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Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million others

Some Torontonians are opting out of moving into new builds — for reasons ranging from a lack of rent control to poor layouts — at a time tenants are increasingly gaining leverage in the market. 

For the first time the faces of Japanese Canadian veterans who fought in the First and Second World War are on display on the streets of Vancouver after a century largely unrecognized and their stories untold.

In Oiapoque, Brazil, hopes that oil will transform the economy hangs in air, after the government granted state-owned company Petrobras an exploratory license off the remote Amazonian city's coast. At the same time, on the same coast, Brazilian president is hosting the world's annual climate talks.

Stellantis and one of its Canadian auto suppliers are battling in court over the price of brake rotors in a dispute that threatens to shutter some auto assembly plants in Michigan.

The Senate took the first step toward ending the government shutdown Sunday, advancing a funding bill after weeks of gridlock.

Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88. The family said Wilkens was surrounded by loved ones when he died and did not immediately release a cause of death.

U.S. airlines cancelled more than 2,700 flights on Sunday as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic across the nation could "slow to a trickle" if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season.

Members of Canada’s Armed Forces repelled from a helicopter Sunday afternoon at The Forks with precious cargo — the Grey Cup — to mark the beginning of Grey Cup week, which will culminate with the CFL championship game on Nov. 16 at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.

A Toronto woman has found herself drawn into advocacy and often, on the ground support for families searching for their kids; teen boys who leave their GTA communities and become enmeshed in the drug trade.

The program gave every Grade 5 and 9 student a Chromebook to use in class and at home. A budget-related pause has left some parents relieved.

The province says more support is on the way, but delays in opening the hubs and a lack of access to housing have led to doubts about the strategy.

One person was rushed to a trauma centre and six others to a local hospital, York and Toronto paramedics said.

Wilkens was head coach of the Toronto Raptors between 2000 and 2003, shepherding the franchise to their first playoff series win, against the New York Knicks.

Toronto's second-round pick made two trips to the Final Four in five college seasons and won the NCAA title in April with the Florida Gators.

Environment Canada said to expect "icy and slippery" roads into the evening, as temperatures continue to drop.

The mood on the Conservative bench is grim. Stories of strong-armed tactics by Pierre Poilievre's team continue to be shared by other MPs, writes Althia Raj.

The ostrich movement has forged “a new sense of unity for some of the people who are already feeling ... distrustful of the government,” according to a lecturer at the University of Waterloo.

Commuters are expected to see snow and rain linger from the weekend and into next week, with temperatures feeling like they're dropping into the negative double-digits.

The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight.

In a test vote that is the first in a series of required procedural manoeuvres, the Senate voted 60-40 to move toward passing compromise legislation to fund the government and hold a later vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire Jan. 1. Final passage could be several days away if Democrats object and delay the process.

The BBC's boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.

One of the year's most powerful storms in the Philippines, Super Typhoon Fung-wong has killed four people, authorities said on Monday, as they began assessing damage after its fury abated, though no reports of major destruction have flowed in yet.

Bill must still be approved by the House of Representatives and Trump in a process that can take days

Country is scheduled to hand G20 presidency to U.S. at end of summit, but there may not be anyone to receive it

SNAP benefits paid out in many states under judges’ orders last week before Supreme Court stayed earlier rulings

Duo had been on non-disciplinary paid leave while MLB investigated unusually high in-game betting activity when they pitched

An internal memo took issue with the broadcaster’s edit of a speech the U.S. President gave on Jan. 6, 2021

Flight cuts at U.S. airports will increase to 10% this week as federal workers go unpaid during government shutdown

The federal budget included a line that said the government was working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore the possibility of Canada entering the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Privy Council Office said Freeland will advise the government on Ukraine's economic reconstruction and the effort to bring home thousands of abducted Ukrainian children.

Federal officials say Canada will continue to play a bridge-builder role to help countries reach a consensus on some of the summit's key issues.

A tornado in Brazil’s southern state of Paraná killed six people, injured over 400, and destroyed dozens of homes, prompting an emergency declaration.

U.S. airlines cut flights as FAA eases strain on unpaid air traffic controllers during shutdown, causing delays and cancellations at major airports.

Amber Haleta told Global News the pathologist testified her friend died after suffering multiple blunt force trauma injuries to the head.

The origin of the gold's burial in the man's yard remains a mystery.

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.

The letter from Congress referenced Andrew's well-known ties to Jeffrey Epstein and his supposed encounter with Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.

U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given Trump's administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

This is how the shutdown ends?

A weekend gathering in Texas drew activists, homeopaths, doctors, lawyers, parents and a Republican senator who asked, “Why isn’t Tony Fauci in prison?”

The transgressive icon of Mexican music, who died in 2016, still has millions of fans. On Saturday, more than 170,000 filled Mexico City’s central plaza to watch footage of a landmark concert.

Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money.

Ukraine faces a major draft evasion problem, but no place is quite like Vylkove, a Danube River town where men of draft age have all but vanished, many of them trying to avoid military service.

Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system.

We pieced together the details, from Riyadh to Nairobi.

Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.

We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.

Politicians, oil giants and climate activists hang on his every word. The Trump administration has blasted him. How did Fatih Birol get so big?

Global equities traded higher on Monday morning amid reports that the protracted U.S. government shutdown may be nearing an end.

The U.S. government shutdown has dragged on for weeks because of the refusal by Democrats in the Senate to approve a bill that does not extend ACA tax credits.

The new restrictions come less than a week after the FAA ordered commercial airlines to cut flights due to air traffic controller staffing shortfalls.

U.S. President Donald Trump recently described climate change as the "greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world."

One of India's most storied startup, Lenskart, listed on the exchanges today but its debut did not live up to the hype.

After a volatile week for AI stocks and the tech sector more broadly, CNBC travels to Web Summit in Lisbon — 'Davos for geeks' — to assess sentiment.

Earnings have been "reassuring" despite worries about tech stocks' high valuations, a strategist told CNBC. That means the fall in tech stocks might not last.

Investors in Asia are also assessing October inflation data out from China over the weekend, which came in above expectations.

The question of whether the Trump administration can be compelled to pay 42 million Americans full food stamp benefits is set to return to the Supreme Court.

DBS CEO Tan Su Shan cautioned investors about persistent market swings amid stretched U.S. valuations and concentrated AI stock exposure.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, the rebel leader who became Syria’s president after ousting Bashar al-Assad, has walked an improbable path from al-Qaeda to the West Wing.

The news that Kazakhstan would be the latest state to join the U.S.-brokered normalization deals between Israel and a clutch of Arab states furrowed many eyebrows.

Special prosecutors accused ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol of attempting to goad North Korea into conflict as a pretext for declaring martial law in December 2024.

Less than a week after a storm left more than 200 people dead in the Philippines, an even stronger one hit.

The BBC’s top officials, Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, stepped down amid allegations that a documentary misleadingly edited Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech.

Here’s what to know about hostages and others whose bodies have been returned by Hamas to Israel, and those who remain in Gaza.

President Trump’s threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.

Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.

The move relegates Israel to a secondary role in determining how and what humanitarian relief can enter Gaza, according to people familiar with the transition.

A man due in court on Monday will have his charges upgraded to murder, police say.

It is hoped the former Tesco boss can reignite sales at the biggest drinks-maker in the world, Diageo.

There has been a surge of tickets bought for next summer's Women's T20 World Cup in England following India's victory in the 50-over version.

Atletico Ottawa win the North Star Cup with an "icicle kick" lighting up the Canadian match played that was repeatedly stopped to clear snow from the pitch.

Atletico Ottawa win the North Star Cup with an "icicle kick" lighting up the Canadian match played that was repeatedly stopped to clear snow from the pitch.

The advert seeks "an extraordinary tutor" required "to support child on his first steps to becoming an English gentleman."

After Sunderland moved advertising hoardings to stifle Arsenal's long throws, BBC Sport looks at some other creative ways teams have tried to gain an advantage.

The block on exports of the company's chips had raised fears that European car production would be hit.

Joe Root's lack of a century in Australia is well known but what are the reasons behind it and how could he put it right during the Ashes?

A Dundee professor carried out the first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver.

Critics say BBC left ‘vacuum’ after failing to ‘properly defend itself’ from criticism or apologise

Gaza health officials say they have received the bodies of 15 Palestinians from Israel

Top diplomat insists peace cannot be achieved without ‘taking Russian interests into account’

The 68-year-old accused of 15 charges, including three indecent assaults at BBC studios in the 1990s

Anna Kepner, 18, died on board the Caribbean cruise on Saturday

Researchers charted the development of brain cells from embryo to adulthood

BBC chairman set to apologise for editing of Panorama documentary

Sir Dave Lewis will take the helm at Diageo on January 1

Stock market news plus latest business and personal finance updates from Monday

The former French president has been incarcerated for less than a month