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Amazon on Tuesday appeared to have prematurely alerted Amazon Web Services cloud-computing employees to layoffs planned for Wednesday morning by sending a commiseration email and team-wide meeting invitation hours early.

A South Korean court sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Wednesday to one year and eight months in jail after finding her guilty of accepting Chanel bags and a diamond pendant from Unification Church officials in return for political favours.

Alberta could overtake British Columbia as Canada's third most populated province in just over a decade, according to new projections released by Statistics Canada.

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake rumbled through parts of central and southern Ontario Tuesday night.

A workplace incident report investigated the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia which left RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson and 21 others dead.

Some Ontario residents who typically spend their winters in the U.S. say they’ve recently opted to buy property in Mexico instead. The shift comes as some snowbirds grow uneasy about the political climate under U.S. President Donald Trump.

Five Canadian Armed Forces members of the Women Veterans Council have quit over what they say is a failure of “institutional conditions needed to enable meaningful, impactful work.”

Police cold-case units face a new challenge in solving decades-old killings. With the world's largest storehouse of genealogy information, Ancestry.com, now banning law enforcement from using its data without obtaining a court order, it is much harder for police to build family trees based on crime-scene DNA and zone in on suspects via their distant relatives.

David Rauser spoke to CBC News from western Ukraine after being accidentally shot in the head by a member of his team in Donetsk.

The line will stretch 230 kilometres from Nipigon Bay to an area near the Aroland First Nation and create about 7,000 jobs during the construction phase, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday.

In an unusual move, the governing Tories have for the first time refused to allow reporters into any part of their conference.

The quake occurred at a depth of five kilometres, with more than 2,000 reports of people feeling it in Toronto, Kitchener, St. Catharines and Belleville.

Canadian researchers report in studies out Wednesday that fecal microbiota transplants show promise at improving immunotherapy for some patients.

The latest reductions follow a round of job cuts in October, when Amazon laid off 14,000 workers.

A report by two Ontario home builders associations says that banning the use of steel cables known as "tie-backs" would increase costs and drag out the duration of projects.

Travellers to Toronto poured $9.1 billion into the city's economy, a new high that surpasses last year's record spending of $8.8 billion, according to the report, driven primarily by domestic and overseas visitor expenditures.

Toronto police want more than $7 million this budget year to renovate the stables at the Horse Palace at Exhibition Place.

Wednesday's rate announcement comes just days after Trump threatened to impose 100 per cent levies on Canada if Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a trade deal with China.

As plans to eliminate 3,300 positions work their way through the system, backlogged applications for temporary and permanent residence grow.

The court isn’t scheduled to meet in public for more than three weeks, putting the case on track to be decided at a typical pace

Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become 'increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,' The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists said as it advanced its 'Doomsday Clock' to 85 seconds till midnight.

A man charged at Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar and sprayed a foul-smelling liquid on her during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday as she condemned the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota.

Secretary of State is set to testify before the Senate and defend Trump’s decisions to remove Maduro, deadly military strikes on boats

Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to China on Tuesday evening on the first visit by a British leader in eight years, seeking to mend ties with the world's second-largest economy and reduce his country's dependence on an increasingly unpredictable United States.

Italians were skeptical on Wednesday about the usefulness of the arrival of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at next month's 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the value of the U.S. dollar was 'great,' when asked whether he thought it had declined too much, adding to pressure on the greenback, which hit a four-year low.

Letter signed by an Amazon SVP wrongly said impacted employees in Canada, the U.S. and Costa Rica had already been informed their jobs were cut

Zoonotic virus spreads through fruit bats, pigs and human-to-human contact and has an estimated fatality rate of between 40% and 75%

Prime Minister says he would balance engagement with China with national security concerns

Nipah virus has a death rate ranging from 45 to 75 per cent, and there is no vaccine or medical treatment available for animals or humans.

Men from across the globe are being recruited to join the Russian military in exchange for cash bonuses and becoming free from imprisonment.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has warned about the cybersecurity concerns around Chinese electric vehicles, which he called 'spy vehicles,' echoing comments from 2024.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead a delegation attending the Feb. 6 opening ceremony, including second lady Usha Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The surprise announcement made Saturday leaves the Chinese president with sole and total control over China's military operations.

Authorities say they are investigating the cause of the sinking after search-and-rescue efforts saved at least 316 passengers and crew members retrieved 18 bodies.

The European Union opened a formal investigation into social media platform X on Monday after artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spewed non-consensual sexualized deepfake images.

'There are no more hostages in Gaza,' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said while addressing the Israeli parliament. 'We have completed this mission, as I promised.'

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is “100 per cent ready” after two days of talks.

Environment Minister Andrew Powell said in the same statement that while euthanizing the animals was a tough decision, it's the "right call."

The comments by Mr. Miller, the influential White House deputy chief of staff, appeared to be a shift after days of blaming Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal agents.

As Democrats work to regain the public trust and to shed their image as the party of elites, they cannot be seen as treating elites in their party as above the law.

The Trump administration has unleashed a barrage of attacks on the Federal Reserve, including a criminal investigation into its chair, Jerome H. Powell.

Succession drama, legal intrigue and political independence: These are top issues that DealBook would ask of the Federal Reserve chairman.

Kim Keon Hee is the first former presidential spouse in South Korea to be convicted on a criminal charge. Her downfall began after her husband declared martial law.

President Vladimir V. Putin and President Ahmed al-Sharaa are looking to build ties after the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Today we look into a country that’s handling the issue of undocumented migrants in a starkly different way.

The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.

“He went out for freedom,” said the cousin of one of those who was killed when Iranian authorities mounted a deadly crackdown on protests across the country.

Plus, the woman who helped make GPS possible.

The U.S. dollar fell on Tuesday after President Donald Trump insisted the currency — which declined notably last year — is doing "great."

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday it should "make a deal" with the U.S. on its nuclear program or face a large-scale U.S. military attack.

There could be a renewed push to conclude a U.S.-India trade deal, analysts say, as the White House sees other countries signing trade deals.

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Wednesday issued a defiant message on the Arctic island's future.

The Swiss franc is widely viewed as a safe haven asset, rising in value in times of geopolitical or macroeconomic uncertainty.

Reuters reported that China has approved sales of Nvidia's H200, sending the AI chip giant's shares higher in premarket trade.

The layoffs mark the second round of mass cuts at Amazon since last October, when the company laid off roughly 14,000 employees across its corporate workforce.

German federal prosecutors searched Deutsche Bank premises in Frankfurt and Berlin Wednesday.

Executives from Airbus, AstraZeneca and HSBC are joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a rare China visit, highlighting the business focus of the trip amid strained global trade relations.

The trade deal is being widely seen as a strategic hedge against volatile U.S. trade policies.

Germany and France want to speed up action on strengthening the euro currency, cooperating on military spending and building supply chains for critical raw materials.

Vika, 18, needed a job. Then an offer came for $2,500 to make a simple delivery that seemed too good to be true. It was a Russian sabotage operation.

This summer’s North American World Cup is inextricably tied to President Donald Trump. Some of his critics are questioning the fitness of the U.S. as a host.

Some airports in Asia are on alert after confirmed cases in West Bengal of Nipah virus, which has no known cure. South Asia sees outbreaks nearly every year.

The accord, among two of the world’s largest economies, would create a free trade zone of 2 billion people, as President Trump upends U.S. alliances and global trade.

Israel recovered the body of Rani Gvili, the final hostage left in Gaza after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

Keir Starmer’s visit is part of a flurry of diplomacy between Europe and China, but risks angering President Donald Trump.

“There’s not that many survivors left that I can be picky,” said Jiri Kluc who devotes his free time to interviewing Holocaust survivors around the world.

Israel recovered the body of Rani Gvili, the last of the 251 hostages taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. Here’s what happened to him and the others.

As European nations race to build their militaries, Poland has already bolstered its capabilities — but it prepared for conventional war, not hybrid threats like drones.

The US president, who has previously vowed to "rescue" protesters in Iran, says a "massive Armada" is on the way to the country.

Children at ex-prime minister Tony Blair's former school, Fettes College in Edinburgh, were abused by both teachers and other pupils over decades.

Tim Davie announced his resignation amid a storm about the way Panorama edited a Donald Trump speech.

But she branded defectors from the Conservative party "drama queens", saying people who did not agree with the direction she was taking the party "need to get out the way".

Former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury will face Arslanbek Makhmudov in the UK on 11 April as he ends his latest spell of retirement.

The prime minister seeks to strengthen ties with China but faces fierce criticism from opponents at home.

Ghana's foreign minister says the influencer is a "worthy ambassador", but some Ghanaians criticised the move.

The star will break records set by Coldplay and Taylor Swift by staging a 12-night residency.

The technology giant confirmed the redundancies hours after it told staff in an email sent in error.

A severe "danger to life" flood warning is issued for a residential park after the third named storm of the year.

The cities where incomes have risen the fastest – and fallen – have been revealed

The German government has trimmed its 2026 forecast for the country’s economy, Europe’s biggest, as growth picks up more slowly than previously hoped

A Swedish amusement park has been fined nearly $588,000 in connection with a fatal 2023 roller coaster derailment

Residents at a caravan park in Dorset have been evacuated due to flooding

Brook House near Gatwick airport was the subject of an independent inquiry after G4S guards were filmed abusing detainees in 2017. Now, The Independent has obtained stark written accounts from officers at the site that reveal chaotic conditions in which restraint and force are being used against vulnerable migrants – as campaigners warn of ‘widespread failures’. Home affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft reports

Sarah Mullally ‘steps into history’ as first-ever woman to lead the Church of England

Footage of the incident recorded Ilhan Omar declaring that ‘these f***ing ***holes’ were not going to get away with the attack

Getting outdoors to enjoy simple pleasures is unlikely to be front of mind for people in a 1,300-mile stretch of the United States where a massive weekend storm brought deep snow and bitter cold

The Chernin Group (TCG) has taken a minority stake in London-based media and production business Goalhanger and will have a seat on its board.

Nearly two-thirds of people with mental health and money issues don’t know what support is available, survey finds