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The United States could oversee Venezuela and control its oil revenue for years, President Donald Trump said in a newly published interview published. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a vote Thursday that could rebuke Trump, though he is likely to veto the measure if it passes.

U.S. President Donald Trump's increasingly bellicose stance on taking over Greenland, on the heels of capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, have combined to trigger questions about what the White House has in mind for Canada.

Many Greenlanders are expressing their anger and frustration over U.S. President Donald Trump's recent musings that the United States needs to acquire their island. But not all residents are reacting with outrage, with some downplaying the comments made by the Trump administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions following his instructions for his administration to review participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those affiliated with the United Nations, according to a White House statement on social media.

Residents and admirers applauded the funeral convoy as Brigitte Bardot's coffin was being carried through the narrow streets of Saint-Tropez. Once one of the world's most photographed women, she had long called the French Riviera resort her refuge from the celebrity that made her a household name.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis woman on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city - a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defence but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.

Following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, global attention has shifted to the White House's next move in the region. To understand the stakes of this transition, here are six charts that illustrate the scale and significance of Venezuela's oil reserves.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a new slate of dietary guidelines that recommends Americans eat more protein and less sugar than previously advised and that consumers avoid highly processed foods to achieve a healthy diet.

European leaders have sounded the alarm over Donald Trump's ambitions to take over Greenland, but the U.S. president may instead be thinking of his legacy. If that's the case, many analysts, diplomats and politicians believe not only will European diplomacy fail, but the entire post-Second World War system of alliances will come crashing down alongside it, should the U.S. move unilaterally.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela's oil worldwide.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that he would meet with Denmark next week, as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated in recent days that he wants to gain control of Greenland.

When Marco Rubio took the lectern at Mar-a-Lago shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the country had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, it was the culmination of a decade of effort from the secretary of state and a clear sign that he had emerged as a leading voice within the Trump administration.

Travellers planning trips to the Caribbean are voicing trepidation online after theU.S. strike on Venezuelathat captured president Nicolas Maduro, while one Latin America expert says it's not a good time to travel to the region.

Questioned over the weekend about how the U.S. government will take over governing Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instead shifted the focus to the U.S. blockade of sanctioned oil tankers. CBC News looks at the origins of the blockade, what it entails, whether it's considered legal and just how effective it is.

Lego has unveiled new high-tech smart bricks" it says will bring its classic toys to life with lights, sound and interactive movement. But one expert on early learning says the innovation may lessen the potential for imagination that makes Lego a good toy for children's development.

CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are discussing various options for acquiring Greenland, including buying it, but the use of the U.S. military in furthering that goal is "always an option," the White House said on Tuesday.

The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor recorded videos saying he had been planning the attack for at least six semesters, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

"We have a very serious problem, and we need Canada's support," says Aqqaluk Lynge, a former member of Greenland's parliament and co-founder of the pro-Greenlandic independence party Inuit Ataqatigiit.

Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman and Grammy-winning country singer Keith Urban have officially ended their marriage.

After almost four years of major conflict, Ukraine has been given a series of concrete security guarantees - backed by more than 30 countries including Canada - that it can take into possible peace talks with Russia.

The Grammy award for best album cover will be awarded this year for the first time in over 50 years. Photographers and organizers say it couldn't have come soon enough.

On the heels of the U.S. military attacks on Venezuela's capital over the weekend and the capture of president Nicolas Maduro, millions of people on social media are sharing a fictitious CIA analyst's insights on the South American petrostate.

The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.

Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two, according to a government tender.

The trial of one of the first police officers on the scene of the deadly 2022 attack at a Texas elementary school opened on Tuesday with prosecutors accusing him of criminally failing to try to stop the slaughter, while the defence said the officer did the best he could at the chaotic and confusing scene.

Companies both large and small are giving the public a first look at their new products during CES 2026, the world's largest consumer technology trade show, now underway in Las Vegas.

Nestle voluntarily recalled a number of baby formula batches due to potential contamination with a toxin that can cause severe vomiting and nausea. The recall applies to products sold in a number of countries, mostly within Europe, but the company says Canada is not affected.

With the U.S. now claiming control of Venezuela, Donald Trump says oil companies will rush in to build up the infrastructure and earn huge profits. But Venezuela has a history of seizing American assets and kicking U.S. companies out, leaving the future of the oil industry uncertain.

At least 25 people have been killed in Iran during the first nine days of protests that started in the bazaar of Tehran over the plunging value of the currency and soaring inflation, according to rights groups.

Fire safety inspections hadn't been carried out for several years at the bar where a fire that broke out at a New Year's party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured, local authorities said Tuesday.

The capture and planned prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under U.S. law rattled European leaders gathered in Paris on the eve of planned meetings over specific security guarantees for Ukraine.

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.

Venezuelans travelling over the Colombian-Venezuelan border say people in the country are trying to live normal lives in the face of an uncertain future.

Leaders in Greenland, Mexico and Colombia are asserting their respective nations' sovereignty and pushing back on pressure from Washington after it removed Nicolas Madurofrom power in Venezuela over the weekend.

A strange lull has taken over the capital of Venezuela as people wait to find out what the future holds for their country, says Caracas resident Benigno Alarcon Deza.

Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, Cuba's closest ally, as residents of the island nation wonder what the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro means for their future.

Now that we're at a crisis point - with the United Nations sayingU.S. President Donald Trump's weekend invasion of Venezuela contravened its charter and with Nicolas Maduro appearing in a U.S. court - it's a good time to review what led to this moment.

A Texas judge seated a jury Monday in the trial of a former school police officer in Uvalde who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history and has been charged with failing to protect children from the gunman.

A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she was born male.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is ending his bid for a third term, less than four months after announcing his reelection campaign. Walz was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee during the 2024 election campaign.

Delcy Rodriguez, at least for now, has taken over as leader of Venezuela after her ally Nicolas Maduro was seized by the United States to face criminal indictment in New York. With the events from Maduro's stunning capture still fresh, there are more questions than answers about Rodriguez's future dealings with the U.S.

Longtime Liberal Chrystia Freeland says she'll step down as a member of Parliament in the "coming weeks" after accepting a new role advising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Airlines in Canada could be under pressure soon to improve their services as the federal government opens up its skies to more competition from the Middle East.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Paris where he will meet with "coalition of the willing" partners to talk about specific security guarantees for Ukraine should there be a ceasefire and peace settlement with Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing leader Nicolas Maduro in a raid is likely to face many hurdles - both logistically and legally.

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland, after he reiterated his wish to do so in an interview with The Atlantic magazine.

Venezuelan migrants around the world erupted in celebration on Saturday following theU.S.-ledcaptureof President Nicolas Maduro, whose government oversaw one of the world's largest migration exoduses in recent history.

The first comments by 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei come as violence surrounding the demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy has killed at least 10 people.

Key facts about Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who U.S. President Donald Trump said had been captured by U.S. forces on Saturday.