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In its ongoing territorial dispute with Taiwan, China may be looking toward the sky as a new way to thwart the island's attempts at building diplomatic ties. China was accused of pressuring three African countries to withdraw their permission to allow Taiwan's president to fly over their territories.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) helps nourish aquatic ecosystems and is part of the reason Europe has milder temperatures than places in Canada at the same latitude. But lately scientists are concerned that it is slowing down and could even potentially collapse.

Writer-director Kirk Jones discusses making the biographical drama I Swear and revealing the complexity of Tourette syndrome. He says he wanted to make a film that both entertains and enlightens viewers about the neurological condition, while highlighting the need for greater compassion and awareness.

Once a target of Russian and Chinese economic coercion, Lithuania has turned pressure into policy. By rapidly diversifying trade, severing energy ties with Moscow and investing in defence and tech, the Baltic state built resilience and saw growth. Its experience now offers Canada a cautionary, and increasingly relevant, roadmap.

Beneath the partisan acrimony and overheated language, there are useful and important questions about how Canada's parliamentary democracy works and how it is supposed to work.

The District of Columbia mistakenly placed several Australian flags instead of British flags ‌near the White House ahead of King Charles's U.S. visit, although the error was ​quickly corrected, a D.C. Department ​of Transportation official said on Friday.

Kyle Ivan tells The National about the moment the Ottawa Senators banished him to Taiwan after he made a parody for the team's playoff run that superstitious fans believed was cursed.

Despite its name, the sandwich, which recently went viral on YouTube, is a purely British phenomenon.

Jake Reiner, the eldest son of Rob and Michelle Reiner, published a ‌tribute to his late parents on Friday and described the "living nightmare" he has experienced since their murders in December.

As it stands, the biggest beneficieries from the airport's expansion will be Porter Airlines, and NieuPort Aviation, a group of investors that owns and operates the airport’s sole passenger terminal.

In Milton, the downturn has led to an increase in food bank use and owners building basement suites to hold on to their home.

Chow’s appeal to residents Friday to “make some noise” about the expropriation city property near the airport was a sharper tone than she's previously taken with the premier.

The Ontario Review Board had a duty to question the living conditions of Camelott Hamblett and recommend alternatives. Year after year, the board said almost nothing.

Police were called to the shooting in the Scarlettwood Road and Scarlettwood Court area just after 10 p.m. Friday.

Scherzer may be barrel-housing toward the Hall of Fame, but he’s been quite the bummer in his return to the Jays.

Star journalists won the Innovation in Journalism Award for creating a search engine that provided real-time data during the 2025 federal election.

Hamilton police hunting for two armed suspects after shooting inside downtown mall

The transit agency has asked the province for a no-board report indicating contracts talks have stalled after the union voted 99.5 per cent in favour of a strike.

What was once the centrepiece of Hamilton’s downtown revival now reflects the complex realities facing the core

Comments come as global energy markets have been ensnarled by the Strait of Hormuz’s closure

Soccer’s governing body doesn’t control fees, but takes a 15-per-cent commission from both buyer and seller

Europe has won 11 of the last 15 matches

Zeinab Faraj frequently worked with Amal Khalil, who was killed

This impasse is where the seeds of victory, defeat, triumphal resolution or awkward compromise are being sown

Pope Leo condemns capital punishment and calls for its abolition in the United States

Move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for successor, Kevin Warsh

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will expand with a second aircraft carrier arriving in Gulf. Hegseth was joined by Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who detailed the firing on an Iranian vessel by U.S. forces.

A zoo in Florida has two reasons to celebrate — the first birth of a koala and a newly renovated habitat for the cuddly creatures is opening to the public.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's trip comes as much of the world has been on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said a meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States on Thursday went 'very well,' leading to the extension of the ceasefire set to expire Monday.

The tourist, identified as a 28-year-old woman, intended to 'touch' the statue's carved private parts, officials said.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington said it opposes "the baseless allegations," adding that Beijing "attaches great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights."

Harry, whose visit comes as the country endures its fifth year of war with Russia, said it was 'good to be back in Ukraine' upon arrival at the city's main railway station.

“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be...that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump posted.

The measures were prepared early this year and set to be announced in February to mark the fourth anniversary of the conflict, but Hungary and Slovakia had opposed the move.

The U.K. Parliament has passed a bill that will permanently outlaw sales of tobacco products, including cigarettes, to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009.

Iranian media said the Revolutionary Guard had seized two of the ships, marking a further escalation, though the White House said the seizures didn't violate ceasefire terms.

Michael Kovrig said Ottawa's new China strategy is a 'risky play' that will not be viewed well by Washington and could threaten trade talks.

Our lives are governed by wondrous phenomena that we don’t often stop to consider.

In her first interview since being deported, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, the French widow of a former G.I., recounted her experience in ICE detention.

President Trump withdrew from the Obama-era nuclear accord in 2018, saying it was the worst deal ever. But Iran responded with an enrichment spree that haunts the negotiations to this day.

The Republican supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly approved a series of immigrations bills, crafted in coordination with the White House.

In guidance to immigration officers, the administration describes participating in pro-Palestinian protests and criticizing Israel as “overwhelmingly negative” factors.

With American dealmakers wrapped up with Iran, neither Russia nor Ukraine has a clear path to victory — or toward a negotiated peace.

Uncooperative witnesses drove prosecutors to convene an investigative grand jury after a teenage girl’s body was discovered in the trunk of the singer’s car.

The National Park Service increased the value of the contract several times over and then awarded it to Maryland-based Clark Construction, in a process that experts said was highly unusual.

A once-robust H.I.V. treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble.

The war has exacerbated Iran’s economic crisis, forcing many to cross the border into Turkey to buy the most basic goods.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to arrive in Islamabad on Saturday.

Shares of Intel have more than doubled this year on optimism that backing from the government will help the company's position in AI.

Nvidia's stock closed at its first record since October, as a rally in Intel pushed chipmakers higher.

Advanced nuclear reactor company X-energy began trading Friday as the AI boom and electrification broadly spark a flurry of interest in the nuclear industry.

President Trump has said the government could buy Spirit.

President Donald Trump said he is in no rush to make a peace deal, claiming the Iran war has harmed stocks and oil prices less than he expected.

The talks would come after a previous efforts at negotiations fell apart.

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) tracking the sector is up more than 30% this month.

A new AI-powered hybrid Hollywood startup backed by AWS is betting that cutting-edge production tech can cut costs, speed up filming and bring jobs back to LA.

President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had been effectively blocked because of the investigation.

Flávio Bolsonaro, 44, says he’s a more measured version of his father: “I’m the Bolsonaro you always wanted.”

Ahead of a Trump-Xi summit, Washington widens its crackdown on secretive oil and chemical trade between Beijing and Tehran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he delayed revealing his diagnosis to prevent Iran from using it as “propaganda.” He said treatment had left “no trace” of the cancer.

Israel carried out fresh strikes Friday after President Donald Trump’s announcement. Hezbollah called the ceasefire “meaningless.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading the ambassador-level negotiations, but it remains unclear whether the administration will push for a permanent resolution.

The Russian leader has not yet committed to attend the annual gathering of world leaders, which is scheduled for December at the president’s Doral golf resort.

The path of the USS George H.W. Bush to the Middle East has been closely watched as President Trump demands progress in peace negotiations with Tehran.

Pope Leo XIV shed his previous image as he denounced war in the Middle East and responded assertively to criticism by President Donald Trump.

Italian officials expressed no interest in a substitution that would give Italy’s national team a charitable berth after failing to qualify for the tournament.

Local elections are held in the occupied West Bank and in one Gazan city, though Hamas and other groups are not taking part.

The London property manager, 27, who was also known as Angela, was stabbed in Westminster in 2024.

Witnesses report explosions and sustained gunfire near a military base outside the capital, Bamako.

The city of Dnipro was hardest hit, with officials saying four died in a strike on a residential building.

Two other children and a woman were already out of the house before emergency services arrived.

Adam Thomas, Craig Charles, Mo Farah and Harry Redknapp were in the final of I'm A Celebrity... South Africa.

How Eddie Howe's Newcastle have gone from regularly ruffling feathers to losing 15 Premier League games this season.

Manchester City are finishing the season strongly - having looked at one stage as if the Premier League title may elude them. Here's how Pep Guardiola went through many systems to find his best team.

Simon Weston says reports the US is reviewing the UK's claim to the territory makes his sacrifice feel "irrelevant".

Sir Michael Palin said his fellow Python star Jones would have found the statue "very funny indeed".

Ukraine sacks a military commander after images of severely undernourished frontline soldiers sparked outrage

Two Eurofighter Typhoons were scrambled from Borcea Air Base in Romania, which shares a 650-km land border with Ukraine ⁠

Police have cordoned off the property while work is done to establish the cause of the fire

About a third of people reported brain damage after electroconvulsive therapy, with many suffering memory loss, study found

Writing for The Independent, Simon Weston warned that Donald Trump’s latest intervention could ‘spark his friends in Argentina’ into restarting another similar conflict

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan but ‘no meeting is planned’ with US

The prolific hunter is said to have had a trophy room of rare animal heads at his home in California

Kamonnan Thiamphanit, who was known to friends in the UK as Angela, was found dead at the Airbnb property she was renting in Bayswater in central London in April 2024

The home secretary said the UK was ’monitoring very closely’ what other countries were planning to do amid pressure on the government to bring down migration

The King is facing one of the most important diplomatic challenges of his reign following a major deterioration in UK-US relations