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Ukrainian attacks set an oil export terminal ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday, as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments.

As Atlantic salmon populations in the Miramichi watershed dwindle, striped bass are surging — and tensions are riding high.

Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland believes her resignation — which spurred Justin Trudeau to step down — was ultimately a good outcome for the former prime minister given his plummeting popularity.

The Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent has adopted a new bylaw banning electric scooters and other motorized personal mobility devices in public areas that fall within its jurisdiction. They're still allowed on bike paths and streets where the maximum speed limit is less than 50 km/h.

While U.S.-owned Stelco insists its plan to lay off up to 500 workers in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ont., is only a temporary consequence of the Canada-U.S. trade war, new technologies and demand dynamics are working in concert with tariff-related headwinds to compress the industry’s once-robust workforce.

At 93, Italian sprinter Emma Mazzenga is giving scientists a rare look at just how much of the physical decline we associate with aging may not actually be inevitable.

Members of the Royal Family are offering glimpses into their everyday lives, the most recent examples of attempts to deal with a fundamental challenge that is a priority for the monarchy: how to appear relatable to a public that lives far beyond royal walls.

Pope Leo XIV's surgeon told Vatican News on Saturday that there were 'no clinical reasons' to prevent the pontiff's planned trip to Latin America next month, days after he underwent lung cancer surgery. The Pope left hospital on Saturday and returned to the Vatican after having the lower lobe of his right lung removed on Tuesday in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. The surgery confirmed he had adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.

In the French capital, police used tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city centre. Similar tensions erupted Saturday in other big cities on the fringes of nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs and in support of high school students’ grievances.

Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives were targeted: foreign minister

Abhijeet Dipke was trying to lead another protest calling for the resignation of the country’s election chief

It has not been disclosed the size of the tumour or whether the disease had spread

White House decision has further raised fears that Ukraine could be left exposed to Moscow’s escalating assaults as winter approaches

The reluctant Democrat says America’s two-party system is inherently divisive and broken

Demonstrations over conditions at high schools in the suburbs around Paris began last month, leading to nationwide unrest

Ahead of the midterm elections, some candidates say Donald Trump’s treatment of Canada is one reason voters should turn against him

Police say the 16-year-old was tackled by a teacher before a father of two students followed him into the school and shot him

Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, and will deliver the traditional noon blessing on Sunday.

The White House decision has further raised fears that Ukraine could be left exposed to Moscow’s escalating assaults with winter approaching.

Police used tear gas to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.

The royal couple arrived at the Community Recording Studio in Nottingham, in central England, which offers music, performance and athletic programs to youth people.

A cargo ship that participated in the search located the 44-year-old woman and she found conscious while floating inside a lifebuoy, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard.

Youths protesting Albania's long-serving Socialist government hurled rocks at a police cordon outside the Education Ministry. Riot police responded with tear gas and water cannons.

A sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks is hitting Wall Street again after whipping around the world on worries about how much longer the AI frenzy will last.

Romanian President Nicusor Dan said the two ships had been struck by drones in the Black Sea but declined to say whether they were Russian.

The officials said the top three floors in a building used by top executives were damaged. One official said the office of the Aramco chief executive was among those hit.

A small dog that's been on the loose in Yellowstone National Park for a month has been spotted crossing intersections, strolling through employee housing and entering lodges.

Record heat and a rising demand for electricity are closing in on Oklahoma families trying to keep the lights on and the AC running.

Newly unsealed court files and interviews challenge the popular narrative around the murders and the “trial of the century.”

“This experience has made me feel a special closeness to all those who are battling illness and infirmity,” he said, in his first public appearance since his lung surgery.

Students come in with noble intentions and leave with flawed expertise.

After all these years, we found new developments in the O.J. Simpson case.

An “extremely reliable” informant told authorities about the missing murder weapon, according to newly unsealed records. The informant’s brother told The Times his sibling was at the crime scene.

The defense minister said people were killed and injured at a base in Alberta, but officials did not offer details on the cause.

Student demonstrations converged on Saturday with a broader protest movement against rising living costs, heightening a national reckoning.

Here are three scenarios for what the new global order might look like.

Saturday’s gatherings were more subdued than some past events, and many prominent Democrats skipped them.

Trump signed the Graham Bill, which targeted Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, into law in September.

South Korea's finance minister said semiconductor growth can last at least through 2027 as supply remains tight despite a global chip sell-off.

Trump's diesel deal may do little for Russia's finances, but it raises bigger questions about Ukraine's leverage, U.S. support and Putin's next moves.

The Bank of England's deputy governor has warned that hedge funds' activities could raise the risk of a global bond market shock.

Timberland managers buying for pension funds and other institutional investors can wait decades for returns, but the market can also be a profit trap.

Less than four months into life as a public company, Bending Spoons got a big vote of confidence this week from Berkshire Hathaway.

Paysend CEO Ben Chisell limits AI tools to top performers as other U.K. companies push broader workplace rollouts.

Apple’s $1,999 iPhone Duo is drawing early demand as analysts assess whether the foldable can lift iPhone pricing and revenue.

Democrats outraise Republicans in key Congress races as Elon Musk funds Ken Paxton in Texas and GOP groups aligned with Trump.

Peter Rice brings a wealth of experience in TV and film, including scripted and unscripted shows, live sports, prestige television and theatrical distribution.

A firearm has been recovered by officers after a man and a woman fled the scene, detectives say.

Officials have not given a cause or death toll, citing the "very active and delicate" situation at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright.

The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign.

Yvette Cooper also announces £140m investment in England's urgent care system, ahead of winter.

Around 1,800 people were arrested after nationwide protests saw outbreaks of violence and vandalism.

At least one person was killed in the strikes, which also hit a data centre used by Russia's equivalent of Facebook.

The flying instructor has been described as "a gentleman and an experienced aviator" by former students.

The Green Party leader said, while he wanted to amend it, the motion would stand until 2028.

The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace.

Violence broke out across France on Saturday during the latest day of demonstrations against conditions in schools and the cost of living.

At least 1,800 people have been arrested over the nationwide protests

One doctor describes the incident as a ‘one in every 15 to 25-year disaster’

A bill to make daylight saving time permanent has reignited a conversation about whether schools should start later in the day. But advocates explain why it’s not so simple, reports Rhian Lubin

Exclusive: Prevalence of fires is increasing across the Congo and Guinean tropical forest basins, Nick Ferris reports – as fears grow the great forest sinks of Africa could one day go the way of the Amazon and Indonesia

Defence minister David McGuinty describes the situation as ‘very, very active and delicate’

Residents deal with broken windows and burnt out cars after tens of thousands of people take to the streets

Dame Rachel de Souza will warn of a ‘state of emergency’ in some communities in a major speech

Democratic voters in the country’s most MAGA county could all fit together in an Uber — but with Trump’s popularity slipping, organizers aren’t giving up, Brendan Rascius learns

Here’s everything you need to know about the nationwide movement

National insurance data shows drivers face a 1 in 145 chance of hitting an animal, with deer topping the list of struck wildlife