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A top adviser to Iran's IRGC says Iranian officials have seen "how the American military is weaker than what we perceived" since the U.S. and Israel first launched their attack in February of this year, as talks to end the fighting remain stalled.

Expert says encounters between people and black bears can increase when there is less food available or when a bear's habitat is disrupted. Here's what you need to know about reducing the risks.

The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record-breaking price,the second such sale in a year. This sale agreement is $12.5 billion US, according to a person familiar with the terms who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because neither side revealed specific details.

The Canadian Armed Forces is holding an event today with Canadian drone manufacturers to test their platforms in real-world scenarios.

Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer helped ignite China's explosive economic boom by forcing change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organization, has died at the age of 97.

The Saskatoon team heads to France Wednesday for the festival. The sport is helpful for recovering and building strength after surgeries, but team members say they stay in the program because of the life-long connections between women with a shared story.

More than a year after Moncton revoked permits that Sean Feucht needed for his "musical worship event" at Riverfront Park, the city is being sued. Feucht's organization claims the city infringed on its rights to freedom of expression.

Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath says she has sent letters to local businesses about an anti-immigration group that could be renting space in the city for a conference. Horwath says people are free to promote their views, but wants the community to be informed.

A Metro grocery store in Ottawa's South Keys neighbourhood will be replaced by a Food Basics this fall, costing dozens of employees their jobs.

What does Quebec identity mean — and who defines it? Ahead of the Oct. 5 provincial election, CBC's Sudha Krishnan sat down with a cross section of Quebecers, and they offered a wealth of perspectives.

The Crown's office has withdrawn murder and related charges against two men accused in the west Toronto shooting death of 15-year-old Jahkai Jack last year.

RECO has posted a notice referring Katie Steinfeld and her brokerage, On the Block Realty Inc., to the discipline committee. Steinfeld's husband, Daniel Steinfeld, is the current president of TRREB.

This is the 80th blaze involving lithium-ion batteries in the city this year, marking a 33.3 per cent increase over this point in 2025, fire officials said.

Skywatchers can look forward to a partial eclipse during the day Wednesday and a meteor shower overnight.

In all, 128 communities across Canada will receive funding for various climate resilience projects.

The CEO sparked outrage by suggesting seniors and poor Canadians — more than 12 million people — shouldn't be able to vote.

Tenants argue that the money announced by Mark Carney to support rental housing enables developers to redevelop a rent-controlled building.

Adam White, a former president of the York Region Law Association, was suspended by the Law Society Tribunal in 2023 and his licence was revoked the following year over the forgeries.

Durham police association says the arrest of defence lawyer Sudine Riley was "lawful, justified, and appropriate," providing a different version of what happened inside the Oshawa courthouse in January.

If the U.S. gets effective control of Greenland, Baffin Island will be next. Then they will attempt to control the North West Passage. And it will all happen fast, writes John Ralston Saul.

Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating democratic socialist Francesca Hong. Crowley is vying to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor.

The former premier pushed through a dizzying array of changes in China’s top economic post from 1998 to 2003

The consortium aims to establish scientific evidence about both potential benefits and harms of cannabis

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain. Daytime darkness will descend Aug. 12 across the Iberian Peninsula close to sunset — plus slivers of Greenland and Iceland — as the sun, moon and Earth align perfectly in the sky.

A Syrian court has handed former president Bashar al-Assad a death sentence in absentia, the first conviction against the leader ousted in 2024 after more than two decades in power. But who is Assad, what crimes was he convicted of, and how are Syrians reacting to the landmark ruling?

U.S. accuses Iran of failing to honour an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran says Washington has reneged on its commitments

Residents in San Juan lined up at community wells and water distribution points this week as a deepening drought and government rationing program left thousands of households struggling to obtain enough water for daily needs. This comes as Puerto Rico recently began a rotating water rationing program in response to severe drought conditions, forcing tens of thousands of residents to go without running water for up to 48 hours at a time.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment.

Beijing declared its second-highest rainstorm warning, suspending 250 bus routes and shutting 150 tourist attractions, while 10 subway lines ran at reduced speed

Chemical producers, utilities, steelmakers and agricultural traders warn of higher costs, transport bottlenecks and curbed production

It was widely reported that Swift wore a haute couture Christian Dior dress to her Madison Square Garden wedding to NFL player Travis Kelce on July 3.

A partial solar eclipse occurs when “the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth but the Sun, Moon, and Earth are not perfectly lined up."

Millions of people in Spain will have some of mainland Europe’s best views of the celestial spectacle. It will begin around sunset, when the sun, moon and Earth align.

The Ukrainian president has warned that Russia is preparing for escalation and could use its parliamentary elections next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilization.

The current outbreak was declared on May 15, but health authorities now say sequencing showed it began months earlier, in February.

Oil prices spiked Tuesday as the Iran war continues to jeopardize global supplies, with U.S. strategic stockpiles falling to the lowest level in more than 40 years.

A remembrance ceremony was held in Saskatoon Sunday to remember the loss of lives and freedom in Iran. Associations say more awareness needs to be spread in Canada about the IRGC.

The brunt of the typhoon hit just north of the main island of Okinawa with maximum winds of 144 kph (89 mph) as of Friday afternoon, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

U.S.-based oil company Greenland Energy is preparing to drill for oil in Greenland, having moved drilling equipment to the island’s east coast.

Authorities described the wreck as 'a significant underwater archaeological site' and said it was first reported by private citizens.

The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents.

The agent accused the woman of trying to run him over with her vehicle, a claim she denied. It was the latest tense encounter between a federal agent and a driver.

As a vice premier and then premier, he helped transform China into the world’s leading manufacturing power and led his country into the World Trade Organization.

Paul Theroux traced the British coastline in 1982 for his book “The Kingdom by the Sea.” This year he walked parts of the new King Charles III England Coast Path, a continuous route along the country’s seashore.

Mar Carretero-Castrillo, an astrophysicist, returned to her remote village in Spain to be in the path of totality. Hundreds of partygoers came too.

Though energy prices fell last month after their spring surge, other factors pushed up costs as the Fed considers raising interest rates.

Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.

Even if a cease-fire materializes, Gulf exporters recognize that relying strictly on the Strait of Hormuz is a risk they can no longer take.

At a speech in Lancaster County, Robert F. Kennedy mocked the threat of measles. Now local officials are racing to contain one of the largest outbreaks in the country.

The president has not been looking well. Americans should get answers to these seven questions.

Venture capital founder Joshua Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger acquire Mark Walter's stake in Los Angeles Lakers at valuation of more than $12 billion.

Google is launching the Pixel 11 lineup weeks before Apple rolls out a rebuilt Siri powered by Gemini AI models.

Traffic is about 90% lower than the daily average of 130 ships that transited Hormuz before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

After the incidents in Bab el-Mandeb and the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump on Truth Social wrote of the Strait of Hormuz, "I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!"

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, notes that Trump's posts on his own social media site often move financial markets.

For investors who suspect Amazon could be range-bound for the next seven weeks, consider a “jade lizard.”

Tech leaders say AI will drive down costs. But slow corporate adoption and the data center build-out create inflation pressures that complicate the Fed’s job.

The consumer price index was expected to increase 0.1% in July, with an annual rate of 3.4%.

AI cloud giant CoreWeave jumped in premarket trading after reporting that its second-quarter revenue doubled on surging AI demand from hyperscalers.

India's inflation rises for the ninth month in a row, raising the odds in favor of a rate hike later this year.

He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy.

Israeli forces continue to occupy buffer zone in effort to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure, with restrictions drawing parallels to those in the West Bank.

Dogs and drones were deployed to search for survivors. At least 220 people were reported dead in the nation’s strongest earthquake in a decade.

The military operation was the first following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s dismantling of an office focused on mitigating unintended casualties.

The Trump administration gave the contract to Our Rescue, which Tim Ballard, the former agent, left in 2023 before being accused of sex trafficking.

“What we are seeing is shocking and far beyond the threshold of an extremely critical emergency,” one humanitarian official said.

A recall of beef products from Corte Argentino USA affects retailers and grocery distributors in Texas and Florida.

Robert Gilman and his mother were on a plane back to Washington on Tuesday.

The bill would make life sentence with hard labor the highest penalty that can be imposed.

Assad, who has been living in exile in Russia since his 2024 ouster, was sentenced for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the country's years-long civil war.

Myles Lewis-Skelly's long-term future at Arsenal has been debated since he slipped down the pecking order last season - will he stay with the Gunners with interest reportedly shown elsewhere?

The PM wants the public to avoid using single-use grills during the current spell of extremely dry weather.

Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran.

A requiem mass is held for the former MP at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, near her Dartmoor home.

The government says former MoD sites are the best option despite protests from people living nearby.

Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.

The Los Angeles Lakers is to be sold for a reported record $12.5bn - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise.

The Los Angeles Lakers is to be sold for a reported record $12.5bn - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise.

Organisers say countries engaged in armed conflict will be automatically disqualified from hosting.

From what to wear to getting a restful night's sleep, you share your tips for beating the heat.

A 22-year-old man attended hospital with a gunshot wound and was arrested on suspicion of murder, the Met said

Wildfire warning in place for large swathes of Scotland as UK battles another heatwave

Leith said she started struggling with a migraine that left her struggling to speak while on holiday in Yorkshire

More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the Moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on Wednesday.

The secretary of state defends his love of junk food — especially the ‘60s-era taster pastry — to MAGAsphere influencer Katie Miller

The vessel first reported distress off Yemen in early June following what maritime sources said appeared to be an explosion on board

There are now thousands of cases tied to contaminated lettuce at the farm

The US president has faced several plots on his life both at home and abroad, Maira Butt reports

The Virginia woman says the Department of Homeland Security misrepresented the events that took place after a spokesperson accused her of ‘weaponzing her vehicle’

The rare Bundibugyo virus responsible for this current outbreak has no approved vaccines or treatments