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‌Record rainfall in Japan stranded thousands of travelers at Tokyo's Narita airport on Friday, bringing floods to the surrounding area that disrupted transport, knocked out power to 20,000 homes and killed eight.

Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election.

A study of fossilized feces, known as coprolites, from 540 million years ago found fecal matter likely played a significant role in an explosion of biodiversity in the early Cambrian period. Paleontologists say these fossils can tell us a lot about ancient animals and the ecosystems they inhabited.

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are selling payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to San Francisco-based investment firm Francisco Partners. Some analysts are raising concerns around what the deal means for Canada's digital sovereignty amid the country's trade war with the U.S.

Some community members in Nelson, B.C., organized a rally after a young grizzly bear was killed.

Summer McIntosh earned a gold medal Thursday night, defeating Jenna Forrester of Australia in championship record time in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the Pac Pacific swimming competition in Irvine, Calif.

A dozen people who took part in a weeks-long international student protest in northeast Calgary have been flagged as "being possibly inadmissible" and, according to an immigration lawyer, could be forced to leave Canada.

A high-altitude NASA spy plane was just tracked flying over British Columbia's wildfires. Why? It was on a mission to study "fire clouds," self-perpetuating thunderstorms generated by the blazes themselves that can trigger fire tornadoes and lightning. CBC Meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down the science behind these pyrocumulonimbus storms and why climate change is making them more frequent.

After Liberal MP Shaun Chen announced Monday his plans to resign his seat in the House of Commons in September, he was accused online of breaking House rules by voting on legislation while he was in China earlier this year.

The United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday that the attacks were acts of piracy. The attacks caused no…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power, some Kabul residents say they feel safer after decades of conflict and upheaval but stress the leaders should now focus on creating jobs and…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian jet-powered drones struck a home in northern Ukraine on Friday, killing a 29-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son, officials said.

Despite what you might've heard, there are two good reasons to wittingly consume bad art — at least in small doses.

The Roar on the Lakeshore is now on the doorstep of a Markham seniors’ home. “It will be loud,” one resident said about Sunday’s race. “But I can handle it.”

The proposal calls for a 40-storey rental tower in Mirvish Village with family-sized units would making up about half of its nearly 400 homes.

The Bronx Bombers have been barely a .500 team without their best player.

Who was Toronto’s best mayor? We tallied up your comments — and the winner might surprise you

A new poll shows Carolyn Parrish and Bonnie Crombie tied in Mississauga, with voters split on police spending

After contestants wore costumes resembling sacred regalia, Indigenous pageant winners and organizers are asking how this could happen in 2026.

‘You don’t withdraw from the global commons and then say you want to build a middle-power alliance.’

Home of a Palestinian-American was among those under siege, U.S. officials say

About 18,000 homes are without power as of Friday morning, officials say

Strike came a day after UN said July was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since March 2022

Blazes also erupted in Germany and Croatia, prompting evacuations

Under a Taliban divided over women’s rights, a nation continues down a dark path

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat on Friday in an election he triggered to bolster his position against allegations of financial impropriety, a strategy that was undermined when his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, won more than a quarter of the vote.

Farage regained the open seat with 63% of Thursday’s vote, while Binface won about 27%

McIntosh’s winning time was almost four seconds faster than American Elizabeth Beisel’s previous championship record of 4:31.99 set in 2014

Al-Qaeda affiliate collected the payment from a Gulf state after kidnapping a member of its royal family, UN team finds

A proclamation signed by Trump imposes a 100% tariff on drones of a certain size or with certain capabilities that are particularly sensitive for national security purposes.

The Met Office said the temperature of 38.1 degrees Celsius (100.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in west London was a tenth of a degree higher than the previous record set June 28.

A new White House report released Thursday accuses China of routing their exports through third countries with more favourable U.S. tariff rates or avoid them altogether.

A Ukrainian attack on Russia's Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk hit warships at a naval base and forced two major grain terminals to halt operations on Wednesday.

Demand for crude oil worldwide is expected to fall as higher gas prices force many consumers and businesses to reduce their consumption, according to the IEA.

The attacks have dented Russia’s refining capacity. Kyiv officials say the onslaught seeks to compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek a peace deal.

It was widely reported that Swift wore a haute couture Christian Dior dress to her Madison Square Garden wedding to NFL player Travis Kelce on July 3.

A partial solar eclipse occurs when “the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth but the Sun, Moon, and Earth are not perfectly lined up."

Millions of people in Spain will have some of mainland Europe’s best views of the celestial spectacle. It will begin around sunset, when the sun, moon and Earth align.

The Ukrainian president has warned that Russia is preparing for escalation and could use its parliamentary elections next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilization.

She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run.

In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government.

We look at recent problems with political polling.

At a proliferating number of stores, discounts on items like sushi are offered after 8 p.m. To get the best meals, you have to be there early.

Another day of near record heat baked the continent on Friday, but temperatures could retreat to seasonal averages in the coming days.

Kevin Rideout, a pilot, had been abducted from his home in the country’s capital, Niamey, last fall. His mission organization said he was in “good health” after his release.

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The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.

A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emergency docket has been growing.

As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California.

Japan protested Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, escalating tensions over territory claimed by both Tokyo and Moscow.

NATO fighters shot down a foreign drone over Latvia as Finland briefly restricted airspace and sea areas amid heightened Baltic security concerns.

Nintendo has been grappling with rising memory prices which forced the company to raise prices of its Switch 2 console which went on sale just over a year ago.

AI’s infrastructure boom is increasingly being funded through bonds, leases and private capital, while leveraged investors add another layer of market risk.

Farage stepped down last month to trigger the vote, branding it a fight against "the establishment," amid controversy over his finances.

Unitree’s IPO will gauge investors’ appetite for a technology that has yet to prove its commercial viability amid intensifying geopolitical tensions.

Tata Sons Chairman's sudden exit plan has sparked concerns over the Indian multinational's commitment to invest big bucks in projects of national importance.

"It will be a combination of economic isolation like ‌the world has ​never seen before, ​and ​the continued blockade in ‌the Strait of ​Hormuz," Bessent said.

The U.S. seeks to escalate pressure from blockade to financial isolation, while Iran races to build a way around it.

The widening price of copper between two metals exchanges is offering investors a gauge of U.S. tariff risk.

The election called by Reform UK’s leader was dismissed as a stunt by major parties, which declined to field candidates. A trash-can-wearing "alien" came in second with nearly 10,000 votes.

The South American nation is the world’s largest producer of cocaine.

Images of politicians and celebrities are often used by drug cartels to mark their products, ease transportation and reflect quality.

A surveillance plane flew from El Salvador toward the fishing boats before drones attacked, flight data shows.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the Russian leader's visit “wounds the feelings” of the Japanese people and further hardens anti-Russian sentiment in her country.

The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies.

Israeli forces continue to occupy buffer zone in effort to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure, with restrictions drawing parallels to those in the West Bank.

Scores of buildings collapsed in the strongest temblor to strike the South American country in at least a decade.

Judges at the High Court overrule the Parole Board's decision to release Glyn Razzell.

The 2026-27 season will feature an unprecedented number of new laws, mostly designed to tackle tempo disruption and make the game quicker.

Courtney Gartshore, 28, used the appliance to subject three-month-old Dahlia-Rose to "significant and sustained heat" on her head and body.

A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo.

The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.

Arsenal express an interest in signing Bayer Leverkusen and England defender Jarell Quansah.

Organisers reportedly say politically motivated voting is "persistent" and is seen as "deeply worrying".

European Cup winner and former Aston Villa and Manchester United goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer dies at the age of 78.

Prichard Colon, who suffered a severe brain injury during a 2015 fight, dies aged 33, his father Richard confirms on social media.

The Office actress thanks well-wishers for their support after she revealed she had incurable cancer.

Our readers aren’t buying Reform’s explanation for Nigel Farage’s no-show at the count – and with the donations investigation reopened within hours of his win, many say the real story is only just beginning

Dame Amanda Blanc wants the Government ‘not to fly kites’ with possible policy changes ahead of the budget on October 28.

Multiple people were hospitalised as fires broke out across the region in scenes described as ‘apocalyptic’

Levels in one river have dropped far enough to be classed as ‘notably low’ by the Environment Agency

A late summer heat wave has gripped much of the United States in a sweaty headlock and won’t let go anytime soon

The Reform UK leader claimed there was a ‘credible threat’ against him attending the count

Only two of the 34 candidates secured enough votes to take back their deposit

A U.S. military official says American special operations forces are ready to step up warfighting-readiness exercises with counterparts in the Philippines and other countries in Asia

Two people have been seriously injured in the incident as the RAIB are investigating the cause of the derailment

Italian authorities have recovered three stolen paintings by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse worth millions of euros