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There was a clear lack of diversity among the winners during Monday night's Emmy Awards broadcast. Actors of colour were entirely shut out of the major acting categories, with all 10 broadcasted awards going to white performers.

It's hard to find meaning in one byelection for a general election 12 months away. But the big referendum is only five weeks from now.

The graphic images of world record holder Joanna Wietrzyk competing with feces running down her legs at Saturday's Hyrox in Beijing have sparked debate about the health and safety of competitors versus the mentality that a win is a win, no matter the cost.

The family of famed Canadian skyrunner and mountaineer Kalie McCrystal, who went missing on the Matterhorn in the Alps more than two weeks ago, say she "remains among the mountains where she felt most at home."

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league looked at precedent before taking away five first-round draft picks from the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing salary cap rules, though he noted that the decision was difficult because of the impact it could have on the team's fans.

Hours after singer Ed Sheeran addressed the backlash over rapper Macklemore being ousted from his tour for pro-Palestinian comments onstage, all remaining supporting acts have quit Sheeran's tour.

A Cree chief in Ontario is accusing the Carney government of blocking his community's effort to take back jurisdiction over child welfare by imposing financial terms on any handover of jurisdiction — a move that he fears could have an impact on other First Nations.

The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump's name on the iconic performing arts venue, the president confirmed on social media Tuesday.

Health-care workers represented by CUPE Local 5430 have voted 99 per cent in favour of job action, a move the union is calling the "largest strike vote" in Saskatchewan's history. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees local cast ballots, securing a decisive strike mandate, from Sept. 8 to Sept. 14.

Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner's son will not face the death penalty on charges he fatally stabbed hisparents after lying in wait at their home in Los Angeles late last year, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Rookie likely will return as a bulk reliever, possibly this weekend against Texas.

The proposed sale is just the latest in a series of Trump administration steps to improve Israeli’s military capacity.

Harper said another chance for Canada to become a global energy superpower is at hand, after a decade where that possibility was thwarted by policy decisions.

Davies will not join up with Jesse Marsch and the national team for this three-game window due to the "celebration of his marriage and honeymoon."

Province's 275,000 educators, support staff will wear red or purple, and at some schools may hold information pickets.

Carney’s pitch to the world’s wealthiest investors is that Canada has many commodities and capabilities “but we have earned our most valuable asset, which is trust,” Tonda MacCharles writes.

Brad Bradford's team alleged moderator Jill Andrew, a former NDP MPP, has publicly criticized him and wouldn't provide a level playing field.

A $7.5-million contract for an RCMP border patrol helicopter has been cancelled after the Star revealed it was grounded for being ineligible to operate in Canada.

The 'productivity mega deduction' will cost $36 billion over five years.

Ottawa will allow private investments in four major airports in a move to "unlock" billions of dollars for infrastructure spending, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday.

Leagues urged regulators to require sportsbooks to identify, flag and ban accounts tied to abusive conduct as a condition of retaining state operating licenses

From their new bases, Iran-backed rebels can threaten ships on the Red Sea, where as much as 14% of global maritime trade passes

Vote effectively puts ‘Clarity Act’ on ice as Congress gets set to depart Washington ahead of November’s midterm elections

Umar Kremlev, a wealthy Russian businessman reported to have close ties to Putin, reportedly helped pay for Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrations

There are limits to any possible new relationship, but a sense of urgency could make both sides flexible

Search teams have failed to locate Kalie McCrystal after a two-week effort

Trump threatens to block $257-million renovation project unless federal courts allow his name to be added to the building

Prosecutors said Tuesday that they won't pursue the death penalty for Nick Reiner in the killings of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, who were stabbed at their Los Angeles home late last year.

For more than a month, the Houthis have been striking Saudi oil infrastructure and shipping in the Red Sea, stepping up pressure on global oil prices and boosting Iran’s leverage in its war with the United States. The Houthi advances have seemed to come with little resistance from Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

District attorney said the maximum sentence Reiner will be eligible to receive if convicted will be life without the possibility of parole

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the agency has deployed “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.”

'This decision should in no way be interpreted as a reflection on the school or the exceptional care the children have received there,' a spokesman for the couple said.

New Chinese border control rules taking effect Tuesday could ban citizens from leaving the country if they engage in illegal activity that risks national or industrial security.

Affected animals include hippos, elephants, buffalo and a crocodile, all of which died after consuming the toxic, naturally occurring bacteria.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that any efforts to limit the technology is part of a “SICK conspiracy.”

Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Artificial-intelligence stocks are sliding worldwide Monday after leaders of the industry warned a slowdown is needed for safety.

Britain's King Charles will host the leaders of major artificial intelligence companies this week to discuss whether a shared set of principles is needed.

The tariffs on Irish whiskey were imposed months ago as part of his standard tariff imposed by Trump on European Union imports, which was reduced to 10 per cent in July. 

The Quebec superstar opened her show before nearly 33,000 people at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre marking an emotional comeback after what she described as a “rocky road.”

NBC4 Los Angeles said the helicopter belonged to the station. The authorities did not immediately confirm how many people were aboard.

Andy Burnham is in some ways a throwback to U.S. Catholic politicians of past decades. He might be a signpost for the future.

The funding round would double the value of the start-up behind ChatGPT and establish it as the world’s most valuable private company.

A math teacher’s viral post prompted a debate over the language, which some see as an optional skill — and a symbol of Western dominance.

It was the fifth time that a chamber of the Republican-controlled Congress has voted to rein in President Trump’s war powers as discontent with the conflict grows among voters.

Helicopters for evacuating casualties were pulled from four countries, and hundreds of military facilities were destroyed, according to a new report.

The president’s posts about artificial intelligence on the social media platform he founded were met with an unusual volume of criticism.

The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s effort to give it a new role in elections.

On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.

Oil fell Wednesday, as an unexpected increase in U.S. crude inventories outweighed worries over supply disruptions after an Iran-backed attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline.

The 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2007, pushing borrowing costs deeper into territory that could expose some of the financial system's weakest links.

Companies are helping universities develop courses, provide financial support and create pathways through which qualifying students can join them.  

Grab is betting $1.49 billion on Atome Financial as it looks to expand its consumer lending business in Southeast Asia.

Comments from the two tech leaders landed days after Anthropic's Dario Amodei published an essay urging the AI industry to slow the pace of model development.

Z.ai, Moonshot, MiniMax, Alibaba and Tencent did not provide any statements when contacted by CNBC about the warnings on AI from Silicon Valley.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's view of artificial intelligence safety is akin to the perspective of Nvidia's Jensen Huang rather than Anthropic chief Dario Amodei.

The BOJ is expected to hike rates by 25 basis points to a fresh three-decade high, a CNBC survey shows.

Nazara, sworn in hours after Purbaya's dismissal, spent seven years as deputy finance minister and led the ministry's fiscal policy agency from 2015 to 2019.

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google unite for AI safety talks after warnings that the technology could pose an existential risk to humanity.

Turkey’s Justice Minister Akin Gurlek launched the crackdown, saying it was part of an initiative to protect children and family values.

The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets up a potential litmus test for Democrats.

Ovechkin appeared in a video for United Russia, the country’s ruling party, as the country heads into key parliamentary elections this weekend.

The group has made sweeping gains along Yemen’s Red Sea coast after conducting a large-scale military operation aimed at controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The decision for Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, comes as a committee is set to decide whether the family, who returned to the U.K. in August, is entitled to publicly funded security.

The waterway, which links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, is a busy transit point for crude oil, cars and other manufactured goods.

A freelance journalist was on a train with retired Gen. David Petraeus when a sleek drone, with four fins and a rear-mounted engine, whistled in low like a small jet.

President Donald Trump said Saturday he would “love to see” Irish reunification.

Messina Touring Group, which promoted the tour, said that venues on the tour wouldn’t allow Macklemore to perform.

The Russian leader lashed out at the West and said Russia posed no threat to Europe.

Police carry out door-to-door inquiries in Brantham and a helicopter is seen circling the area.

The NBCLA news helicopter was flying near the scene of a fatal bus crash.

The landmark public inquiry into Lucy Letby's murders and attempted murders is the focus of several of today's papers.

The man behind a competions company which went bust owing thousands is back with a new venture.

The fee is among a series of measures Yamanashi prefecture is introducing to deter reckless climbers.

The idea is to create nine new regional bodies responsible for planning, setting objectives and holding water companies to account.

The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.

Concord Public Library said it would have incurred a $12,055 overdue fine, had there not been a temporary fine freeze in place.

Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.

Consultant Dr John Gibbs worked at the hospital during the period in 2015 to 2016 when Letby murdered seven babies.

Egypt is pairing a planned 2,000-megawatt wind project with its first turbine manufacturing plant, seeking to turn renewable energy into an industrial opportunity

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will learn his fate on Wednesday as international judges in The Hague deliver verdicts in his war crimes trial

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to make his first public appearance in more than a year after an International Criminal Court judge said she expected him to attend a pretrial hearing

President Donald Trump’s ‘Operation Epic Fury’ assault on Iran has cost $33.4 billion and has resulted in a strategic missile shortage, the Department of Defense’s inspector general finds

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who are now advancing on a key maritime checkpoint and striking Saudi oil facilities, have been at war for years

Trump says he is open to negotiations to end the war with Iran, but stresses the final decision rests with him

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors await the Federal Reserve’s decision with high expectations of an interest rate hike

Study suggests Alzheimer’s may not only damage neurons but also push some into abnormal state

Moscow accused Denmark of ‘dangerous’ fly-bys near its warships

Aircraft goes down between two commercial buildings in Chatsworth neighborhood