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In his first comments since trade talks broke down, President Donald Trump said Canada "wants the benefits" of being a U.S. state "without being one." The president's brief post on his Truth Social platform early Sunday comes after new 50 per cent U.S. tariffs on a range of Canadian goods took effect.

Few things distinguish us from our neighbours to the south more quickly than calling the last letter of the alphabet zed instead of zee, but why do we do it?

Whether you call it a "super" El Niño or a "Godzilla" El Niño, the naturally occurring Pacific Ocean warming phenomenon that disrupts global weather patterns is back and packing a punch, at a time when many parts of the planet are already overheated.

Lindsay Clancy's defence doesn't dispute that she strangled and killed her three children in 2023 while her then-husband was running an errand. But they argue she isn't criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare and little-understood mental health condition that can affect a new mom's sense of reality.

Experts say that red tape, infrastructure bottlenecks and labour shortages are among the factors undermining Canada's ability to send more food around the world, while competing countries continue to scale up their exports.

The sudden spike in AI data centres that are planned or under construction in Canada is sparking controversy among those hesitant to have the massive buildings that power this technology humming away in their backyards. We answered some of your questions here.

Mira Boucher says her home was ransacked by looters while her community of Summerland was empty and vulnerable — with every single house vacant under an evacuation order.

Premier Danielle Smith hopes federal negotiators will return to the table after the collapse of trade talks in Washington triggered a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian exports. But she also said that the last minute demands from American negotiators were “untenable” and “too painful” for Canada to accept.

Osee Podolsky, general manager at Podolski Honey Farms, says the vast majority of honey produced at the family-run business in Ethelbert, Man., is shipped to customers across the United States.

Ellen Vanstone found her hallucinations a bit disappointing. Then came the bugs with the ruby eyes.

Official Elbows Up organizations say they've disbanded due to dwindling turnouts, but some say the on-again, off-again Trump threats have changed their sense of pride for good.

The Hamilton Police Service, Durham Regional Police Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police each lost a member within days of each other earlier this month.

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is carefully watching the rise of an alternative credit model that has Canadian investors and banks exposed to half a trillion dollars of loans held largely beyond the public eye.

One wildlife woman who advised against raising Walter and Emmett said it was a huge commitment. She was not kidding. I was glad there were three of us.

Harry could achieve what his great-great uncle, King Edward VIII, was never able to do - be welcomed back into the royal family.

Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman's new play is at times too rigid and sprawling, yet still offers a lot of think about.

Ed Sprague's pinch-hit home run against Atlanta got the Jays back into the 1992 World Series.

Joe Carter's 1993 walk-off is No. 1. But who hit the next four and who got left off?

The Raptors appear to have a better shooting group but they still have a relatively small rotation and that’s troubling.

Most of the suspects were accused of deliberately burning land to clear areas for plantations at lower cost, officials say

The fire apparently began Saturday and grew significantly throughout the day, officials say

Situation expected to improve by Monday, officials say

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced “dollar for dollar” retaliatory tariffs on imports from the U.S. Saturday morning. New 50-per-cent tariffs were imposed by the U.S. after Canada withdrew from trade negotiations late Friday night.

Collapse of trade talks did not surprise trade lawyers and experts watching the negotiations

Oil shipments are at a virtual standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran threatening to strike any unauthorized oil tankers that try to transit the vital waterway

If only Americans were more aware of the abuse being piled upon their neighbours to the north

Kryvyi Rih has been hit multiple times during the war, with one of the deadliest occurring in April 2025, when 20 people were killed, including nine children

Beijing’s rocket program, once hidden away in remote deserts, enters the public sphere through pop culture

Many of those who died drowned or were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier near a border checkpoint

Police Chief Tommy Alriksson told a news conference that the 18-year-old perpetrator at the school in the central town of Fagersta had been arrested.

The Facebook founder bought Strancally Castle, built in 1830 and extensively renovated in 2003, according to a state heritage service.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake occurred at 1 p.m. local time (18:00 GMT) and was centered 38 kilometers (24 miles) northwest of the city of Upahuacho.

Under the new measures, the canal will limit daily transits as of Sept. 4 to 34 vessels, and reduce the number to 32 as of Sept. 15.

The Ervebo vaccine is licensed for use against Ebola virus, one of the viruses that cause Ebola disease, but not for Bundibugyo virus.

Deportees will include nationals from Africa, North America, South America and the Caribbean, according to Liberian officials who said they can apply for asylum if they choose.

Trump's Republican administration has steadily ratcheted up pressure on Havana, threatening it with potential military intervention even when mired in a conflict against Iran.

The couple intend to relocate from the U.S. to a private non-royal residence outside London, six years after they quit royal duties, according to reports.

"This evidence supports wider implementation of clean air zones as a public health intervention," the London and Luton based study says.

The man collapsed in Amsterdam in 2023 from a hemorrhage or stroke but police in the city have been unable to identify him for three years.

Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.

In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.

Buoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canada are now more expensive for U.S. shoppers.

Decades ago, the state won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come.

How the trial of Lindsay Clancy has become a proxy for how people view society’s ills.

Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.

Democrats paid a price for forming their politics on Twitter; the right will pay a price for forming theirs on X.

Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney said he would retaliate “dollar for dollar.”

President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.

With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.

The U.K. government says the incident did not pose a risk to the country's energy system, adding that it briefed CEOs of companies in the sector with advice.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby talked to CNBC in a wide-ranging interview about his proposed airline megadeals, AI and the future of the carrier.

New 50% Trump administration tariffs on some Canadian exports went into place after the U.S. and Canada failed to reach a deal on Friday.

Paramount and the California A.G. office are set to meet Monday to discuss a settlement of the antitrust lawsuit over Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

The chipmaker has told some of its largest customers that the prices of servers containing its AI chips could move more than 15% higher, Bloomberg News reported.

President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transactions in the month of June in what appears to be broad reshuffling of his portfolio.

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has presided over a series of landmark tech trials and is now overseeing a case that could have a huge impact on Meta's future.

From McDonald's to Wendy's, longtime Coke customers have been expanding their beverage offerings to boost their profit margins.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday that the proposed economic measures will likely negate the need for major U.S. military operations.

Investors see different risks threatening markets, but broadly agree that traders should diversify beyond recent winners.

Trump aide Natalie Harp is estranged from her brother, Preston, who has used social media and recent interviews to criticize her and highlight his own left-wing politics.

An Israeli fact-finding mission declined to refer some other “exceptional” cases, including the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers, to military prosecutors.

The former defence minister has also called for wartime elections to be held in Ukraine.

The final film in the folk horror trilogy brings closure to the saga as well as its creator's family after more than 50 years.

The second-edition of the five-day competition kicked off in Beijing, China, on Saturday.

Manchester City agree a deal in principle for 18-year-old Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi worth 100m euros (£86m).

Customers say the disruption to virtually all UK CrossCountry services is the "worst case scenario".

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland reveals his new buzz cut on social media.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland reveals his new buzz cut on social media.

Content creator Good Good apologises and removes an advert that shows a woman being pushed to the ground as she reached for a man's golf club.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which the military said "aimed at creating unrest".

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the change was "essential" for helping mayors "effectively deliver new homes".

Two police and five men others were killed in the devastating crash following a police chase in South Bank near Middlesbrough

A Texas judge has denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony in the stabbing death of an athlete at a high school track meet

The death toll has accelerated sharply, with roughly half of the more than 2,500 deaths recorded in the past 20 days – with the threat fuelled by a mix of conflict, misinformation and services strained by aid cuts. Liz Cookman reports

Indonesian authorities have arrested 72 people suspected of starting forest and peatland fires

Iran's president has defended a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. as the best way to end a stalled conflict

About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense

A joint investigation has uncovered evidence of possible war crimes committed by the Israeli military in an August 2025 attack that killed Independent Arabia’s Gaza correspondent Mariam Abu Dagga

A powerful cyclone has hit Latvia and Lithuania, leaving two people dead and more than half a million without electricity

Journeys are suspended ‘across almost all routes’ until further notice

The Conservative leader dismissed Reform UK as ‘people fighting all the time’ as she insisted voters would not back a ‘monstrous Reform-Conservative hybrid’