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A U.S. federal judge on Monday pressed the Trump administration to provide details about hundreds of Venezuelans it deported despite a court order barring it from doing so, and gave the government until Tuesday to explain why officials believed they had complied with his order.

An Edgewood, B.C., man is being commended for his thoughtful maintenance of a library book that he returned to the University of B.C. this January — nearly 65 years after he took it out.

Residential school denialism does not deny the existence of the school system, but rather downplays, excuses or misrepresents facts surrounding the harms caused by it, experts say.

A Toronto man is facing the rare charge of advocating genocide, in addition to more than two dozen other offences allegedly motivated by hatred toward the Jewish community, police say.

When Audra Lynne Symbalisty used the phrase “till death do us part,” she was in a gas station parking lot in Carstairs, trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband on the couple’s 18th wedding anniversary. 

The six-team Professional Women's Hockey League may expand next season and Detroit tried to improve its chances of landing a team, drawing 14,288 fans Sunday night to break the attendance record for a U.S. professional women's hockey game.

PepsiCo said Monday it would buy prebiotic soda brand Poppi for $1.95 billion US, expanding into the "healthier soda" category at a time when the company is battling falling demand for its traditional beverages and snacks.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would repeal both the federal consumer carbon tax and standards for pricing greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial emitters.

A former University of Waterloo, Ont., student who pleaded guilty to stabbing several people in a gender-studies class in 2023 was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison. The judge said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman's actions were a "particularly grave hate crime," while the instructor wounded in the attack said "work to cultivate inclusive spaces of belonging continues."

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was striking dozens of Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January.…

The federal department confirmed Monday it is “assessing” Tesla’s 1,900-per-cent surge in claims over the final weekend of the federal subsidy program in January but would not say whether the money had been transferred.

Open to Grade 12 students from across Ontario, the DNA lab hosted by TMU held its first workshop in its new home on Monday.

An American immigration lawyer says he's advising noncitizens to avoid leaving the U.S. since he thinks there's an increasing chance they won't be let back in.

Police say the officer was trying to inspect an accessibility parking permit on March 10 when a driver allegedly drove off and struck the officer.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday that reporters are trying to hold him to a new standard for conflict of interest, insisting he is exceeding the current rules by putting his assets in a blind trust.

In a statement to the Star, Drake's lead attorney Mike Gottlieb described the motion as "a desperate ploy by UMG to avoid accountability."

King Charles met Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday at Buckingham Palace for a brief conversation about which little was immediately known - other than that it had happened.

Merritt has already spent more than a decade in jail. The judge called the outcome “a product of compromise.”

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to fully dismantle the federal government’s national carbon pricing regime, going further than Prime Minister Mark Carney by vowing to scrap the industrial pricing system for heavy polluters.

Student journalists at the university have faced online harassment for reporting on campus incidents since pro-Palestinian protests began last year

U.S. President Donald Trump must stop making "disrespectful" comments about Canada before the two countries can start serious talks about future ties, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on March 17.

The fighting started after Syria’s interim government accused militants Hezbollah of crossing into Syria on Saturday, abducting three soldiers and killing them on Lebanese soil, which Hezbollah denies

Robert Preston Morris, 63, turned himself in to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child

Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney met Britain's King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron earlier on in the day in Paris, as part of his visit to Europe.

The Russian President has said he won’t agree to a truce until he knows how it will be enforced

In a statement, the band says Trump administration ‘missed the point’ of the song which was added to a post of a man with his wrists handcuffed to his waist as he is patted down at an airport

New research suggests iguanas journeyed further than any other land-dwelling vertebrate has ever travelled on the ocean

Israeli army confirmed the strikes which were the latest in a string targeting Syria’s military infrastructure

U.S. District Judge says the Corporation for Public Broadcasting hasn’t demonstrated that the alert system will stop working if the grant funding doesn’t start flowing right away

The comments by Trump escalate his administration’s new campaign of airstrikes targeting the Houthi rebels in Yemen, which killed at least 53 people this weekend alone.

He survived by drinking rainwater and consuming whatever he could catch from the ocean, including turtles, cockroaches and birds.

The statue, gifted to the U.S. on the 100th anniversary of its independence, has long been a defining feature of the New York City skyline and an emblem of the free world.

Joshua Riibe, the person of interest, 'is permanently escorted by the police anywhere he goes,' the law firm working with him said, adding he is 'not free to leave' the resort.

U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a possible pivot point in efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the overnight U.S. strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded almost 100.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to sign up to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine if he is serious about peace.

Extreme weather conditions — including hurricane-force winds — are forecast to affect an area home to more than 100 million people.

Police are investigating the arsons, saying that political motives could not be ruled out

The joint communique followed weeks of tension between U.S. allies and President Donald Trump over his upending of Western trade, security and Ukraine-related policy.

Progress on battling fentanyl trafficking could be lost, and so could American lives.

Days after becoming prime minister, Mark Carney visited Paris and London to highlight deep European friendships as his country fights back against President Trump’s tariffs and annexation talk.

He has come to love war and can no longer imagine a future without it.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday’s attack on Gaza came after Hamas said no to the latest proposals by mediators, which included releasing the remaining captives.

The Los Angeles Dodgers star is a marketer’s dream — both a sports icon and national hero in Japan. Ohtani has about 20 active sponsorship deals at any time.

A bubbling dispute broke into a dramatic standoff that ended with police involvement and the Department of Government Efficiency taking up residence at the independent agency.

President Nayib Bukele’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy signals a new level of power and global visibility for the young leader.

More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

A New York Times review of flight data showed that at the time of a federal judge’s order, two flights were in the air, and one had not yet taken off.

The president posted on social media that Hunter Biden would lose his security detail “effective immediately” and also identified the country he was vacationing in.

Shares in Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo were up at least 4% shortly after the open.

Shares of Chinese tech giant Baidu were trading up 10% in trading in Asia, as investors reacted positively to a spate of AI model releases over the weekend.

Two NASA astronauts are heading home on a SapceX ship after about nine months at the International Space Station.

BYD shares jumped on Tuesday after the company announced a new technology that allows electric cars to be charged at a far faster rate than what rivals offer.

Singapore is one of the most expensive cities in the world, so it's using world-class attractions, business conferences and live events to attract visitors.

"Whatever success I've had in life, has been more due to my meditating than anything else," said Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates.

The Wall Street adage to never bet against the U.S. consumer still holds true — to some degree, as February retail sales rose from a month before.

Rippling unknowingly hired a person who downloaded internal records and met with leadership at competitor Deel, the lawsuit claims.

Japan's Sompo Holdings, Inc. is using artificial intelligence to help alleviate a critical shortage of workers needed to care for the country's aging population.

The Trump administration has used the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to Central America.

At least 20 Palestinians were killed, the Gaza Health Ministry said, as Israel vowed to use “increasing military strength” against Hamas.

Beijing’s tariffs on U.S. farm goods will have little short-term impact on Chinese consumers — making it ideal for inflicting political pain on Trump, analysts say.

Yemen’s Houthis have proved resilient to a months-long military campaign, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, to halt the group’s attacks.

Syria’s army attacked Lebanon after it said three soldiers were kidnapped, brought to Lebanon and killed by Hezbollah militants. Hezbollah denied involvement.

President Donald Trump announced the call Sunday and said there would be concessions over land and power plants.

China has unveiled a 30-point plan to boost consumer spending — a task that has become ever more urgent since President Donald Trump ignited a trade war. 

Trump has turned sharply against South Africa in recent weeks. Some onlookers think the primary audience is nativist Trump supporters at home.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will set out reforms to the benefits system on Tuesday afternoon.

Rajwinder Singh, who is accused of murdering Toyah Cordingley in 2018, is likely to face another trial.

Research by the BBC finds libraries are being lost at a rate of about 40 each year.

Farmers warn there has been an increase in willingness to commit violence to farmers and gamekeepers.

Ways are being developed for subsea cables to "sense" whether they are being disturbed or attacked.

King Charles III is going ahead with his state visit to Italy and the Vatican, Buckingham Palace says.

Pharmacies are being advised to "work to rule" unless a funding agreement can be reached with government.

German MPs could pave the way for huge investments to defend Europe against a threatening Russia.

The Nasa astronauts had a Christmas feast and even voted in the US election.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are due to speak about a possible ceasefire in Ukraine on Tuesday.

Air raids hit multiple locations across Gaza, ending weeks of ceasefire and raising fears of renewed ground invasion

Israeli military says its offensive will continue ‘for as long as necessary’ and expand beyond airstrikes

Estimates of Labour cuts continue to rise as MPs grapple with ministers

With US support for Ukraine in doubt, Kyiv’s European allies are weighing whether to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets

US president says he 'look[s] very much forward' to call later on Tuesday

Authorities close Waitpinga and Parsons beaches citing possible link between foam and microalgal bloom

More than 1,000 people have been fired from the health agency as part of Trump cuts

From Bluesky radicals to slick PR professionals, Alexander Butler reports on the Britons trying to take down Elon Musk

Askold Krushelnycky speaks to a senior officer in Kyiv’s army about the pain being felt by troops as they withdraw from inside Russia

An Australian state has closed two beaches after surfers reported feeling unwell while dead fish and unusual foam washed ashore