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Blades Brown became the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years Sunday when the 19-year-old rallied from a seven-shot deficit with a 9-under 63 and beat Ben James with a birdie on the second playoff hole in the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was "only kidding" when he suggested UFC CEO Dana White could become his next White House press secretary, after a social media post a day earlier stirred speculation about recruiting his feisty ally and signalled a combative approach to dealing with Democrats as they prepare to take control of Congress.

Top Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have called on Jensen Huang to brief Congress this month about a New York Times report in October alleging he had a close relationship with a Chinese businesswoman who passed information to Beijing.

The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association said Sunday it has been informed that it is being bumped by Russia from competing in the world junior championships in Canada, a decision creating further uncertainty involving the 10-nation tournament.

As the dust settles on a stunning midterm election that saw Republicans take heavy losses in the U.S. Congress, former Canadian and American officials are unsure if the drubbing signals the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's political era and movement.

The crash occurred in the al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 52 kilometers south of Cairo. A train travelling to the southwestern Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train heading to the southern province of Aswan, according to the Transportation Ministry.

Poland began two days of national mourning on Sunday, after authorities say a 24-year-old man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow and opened fire, killing six people and wounding 15 others before police shot and wounded him.

Democrats remain cautious about jumping to conclusions of what their midterm wins could mean for the next presidential election campaign. Still, the dramatic scale of the victory has some seeing a potential path back to the White House in 2028.

Canada is negotiating to be a part of a major European exchange program that could give Canadians more opportunities to study, work and live in Europe. But how Canada would expand its participation in Erasmus+ is complicated.

With fears of cyberattacks, conflict and major disruption to daily life grow in Europe, governments are urging citizens to prepare for emergencies. But in Britain, the culture of stockpiling supplies and being ready to face a crisis needs gentle and convincing persuasion.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White, an announcement unconventional even for the norm-busting president. White said Saturday that he plans to meet with Trump on Monday at the White House.

Israel's president has tapped opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot to form a new government, in another setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Paraguayan prosecutors on Saturday charged former president Santiago Pena with breach of trust and administration for personal gain and asked a court to jail him pending trial, a day after his impeachment over the collapse of digital lender Ueno.

Demonstrators are calling for a moratorium on constructing large AI data centres across Europe. Data centres are a lightning rod for concerns and criticisms over artificial intelligence due to their role in developing and operating the technology, which involves using massive amounts of electricity and water.

Six people were killed and 16 wounded after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a busy market square in Krakow, authorities said, in what Poland's defence minister called an "act of terror."

Countries like the U.S., U.K. and China are pouring billions into AI-integrated military software and hardware, despite legal and ethical concerns. Canadian defence technology companies, military experts and defence officials all say keeping humans in the loop will be key.

Canada has multimillion-dollar contracts with U.S. tech firm Palantir. Experts warn the deals could expose military data to U.S. authorities and deepen Canada's reliance on foreign technology, while DND says its systems keep government data secure in Canada.

Republicans had a significant edge over Democrats in raising funding from outside groups in this year's U.S. midterms, giving them an overall money advantage. Yet Republicans suffered significant losses, raising questions about the impact money has in a political race.

The faculty senate of Cornell University approved a resolution Friday declaring no confidence in the school's top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024.

Ousted Paraguayan president Santiago Pena was placed under house arrest Friday on suspicion of breach of trust and influence peddling, among other charges, shortly after the Senate removed him from office over the collapse of a government-linked bank that locked nearly half of the country's six million people out of their savings.

The United States government has announced sanctions against several Canadian currency-exchange businesses accused of helping the Iranian regime and, in several cases, also helping the alleged head of a drug trafficking ring.

Just days after the Republican Party's resounding defeat in the midterms, U.S. President Donald Trump is replacing his top political adviser, chief of staff Susie Wiles, with immigration hardliner Stephen Miller.

The father of the 20-year-old co-pilot killed alongside eight others in a Florida Learjet crash said Friday he has repeatedly listened to her final radio transmissions, searching for answers and finding pride in how she handled the crisis.

Jason Reding Quinones, who oversaw probes into past criminal investigations of U.S. President Donald Trump as the top federal prosecutor in Miami, has resigned, Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday. His departure follows the announcement on Thursday that Harmeet Dhillon was leaving her post leading to the Justice Department's civil rights unit.

A spate of bomb threats across Europe has thrown airports and newsrooms into disarray over the past week, forcing flight diversions and emergency landings while prompting broadcast suspensions and evacuations.

Pope Leo XIV is returning home to the continent where he spent two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be a pastor, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and his second homeland of Peru. Here's a look at a tribute to the pontiff by a Peruvian sculptor.

The Canadian government has joined nine other countries in a joint statement condemning this week's prison sentence for Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong.

Thomas Markle, the father of Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, was arrested Friday morning by federal agents in Florida on a federal criminal complaint alleging he kept child sexual abuse material, including sexually explicit photographs of himself with prepubescent girls, said the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.

A Kenyan court sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children starved to death on his orders and buried in a forest, among 500 suspected victims of one of the worst ceremonial massacres of modern times.

Jonathan Black-Branch has lost his bid to avoid extradition from France to Canada to face fraud charges.

The death toll from Russia's bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 53, the acting regional governor said Friday, making it one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year.

A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor has died almost a year after she was wounded during the massacre of 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration, officials said Friday.

Several Republicans sought to distance themselves from Donald Trump's trade war during the midterms, in some cases asking for specific tariffs to be rolled back. Even so, Republicans lost. Democrats, who were traditionally the party of protectionism, appear to have been pushed into a more pro-free trade stance, and appear ready to try to reach a deal with Republicans.

Dolly Parton's longtime manager moved Thursday to drop a complaint that accused the late singer's nephew who acted as her head of security with threatening her estate and its employees.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a video message on Thursday vowing to fight efforts in Congress to impeach him and defending the Iran war as "courageous and historic" after voters punished Republicans over it in this week's midterm elections.

Nithya Raman, a little-known Los Angeles City Council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has defeated Mayor Karen Bass, an upset that will alter the trajectory of the nation's second-largest city.

AI stocks worldwide felt pressure as worries rise about possible moratoriums on data centres following Democratic victories in the U.S. midterm elections.

California governor Gavin Newsom is commuting the death sentences of more than 500 inmates to life in prison with no parole, saying he believes state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with the values of California, undermines the foundations of the legal system and "diminishes each of us."

A Mexican judge has been arrested on allegations that he accepted a $2-million US bribe in exchange for granting bail to a man accused of acting as second-in-command to Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, American officials said on Thursday.

Some protesters clashed with police in Paris and Lyon on Thursday during largely peaceful nationwide demonstrations and a one-day strike by some public sector workers in a renewed challenge to President Emmanuel Macron.

A series of hoax bomb threats hit European airlines from Ireland to Bulgaria on Thursday morning for the second time this week, with some of at least 27 affected flights making unplanned landings or being escorted by fighter jets.

As President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans take stock after a devastating midterm election that saw the Democrats seize control of Congress, his wife Melania is preparing to host representatives who will almost certainly praise Washington's actions.

The Democrats flipping governorships and Senate seats in Texas and Ohio turned the states dramatically blue on election night. Some political observers say these wins don't necessarily mean the states will stay that colour, but they do reveal a new political reality - that they'll be electoral battlegrounds in the 2028 presidential election.

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Dancing in the streets, popping champagne and high-fiving fans was all part of the celebration on Wednesday as the Golden State Valkyries parade made its way through Oakland and then across the bay in San Francisco.

Democrats made historic gains in the U.S. midterm elections, winning majority control of both the House and Senate by flipping deep-red seats in several states including Texas, South Carolina and Kansas. Andrew Chang breaks down shifts across key battlegrounds to explain how the 'bluenami' unfolded as traditional Republican strongholds fell.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

One of NASA's premier space telescopes plunged to Earth on Wednesday, ending its 22-year investigation of gamma ray bursts and exploding stars.

Donald Trump just joined a rare presidential club of U.S. presidents to lose both the House and Senate in the midterms. CBC's Mike Crawley looks at the former presidents who also faced similar congressional busts.CORRECTION (Nov. 4, 2026): In this video, there is a reference to Donald Trump being the third U.S. president to lose both the House and Senate in the midterms. In fact, he is the fourth.

Deb Haaland and Peggy Flanagan have made history in the U.S. midterm elections, becoming the first Native American woman elected governor and U.S. senator, respectively, marking a milestone for Indigenous political representation in the U.S.

U.S. Vice-President JD Vance blamed the Republican Party's decisive defeat in the midterm elections on the war that President Donald Trump launched against Iran.