back-to-back quakes in northern Venezuela killed more than 1,400 people and set off an agonizing search for survivors. It was the latest ordeal for a country beset by economic and political turmoil.

The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors, Russia and China.

Washington is starting to follow a similar playbook to Beijing when it comes to artificial intelligence policy.

Critics say the country’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to exploit the tragedy for her political benefit. Her supporters accuse the opposition of doing the same.

Dahiya, a sprawling area and Hezbollah stronghold, is stirring back to life amid a tense truce with Israel. “This war has brought so much loss,” one resident said.

The Democratic primary on Tuesday is likely to decide the next governor, and Senator Michael Bennet, once seen as a shoo-in, is in a dogfight with Attorney General Phil Weiser.

How one silly syllable ignited a bitter dispute over the nature of reality on Polymarket.

Zohran Mamdani did it last year. So did Claire Valdez in her recent run for Congress. Some candidates are campaigning after dark to court young voters.

Our special series of columns marking Metropolitan Diary’s 50th anniversary continues with more notable contributors sharing their New York City stories.

Iran says it targeted U.S. military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain following U.S. strikes on targets in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

"We're selling [almost] as much protein cold foam as we do flat whites," Starbuck's EMEA Manager of Beverage Development Sam Henderson told CNBC.

Adding SpaceX this quickly would make the Elon Musk company one of the first beneficiaries of Nasdaq's recently adopted fast-track inclusion framework.

Allspring Global Investments is pushing clients toward countries with central banks that are raising interest rates or have different inflation dynamics.

‘Heated Rivalry’ has helped gay romance stories gain mainstream attention, with women driving much of the fandom.

Cassandra Tresl and Alex Ninman moved in with Tresl's grandfather in the Czech Republic in 2020 and closed on a house in Abruzzo, Italy, in 2022.

"Thai Union doubled down on a campaign to squeeze out every drop of value that it could," creditors said

While Apple and Microsoft raise prices on key devices to help cover the soaring costs of memory, smaller consumer electronics companies are in dire straits.

The SpaceX IPO euphoria is over, but the bullish trend in space economy jobs remains in place within a labor market where many other sectors have slowed hiring.

Abel, a longtime Iowa resident who was born in the Canadian city of Edmonton in 1962, was among the roughly two dozen people from 16 countries who participated in an annual naturalization ceremony hosted by the Iowa Cubs Thursday night in Des Moines.

Tehran said it launched strikes on U.S. interests in the Middle East, and Bahrain and Kuwait said they were targeted, as clashes continue to threaten the ceasefire.

In the absence of government help, ordinary Venezuelans dug barehanded through the rubble of the week’s earthquakes for loved ones.

Experts said Vladimir Putin was unlikely to change course despite worsening fuel shortages and a sharp decline in the stock market.

Weeks of punishing strikes have disrupted water, fuel and electricity supplies across the peninsula, which Ukraine’s president has vowed to reclaim.

Serena Williams, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic feature in our essential guide to Wimbledon 2026.

Gianni Infantino has clocked up thousands of air miles across North America so far.

Steve Clarke took Scotland out of the wilderness - but not past the group stage of a tournament. Tom English's must-read analysis of his reign.

Steve Clarke took Scotland out of the wilderness - but not past the group stage of a tournament. Tom English's must-read analysis of his reign.

It comes after his request for police protection was rejected days before the family is due to arrive.

As the World Cup group stages come to an end, BBC Sport reporters pick their highlights so far.

Emergency services recovered the body from the pool in the park in West Bromwich after she disappeared in the afternoon.

Iran had a place in the last 32 of the World Cup snatched away from them at the last minute not once but twice.

Iran had a place in the last 32 of the World Cup snatched away from them at the last minute not once but twice.

The original director has reworked the 30-year-old film to be screened in cinemas across the UK.

The heatwave has been ⁠moving east

Recent YouGov poll found almost half of Britons believe there should be a general election

Ukraine has intensified its drone attacks on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south and killing at least two people, according to Russian authorities

Uganda's military chief and son of President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the shutdown of a major news organization

Amirhossein Miresmaeili hears from unimpressed protestors within Iran who feel betrayed by Donald Trump’s promises of regime change

Iran strikes US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation against US attack on Sirik

The protests include all ages of Albanian’s

Drones, once auxiliary to the war on the ground, have grown into a giant-slaying weapon in Ukraine’s arsenal over four years of ingenuity, writes James C. Reynolds

The 11-year-old’s leg was ‘pretty firmly wedged’ after she slipped scrambling over the rocks

There has been mounting speculation that the MP for Makerfield could call a general election in a bid to dispel accusations that he doesn’t have a mandate to lead