News headlines

Amid heated debate over transgender athletes in women's sports, former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White say they plan to enter the 2027 WNBA draft. Experts say it's a "bad-faith" attempt to score political points at the expense of a marginalized community.

Heated Rivalry actor Dylan Walsh is in the penalty box after he revealed that the hit hockey romance streaming series could be filming a dozen episodes, leading to fan speculation that more than one season could be in the works.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was unaware until yesterday of the Progressive Conservative Party spending money to allegedly surveil former Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie in Jamaica in 2023.

The celestial event peaked overnight, coinciding with a new moon that provided ideal conditions for stargazers because moonlight did not interfere with the view.

Amazon is now using content on Twitch to train artificial intelligence models — a move that has garnered fierce backlash from both streamers and users on the interactive livestreaming platform.

The leader of Russia's only registered anti-war party said he will stay in the country and keep pushing for change, despite increased pressure from the authorities ‌that has led to the party's exclusion from upcoming parliamentary elections.

The U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year Thursday, with the temperature reaching 38.1 C in west London. Britain, like France, is experiencing its fifth heat wave of the year.

A man who has been on the run since 1991 was arrested by the U.S.'s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California, they say.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel on Thursday condemned a siege by Israeli settlers of a Palestinian American family's home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling it a "horrific act of terror."

At Mountain Park Cemetery in Alberta's foothills, a one-way rotary phone connects the living to the dead through the wind. The cemetery is the last thing left of the old mining town, telling the stories of frontier hardship through the many restored gravestones that lie there.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls settlers ‘terrorists’ in unusually strong rebuke

Guilty plea would avert a trial in the closely watched case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Most intense heat is forecast to move eastward away from Britain and France on Friday and then recede over the weekend

Premier declines to call for an end to all U.S. tariffs as a precondition to ending province’s retaliatory measure

Lawsuit alleges the service violates the U.S. Constitution and requests that it be shut down

It usually happens within several days of giving birth but can occur up to six weeks afterwards and affects someone’s sense of reality

Tehran says strategic waterway is ‘under Iran’s control and management,’ a day after Trump said U.S. had ‘total control’

Revered by some who miss him in the face of the U.S. energy blockade; blamed by others as the architect of the process that led to Cuba’s current crisis. Fidel Castro would have turned 100 this Thursday, and his long shadow continues to loom over the island.

Facing awkward questions about his finances, the anti-immigration politician dramatically announced that he’s quitting Parliament in order to run again, a move critics denounced as a ploy to dodge a parliamentary probe. So far only one candidate has announced plans to run against Farage: Count Binface, a comedian with a trash can on his head.

Lawyers for Andrew and Tristan Tate say they need more time to respond to prosecutors’ arguments

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.

The current outbreak was declared on May 15, but health authorities now say sequencing showed it began months earlier, in February.

Oil prices spiked Tuesday as the Iran war continues to jeopardize global supplies, with U.S. strategic stockpiles falling to the lowest level in more than 40 years.

A remembrance ceremony was held in Saskatoon Sunday to remember the loss of lives and freedom in Iran. Associations say more awareness needs to be spread in Canada about the IRGC.

A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward acknowledging the complex nature of Jewish identity.

U.S. leaders limited immigration amid economic and social turmoil. Historians see similarities to Trump’s crackdown, with a catch: He’s doing it without Congress.

The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.

Live audio, a new format and new voices have transformed and unsettled the court’s signature public ceremony.

He is charged with stalking resulting in the death of an executive, but the specifics of his plea were unclear. A murder trial in state court is set for next month.

Democratic Socialists are capturing more votes than ever before — even as they run up against the limits of their appeal.

Is the administration defying the court or pursuing lawful alternatives?

Wyoming, one of the most conservative states, has a legislature divided between a hard-right House and a merely right Senate. Ultraconservatives want a complete takeover in the Aug. 18 primaries.

Denise Dresser's sudden departure could be a major blow to OpenAI as it pursues a blockbuster IPO.

Cisco is showing booming demand for AI infrastructure, but its results weren't good enough to satisfy investors.

Oil futures retreated early Wednesday morning after prices rose overnight.

Iran’s central bank chief said Thursday that the country is set to join the BRICS New Development Bank.

Greenland Energy Co. and joint venture partner 80 Mile have delayed planned oil drilling in Greenland until winter 2027.

South Korean stocks rallied on Thursday, pushing the benchmark Kospi into a technical bull market.

Japan has enough cash at its disposal for a couple more rounds of yen-buying on the scale of last month's intervention, Goldman Sachs says.

The producer price index was expected to increase by 0.2% in July, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

The U.K. economy is showing further signs of a long-awaited rebound, but the picture is complicated by the fallout from the Iran war and high energy prices.

A total solar eclipse crossed Iceland and Spain on Aug. 12, while much of Europe saw a partial eclipse and businesses benefited from demand.

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.

The election demanded by Reform UK's leader, who faces corruption accusations, has turned into a punch line after major parties dismissed it as a stunt and declined to field candidates.

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.

He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy.

Dogs and drones were deployed to search for survivors. At least 220 people were reported dead in the nation’s strongest earthquake in a decade.

The military operation was the first following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s dismantling of an office focused on mitigating unintended casualties.

Phillip Ormerod was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died, police have confirmed.

Critics - including Labour MP Jess Phillips - have accused the Met of overlooking the first murder carried out by Levy.

A Ukrainian refugee, a firefighter and triplets are among the students reacting to their results.

An amber extreme heat warning is in place for parts of England until midnight.

A train has derailed near Lewes in East Sussex, British Transport Police say.

Bonnie Tyler's friend Mal Pope heard Total Eclipse of the Heart playing throughout Mumbles in Swansea.

Top grades and students going to university are on the up, but technical subjects are also becoming more popular.

Adina Mihai and Madalin Dumitru gave their victims the drug GBL to render them unconscious.

Mangione faces two federal stalking crimes that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.

The most selective universities have seen the biggest rise in students accepted onto their courses for 2026.

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

Images found at Eugene Horsch’s Philadelphia home appear to show the deaths of two missing women, police say, as they also seized urns of ashes, drugs, guns and strong chemicals

Mangione faces two charges of stalking resulting in death in federal court

People have been evacuated from their homes following an ‘extensive’ fire in Stourbridge

‘Knowing he will die behind bars is the only comfort we have,’ the husband of one of the victims said during the sentencing

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East

Family members say sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have faced food shortages, long stretches at sea and deteriorating mental health

Millions of flowers create five themed worlds, of water, the galaxy, mirrors, fairy tales and amusement, for visitors in Tel Aviv at an indoor show of elaborate floral displays called “Flowers — A Journey Between Worlds.”

West Midlands Fire Service say there have been two people injured, affected by the heat and smoke

Longer wait times have been tied to an increased risk of death