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A week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, another ICE-involved shooting in the city is fuelling growing tension between federal law enforcement and protesters. As President Donald Trump threatens to bring in the National Guard, Andrew Chang explains ICE’s heightened presence in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Harry Styles has announced that his long-awaited, fourth studio album will arrive this spring. It follows the 2022, critically acclaimed synth pop record Harry's House.

Police say the young victim was found unresponsive at a home in Prince George, B.C., in 2024 and later died in hospital.

A Calgary lawyer who falsified court documents and repeatedly lied to a client, causing the man to miss out on parenting time with his youngest child, pleaded guilty to forgery on Thursday. 

Last year, a man was fined $2,000 for illegally flying a drone near Lake Louise. Parks Canada and aviation experts say drones can force helicopters to land, disrupt rescue flights and, in some cases, cause serious or fatal accidents.

The Alberta government has announced a judge-led fatality inquiry to learn more about what happened when a man diedwaiting for care in an Edmonton hospital.

Canada's privacy commissioner is expanding his investigation into Elon Musk's X Corp. following multiple reports that its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is being used to create and share explicit images of people without their consent.

The winter weather has impacted several flights at Pearson and Billy Bishop airports, closed schools and caused delays to the TTC and GO Transit.

A record-setting storm snarled roads, disrupted transit, closed schools and put Toronto’s snow-clearing capabilities to the test Thursday.

Federal government urged to prioritize the resettlement of displaced Sudanese amid competition from Ukrainians, Hong Kongers.

A majority of Canadians support the creation of a major new oil pipeline from Alberta to the coast of British Columbia, but not without caveats, a new poll suggests.

Payout comes after news that hundreds of thousands of tires were illegally stockpiled at sites in Sudbury and Ottawa last year.

How will the city handle Thursday's snowstorm in the wake of changes it made after last February's 53 cm dump of snow?

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday maintained that "all options remain on the table."

The provincial government, along with the federal government, says it will also be increasing the amount of "Canadian content" in the new trains to 55 per cent. Here's what they might look like.

Tory grassroots will be sinking their teeth into meaty discussion as they work to update the party's constitution and policy book later this month.

The U.N. chief said people around the world are watching the erosion of international law and the consequences of impunity.

During the campaign, security forces routinely blocked Robert Kyagulanyi’s travel, disrupted events and detained hundreds of supporters

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she presented U.S. President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal on Thursday during a White House meeting that could affect how Trump seeks to shape the South American country's political future.

Huge protests in Iran have galvanized exiled foes of the authorities but despite their hatred of the ruling clerics, a bitter schism dating to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution still afflicts the leading opposition factions.

Trump's ceasefire plan faces great uncertainty as it moves into a new phase.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. She greeted supporters outside after leaving.

Samia Suluhu Hassan blamed the violence on foreigners while pardoning hundreds of young people who had been arrested

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown.

Israeli Prime Minister says governing committee of Palestinians announced as part of second phase is merely ‘declarative move’ rather than sign of progress

Machado’s gesture was extraordinary given that Trump has dismissed her as a credible leader for her country

It was the first time NASA cut short a spaceflight for medical reasons. The Russians had done so decades ago

The U.S. was joined by Iranian dissidents in rebuking the government’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests that activists say has killed at least 2,600 people.

David Eby was responding to a Global News report during his trade mission to India

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez, who has been under pressure from the U.S. to fall in line, said oil sales revenue would go to bolster domestic services.

Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard insisted on Thursday that the CUSMA remains firmly intact and that the three countries will close a deal to extend it.

"They are looking strongly to LNG as one of their ways of reducing carbon intensity, as well as reducing smog in the country," B.C. Premier David Eby said.

Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters that central bank independence worked in the interest of businesses and households, and that she respected Powell's professionalism.

Canada's strained relationship with Iran goes back more than a decade, when a Conservative government under former prime minister Stephen Harper cut diplomatic ties with Tehran.

Billy Long's reported comment came amid Trump's rhetoric about a U.S. takeover of Iceland's neighbour Greenland, as well as his past quips about making Canada the '51st state.'

Denmark's prime minister says the country is standing firm in its commitment to 'prevent' a threatened U.S. takeover of Greenland after a meeting with American leaders.

Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under-16s took effect.

Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic.

Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.

The death of Kate Whiteman, whose accusation of sexual assault against Oren and Alon Alexander opened a floodgate of similar allegations, is under investigation.

He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry, and Jacoby & Meyers had become a widely known brand.

The National Endowment for the Humanities is giving more than $40 million to programs that have been embraced by conservatives as a counterweight to liberal-dominated academia.

The agent told Ms. Good to get out of her car before fatally shooting her. Legal experts said immigration agents may sometimes, but not always, have the authority to make such commands.

Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

When a pastor learned his childhood home might undergo a glow-up, he saw his beloved Brooklyn further receding — and took to a different kind of pulpit.

Also, Israel and Arab countries asked the U.S. not to attack Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

The Venezuelan opposition leader’s attempts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.

Australian markets climbed marginally to start the day, while Hong Kong is set for a stronger open.

By 2027, most of IT services work will be done by human plus AI teams: Indian industry body report

China's artificial intelligence models may be just "months" behind U.S. and Western capabilities, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind told CNBC.

Wikimedia announced deals with several AI companies, including Amazon, Meta and Perplexity on Thursday. The deals allow partners access to Wikipedia's API for a fee.

The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement to build chips and chip factories on American soil, the Department of Commerce announced Thursday.

Amazon invested $475 million into Saks' acquisition of Neiman Marcus. It wants a federal judge to reject Saks' bankruptcy plan because it harms creditors.

Concerns about a U.S. strike on Iran had been mounting after Trump vowed to take action against the regime’s crackdown on widespread protests in the country.

Former U.S. special forces officer Gene Yu is now the co-founder and CEO of cybersecurity startup Blackpanda. The company has raised about $22 million to date.

European stocks closed higher Thursday as traders digest the latest geopolitical news around Greenland and Iran.

The joint NATO exercise comes shortly after tense talks between officials representing the U.S., Denmark and Greenland.

The company said it had stopped Grok from undressing people on the X platform. Grok’s stand-alone app still does it.

Iran said that Erfan Soltani, a man said to be facing execution, would be spared. The Trump administration is weighing strikes and imposed new sanctions Thursday.

A government-imposed nationwide communications blackout has left Iranians outside the country scrambling to reach family and friends.

Denmark’s leader warned that any use of force by Washington to seize Greenland, as Trump officials have suggested, would render the postwar NATO alliance defunct.

In Kyiv, a frigid lottery of sorts is playing out in which residents may have power, heat or water but almost never all three depending on where they live.

As relations between China and Japan deteriorate, and the Trump administration remains unpredictable, South Korea’s president must strike a delicate balance.

Here’s how the protests across Iran and deadly regime crackdown echo previous moments of anti-government unrest, and how they diverge.

White House envoy Steve Witkoff announced the formation of a committee of Palestinian technocrats and the start of “full demilitarization and reconstruction.”

The vote failed after two Republicans withdrew their previous support under intense pressure from the Trump administration.

Diplomats from Denmark and Greenland agreed to set up a “high-level working group” after the White House talks, but said there was little consensus so far.

After a decade of trying for a baby, Caroline and her husband decided they needed to build a different future.

The actor starred in the West Wing TV series and is also known for the baseball film Field of Dreams.

Seven hospitals with Raac that were prioritised last year are not expected to be completed on time - some not until 2032/33.

The fast food chain is closing its stores outside London as part of a restructuring plan.

The replacement to the Household Support Fund aims to help people facing sudden difficulties.

Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

The woman appealed for help after realising her father could not slaughter the pigs for a village feast alone.

The secret discussions, bombshell leak and sacking which led to Robert Jenrick defecting to the Reform party.

Yoon Suk Yeol will receive the first verdict on charges linked to his 2024 martial law attempt on Friday.

ICE recruits reportedly only need 47 days of training as Trump is the 47th president

The Multi-State Lottery Association says new game will debut in February in 30 lottery jurisdictions across the country

The general admitted he does not know how long the heightened focus will endure

Trump’s MAGA purity tests could endanger Republicans running in key battles that could decide the fate of his Senate majority, writes John Bowden

Less than two weeks after a U.S. military operation captured former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and as his successor, acting President Delcy Rodriguez, announced plans to reform Venezuela’s energy sector, the country’s largest oil refining hub dominates the northwestern coast. Across the Paraguana Peninsula, fishing boats share the water with oil tankers, as daily life stretches from refinery-side coastal communities and salt flats to the sand dunes of Medanos de Coro National Park.

A U.S. citizen says in a statement that she was dragged from her car and detained by immigration officers in Minneapolis

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema allegedly had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail, leading to the breakup of his marriage

A new lawsuit from Ashley St. Clair targets Elon Musk’s Grok over sexually-explicit images

The Labour politician highlighted the significant threat the burgeoning technology poses to the capital's workforce.

There will also be a new expectation for all staff in every school, college and nursery to receive training on Send