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A Las Vegas court convicted Ontario man Mitchell Fairbarn of animal cruelty charges Monday for snatching a flamingo named Peachy from its habitat at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino last March in what prosecutors called a drunken and malicious act.

Before he was airlifted to hospital and intubated, Sean Hiatt managed to call his mom and tell her he'd been injured in a training accident at CFB Wainwright. He was coherent at the time, according to his sister, and it gave the family hope. Now they're focused on his immediate care, and taking things 12 hours at a time.

Leonard Foidart built a cot so he can knit comfortably while lying down. The 84-year-old from Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Man., lost his legs decades ago and finds it difficult to sit but loves to knit, donating more than 1,000 tuques in the last five years.

The Grand Slam of Curling's competition committee plans to meet this week to discuss an unusual finish at the Co-op Invitational that sent two Canadian teams into the playoffs and led to pointed words from an American rink left outside the cutline.

Curtis Dagenais returned on Monday to the same Saskatoon courtroom where, 17 years ago, a jury convicted him of murder.

In the lawsuit filed on Oct. 6, Postmedia, Torstar, The Globe and Mail and The Canadian Press say Anthropic infringed on their copyright by using their content to develop its large language AI model, Claude.

On Friday, the bass singer Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega held up the flag at the end of Giacomo Puccini's drama about love and betrayal during political upheaval in Napoleonic Rome.

'You Can See Everything' is the movie everyone wants to talk about but no one wants spoiled. It's drawing big numbers at the box office.

Marine conservation officers are searching for an injured humpback whale that passengers aboard a B.C. Ferries vessel say they felt being struck on Sunday.

An international gang suppression force began operations in the violence-wracked Caribbean country.

Split could shape how AI technology’s financial windfall reaches the public

U.S. Transportation Secretary to announce certification of larger variant of Boeing’s best-selling airplane

A car hit Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines on Monday, critically injuring her in an apparent deliberate attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, adding that a suspect was in custody.

France’s worst bout of civil unrest in years has plunged President Emmanuel Macron’s final months in office deeper into turmoil.

Rising fuel costs, declining public services and a housing crisis have contributed to an autumn of protests in Europe

Amanpour’s exit coincides with a new era at CNN as it comes under a new owner, Skydance

The Future Investment Initiative was planned for Oct. 26 to 29, but will now take place in 2027

Half a million people took to the streets to protest the government and police made more than 2,000 arrests

Rebels fired three ballistic missiles on the al-Alam military camp in the southern province of Shabwa in an attack that also wounded 200 recruits

The curfew will be in effect from 11 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. In addition, gatherings and demonstrations are banned from 8 p.m., the Paris police said.

Several Manitoba politicians are offering their condolences to those who were killed and seriously injured at Canadian Forces Base in Wainwright on Saturday.

Macron echoed other government officials in blaming much of the violence on far-left activists, accusing them of attacking police and public buildings to foment chaos.

Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, and will deliver the traditional noon blessing on Sunday.

The White House decision has further raised fears that Ukraine could be left exposed to Moscow’s escalating assaults with winter approaching.

Police used tear gas to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.

The royal couple arrived at the Community Recording Studio in Nottingham, in central England, which offers music, performance and athletic programs to youth people.

A cargo ship that participated in the search located the 44-year-old woman and she found conscious while floating inside a lifebuoy, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard.

Youths protesting Albania's long-serving Socialist government hurled rocks at a police cordon outside the Education Ministry. Riot police responded with tear gas and water cannons.

A sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks is hitting Wall Street again after whipping around the world on worries about how much longer the AI frenzy will last.

The series of recent steps by the president that seem to favor Vladimir Putin reflect his intensifying desire to normalize the relationship with Moscow even if it means further undercutting Ukraine.

Residents of the province were asked if they wish to remain in Canada or to hold another vote on breaking away, in a referendum that left both sides unhappy.

“It’s not good when the edible arrangement you got on your first day is still edible on your last day,” Jimmy Fallon said.

A controversial overhaul of voter rolls threatens Modi’s standing and has breathed new life into India’s battered democracy.

Plans to build one of Europe’s largest data centers in Devon have been met by strong opposition from residents, as environmental concerns grow.

The president’s swing is taking him to states including South Carolina and Kansas that were not seen as competitive just a few months ago.

The vibrant danjiri tradition dates back three centuries, but two recent fatalities have prompted anxiety over whether participants can remain safe.

I thought my worst New York City experience was getting punched in the face. That was before I started trying to get my kid into a public high school.

The man had been detained at an immigration center in Laredo, Texas, since June. Immigration officials said he had received proper medical care.

Although Kosmos 2612 is now backing away, the maneuver raised alarm bells for analysts who see it as part of a pattern of Russian aggression.

Protests broke out in France and several European countries as people railed against living costs, poor schooling conditions, and a housing crisis.

The Nasdaq Composite gained more than 1% after last week’s sell-off, led by advances in Tesla, Nvidia and Alphabet.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security has banned DeepSeek-related technology from federal civilian agency IT systems.

Copper is up 15.8% in 2026 as investors point to AI, grid and national security demand, tight supply and tariff-driven U.S. stockpiles.

Debt, AI and Ukraine dominated the conversation at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok, while China, the focus in 2018, slipped into the background.

Singapore Senior Minister Shanmugam said the Singapore Exchange had questioned seven firms about their operations and possible links to the haze.

Bank Indonesia faces growing pressure to raise rates after MSCI’s threat to cut its market to standalone status triggered a rout in stocks, weakened the rupiah.

Jio Platforms plans to raise up to $3.2 billion through an IPO, which is India's largest ever in rupee terms, but the second largest in dollar terms.

Nvidia announced planned investments in four German startups as Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged businesses to embrace AI at an industry summit in Berlin.

Vice President JD Vance declined to follow Trump in endorsing Netanyahu, saying he’s “not getting involved in Israeli elections” a week before Israelis vote.

Penalties are seen as too harsh on motorists who are penalised for parking on private land.

Small firms cite labour costs as a key factor in scaling back hiring, the Office for National Statistics says.

The families of the victims of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane had been campaigning for the change.

AI may help doctors judge how ill a patient is using a single photograph of their face, say US researchers.

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the United States Grand Prix.

Influential Labour figures had been pushing for equalising CGT and income tax, but critics have said this could drive wealthy people out of Britain.

Sébastien Lecornu said new curfews for Tuesday night would be decided where necessary.

Brian McDermott keeps faith with the England team beaten by Tonga as they bid to revive their Rugby League World Cup campaign against France in Perth this Saturday.

BBC's Katy Watson is in Wangaratta visiting the scene of the incident and the church where the community has held a vigil for the independent MP.

British long-distance runner Jake Smith was enduring a relentless pattern of race, illness, injury, repeat - he had no idea he had REDs and was under-fuelling.

DfT says passengers will benefit from more frequent trains, improved journey times and reliability

The ONS’s data also showed a boost for average wage growth across the UK workforce.

New Interior Department documents on President Donald Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch don’t mention the “military complex” he has said it would host, but the agency said Monday the plan could accommodate such a feature

Lime says it lost about 6% of its Paris fleet

Family statement says parents of suspect Brendan Nugent have known Helen Haines ‘for more than 20 years’

South Korea says it will withdraw some staff from its embassy in Kyiv, deepening a diplomatic row over Ukraine’s announcement last month of a transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war that Seoul says was meant to be secret

Jefferies was just finishing up a family’s cuts when he heard a loud bang outside his shop and rushed out

Chief executive David Wood said the group is on track to meet profit guidance for the year.

In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has called the incident a deliberate attack, saying: ‘This wasn't an accident’