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Canada's economy contracted slightly — by 0.1 per cent — for the second consecutive month in May, according to Statistics Canada.

A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was hit by serious turbulence, sending 25 passengers to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the airline said.   

The age-verified internet has arrived in the UK, courtesy of the country’s new online safety rules aimed at protecting children. We tackle the pros, cons, and unintended consequences of the legislation.

A recent string of alleged extortions has some business owners and workers in central Winnipeg neighbourhoods fearing for their safety, saying they're being threatened with arson and violence if they don't hand over money.

Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least eight people, including a six-year-old boy, and wounding 82 others, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.

Two RCMP constables showed up at a Dartmouth, N.S., home on Friday searching for a drunk driving suspect, seemingly unaware the man they wanted to speak to had been found dead more than a year ago in a homicide case that remains unsolved.

The credibility and reputation of the Canadian Army is once again being questioned following an investigation into alleged extremist activities involving soldiers in Quebec and revelations of inappropriate social media posts by members of an Ottawa-based reserve unit, the country’s army commander acknowledged Wednesday.

Canadians' electronic health records need more protections to prevent foreign entities from accessing patient data, according to commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Video game developers are speaking out after thousands of games and other digital artworks were hidden or removed entirely from two popular PC games stores. They say many of the vanished titles were unnecessarily censored.

We asked Canadians to tell us more about how and why they are boycotting U.S. goods and travel. Here's what you told us.

Giant Bicycle Canada is pulling their Momentum Vida E+ bike from shelves after they found issues with the fork steerer tube cracking.

Environment Canada issued a special statement warning Torontonians to limit time outside where smoke is expected to create unhealthy conditions.

Earlier this week, the former prime minister and the popstar enjoyed dinner and drinks together, a restaurant management previously confirmed to the Star.

Toronto native has three more individual events in Singapore after winning two gold medals already.

Toronto phenom wins 200-metre butterfly, the same event her mother swam at in the 1984 Olympics.

The agency has offered few details in the probe and scant indication the police have begun to seek information about possible crimes.

The Asian Initiative in Mental Health program at Toronto Western will see services integrated into Outpatient Mental Health and Addictions Services.

Philosophical advisors help you navigate everyday dilemmas about romance, career and how best to spend your fleeting time on earth, guiding you out of the existential muck.

A pair of new comedies based on Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility" are now running in Toronto and Stratford.

Follow the Star's live updates as Toronto looks to boost its roster in the final stretch of the regular season.

Two cases challenge Trump’s authority to set tariffs under emergency presidential powers

Canada and other Western powers are heaping ceasefire pressure on Israel by announcing they will recognize a Palestinian state

Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least seven people including a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said more than 50 people were injured in the attacks, and that the number was likely to rise.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims control of strategically important city Chasiv Yar in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region

The resolution from Sen. Bernie Sanders, if successful, would have stopped the sale of US$675-million in bombs and 20,000 automatic assault rifles

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 50-per-cent tariff on Brazilian imports earlier this month, explicitly linking it to what he called the ‘witch hunt’ trial

School will pay $50-million to Rhode Island work force development organizations, officials say

Since the President initially unveiled sweeping import taxes in April many agreements have been made, but details remain sparse

Prime Minister Mark Carney said on July 30 that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September.

Country agreed to invest $350-billion in the U.S., purchase $100-billion of liquefied natural gas and other energy products, President says

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post that Canada recognizing Palestinian statehood would make it 'very hard' to make a trade deal with Canada.

Last week’s measure by Zelenskyy to place the watchdogs under the oversight of the prosecutor-general prompted rebukes from Ukrainians and the European Union.

Officials said Thursday 31 people died at the Taishitun Town Elderly Care Center when Beijing's Miyun district became one of the hardest hit areas by storms.

The proclamation imposes a 50 per cent tariff on semi-finished copper products and copper intensive derivative products as of Aug. 1.

The National Air Traffic Service said the glitch happened at its control center at Swanwick and required the service to limit the number of aircraft flying to ensure safety.

The zoo defended the cull of 12 of its Guinea baboons, saying the animals were in danger due to overcrowding.

The intended recognition will be 'predicated' by the Palestinian Authority's agreement with "much-needed reforms," including Hamas playing no role in future elections.

Trump said India will face a 25 per cent tariff starting Aug. 1, but added it will also face an unspecified penalty, but did not elaborate on the amount or what it was for.

The U.S. has announced trade deals with various countries and groups, including the European Union and Japan, but key details about the agreements are sparse.

Platforms will face fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars (US$33 million) for “failing to take responsible steps” to exclude underage account holders.

The former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev offers President Trump a useful foil to criticize without rebuking Vladimir Putin, one analyst said.

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, is expected to visit an aid-distribution site in the enclave, with international pressure to agree on a new cease-fire growing.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s move last week to neuter two anticorruption agencies drew the country’s first street protests since Russia’s invasion.

Obtaining humanitarian aid can be difficult and dangerous, and though some essentials are available at markets, they are prohibitively expensive for many Gazans.

The price index was the latest indication that President Trump’s tariffs are beginning to show up in consumer prices.

Well, it’s complicated.

India’s prime minister has made a big effort to build closer ties using his rapport with the U.S. president, but critics say he is getting little in return.

President Trump wants the Fed to slash borrowing costs, but the central bank is unlikely to take such aggressive steps even once it begins to lower interest rates.

Global outrage at the Netanyahu government’s actions has grown since the war began, and the suffering of children in the enclave has accelerated the disdain.

The assault came soon after President Trump threatened new sanctions against Moscow if the bloodshed didn’t let up.

Shares of the social media company jumped more than 10% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat on revenue.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation to ease to 1.9%.

In a memo to employees, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said the company expects to have fewer than 5,000 workers by the end of the year.

The United States is threatening to slap 25% tariffs just a week after it secured a landmark free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

Comcast beat analyst estimates for its second-quarter earnings, yet reported another quarter of broadband customer losses.

Shell’s second-quarter results come after the energy major announced plans to prioritize shareholder returns and ramp up the cost of savings.

Britain's competition regulator called for a probe into Microsoft and Amazon's cloud market dominance under the country's strict new tech rules.

The Budweiser maker said volumes declined 1.9% year-on-year over the three month period, well ahead of the 0.3% dip forecast by analysts.

Nvidia met with Beijing officials on Thursday regarding potential national security risks posed by the resumption of its H20 chip exports to the country.

The Ukrainian parliament acted to undo changes to two anti-corruption offices after mass protests forced President Volodymyr Zelensky to reverse course.

Kyiv officials said at least 12 children were injured in the capital by the strikes, the highest number for a night since the Russian invasion began.

President Donald Trump said it would be “very hard” to reach a deal with Canada after the country said it plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September.

Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.

Vying to control the future of artificial intelligence, Beijing is pushing the application of AI while the U.S. focuses on developing cutting-edge models.

The cyberspace regulator in Beijing said it questioned Nvidia over its H20 chips, which Washington only recently allowed to resume being exported to China.

A hastily organized effort to revise voter rolls in the eastern state of Bihar has been marked by technical glitches, absent documents and widespread confusion.

Argentina does not meet a key requirement for the U.S. visa waiver program, a State Department cable acknowledges.

A U.N. meeting, amid increasing anger at Israel over widespread deprivation in Gaza, called on nations to recognize statehood for Palestine.

Past strong earthquakes have caused massive and damaging waves far away, but scientists say these tsunami waves were tame by comparison across the Pacific basin.

Yusuf Nazir, five, was sent home from hospital with antibiotics despite protestations by his family.

The former Conservative cabinet minister was "an inspiring leader", his funeral service hears.

Police say the man is being held on suspicion of administering poison.

Despite criticism, the Congolese government says the deal with raise the profile of the country.

Ofcom said on Friday that more than 6,000 porn sites would begin verifying users, but it believes some are ignoring the new rules.

That earliest that figure has been reached before was in 2022 on 27 August.

Arora Group says a shorter runway will avoid the cost and disruption of diverting the M25 motorway.

Sir Keir Starmer says the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September if conditions are not met.

Details are emerging about how a 20-minute outage caused airport chaos on Wednesday.

A boy and his mother are among the dead and Kyiv says it has seen the biggest number of child casualties of the war.

More fireflies than usual are lighting up summer evenings in the U.S. Northeast

Jeffrey Epstein victim’s family called Maxwell a ‘monster who deserves to rot in prison for the rest of her life’

‘The rich people don’t need it ... all those Democrat donors of Wall Street, all these hedge fund guys, who all hate the tariffs,’ Republican lawmaker tells Steve Bannon

Democrats seized on the comment as a signal that Republicans want to privatize Social Security—an unpopular GOP idea that was floated 20 years ago and swiftly abandoned

Comes as Canada follows UK and France in announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state at UN in September

One expert said the surge was the sort ‘most companies can only dream of’

Developers say the capacity of the project could be enough to power every home in Scotland twice over.

Eight children were taken to hospital as a precaution after the incident

Ethiopia has launched a national campaign to plant 700 million trees in one day

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher last month in a sign that President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs are starting to lift prices for many goods