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Rory McIlroy joined more elite company Sunday at the Masters when he pulled away with a pair of birdies around Amen Corner and, as usual, saved a little drama for the end before taking his place in Augusta National history as only the fourth back-to-back champion.

Once an ally to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Peter Magyar broke from the party to forge a path of his own that ultimately led to him replacing Orban.

Justin Bieber returned to the platform that first made him a viral sensation on the Coachella stage Saturday night, huddling up to a laptop for a nostalgic YouTube-powered detour during his headlining set.

Human rights groups say Iran is speeding up executions of political dissidents and anti-regime protesters who took to the streets in January. Families and activists say any negotiations to end the war must be conditioned on ending the killings.

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Sunday that his government will offer new fuel tax cuts to try to end crippling protests over soaring gas costs, though he slammed the tactics of farmers and truckers who had blocked access to the nation's only oil refinery and several depots.

The first-ever Rock League title belongs to Shield Curling Club. The Canadian-based team beat Typhoon Curling Club 2-1 on Sunday at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre to secure the first title in the start-up professional curling league's history.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardizing a fragile two-week ceasefire. The U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces would begin implementing the blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports at 10 a.m. ET on Monday.

Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire in their four-year war, each reporting close to 2,000 drone and shelling attacks just hours after the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat in Sunday's Hungarian election, ending his 16 years in power.

Trucks and tractors continued to block access to vital fuel depots and a major port, and vehicles clogging traffic led to closures of part of the main highway around Dublin, as well as sections of other major roadways.

Viktor Orban has spent the last 16 years building an 'illiberal' state in Hungary. Endorsed by MAGA, but penalized by the European Union for democratic backsliding, polls suggest Orban's Fidesz party will lose Sunday's election to centre-right, pro-EU Tisza party, led by former Orban loyalist Peter Maygar.

NASA is holding a welcome event in Houston on Saturday for the Artemis II astronauts, including Canadian mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, following their historic 10-day journey around the moon and back.

Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones after a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire took effect Saturday, a Ukrainian military officer told The Associated Press, casting immediate doubt over the truce.

Other countries, like the U.K, the United States and the European Union have all dedicated funding and detailed roadmaps to replace animal testing in research settings. And while Canada has a strategy to replace animals used in chemical and toxicity testing, there is still no plan for those used in biomedical testing.

Tent schools like the one where nine-year-old Ritaj Rihan was killed by gunfire this week are symbolic of the fragile hope Palestinians have for the future and the paralyzing fear they still live with today. Six months after Israel and Hamas reached the first phase of a ceasefire that was supposed to end fighting in Gaza, humanitarian organizations have given it a failing grade.

Researchers have uncovered the locations of 37 subglacial lakes in Canada's Arctic, 35 of them discovered for the very first time - what could be a major scientific breakthrough in understanding the quickly-warming region.

Former U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris, who was the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidency in 2024, said on Friday that she was considering running for president again in 2028.

A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honour his late mother, Princess Diana, has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year.

Officers arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home on Friday and then making threats at the company's headquarters, police and the company said.

President Donald Trump has made good on a promise to drastically cut the number of refugees into the U.S., with white South Africans being the top priority over those fleeing conflict, poverty and other threats to their safety from different countries.

Iran's negotiating team arrived in Islamabad on Friday for peace talks with the United States, even as Tehran insisted on measures it said needed to be addressed first, throwing last-minute doubt over the meetings scheduled in Pakistan.

U.S. President Donald Trump's recent social posts, like his threat to destroy Iran's 'whole civilization,' have alarmed both critics and allies, leaving Democrats questioning whether he's fit for the presidency - Andrew Chang shows us how they're going about it.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images

The Vatican and the Pentagon have pushed back on a report that suggested a meeting in January between a U.S.-based cardinal and a member of Donald Trump's administration grew heated.

Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine.

When we sent four humans 406,771 kilometres into space for the first time, we also sent a toilet with them. After all, if the plan is to go farther and farther, then it's critical we test one of the non-negotiable parts of being human.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, along with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, are returning to Earth after travelling around the moon. But before they get their feet on solid ground, they have to get their Orion spacecraft safely through Earth's atmosphere.

Britain deployed military vessels to prevent any attacks on cables and pipelines by Russian submarines that spent more than a month in and around British waters earlier this year, Defence Minister John Healey said on Thursday.

The dozens of photos taken by the astronauts include never before seen views of the moon, a total solar eclipse and a stunning shot of Earth.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend, following an earlier call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a pause in some of the hostilities to observe the holiday.

Despite threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, an American break with NATO remains unlikely. Political constraints, military dependence and mutual interests bind both sides. The real danger involves eroding trust, emboldening Russia and a slow-motion fracture that weakens deterrence without ever triggering a formal divorce.

First lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his crimes, saying Thursday that the "stories are completely false" and calling accusations that she was somehow involved "smears about me."

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how some countries are using heat from nuclear power plants to heat homes; map the countries with the biggest potential to generate solar power; and learn about the government's new approach to protecting nature.

The boys of BTS are returning to the stage after a nearly four-year hiatus, during which the members completed their mandatory military service. Despite pouring rain in Seoul, fans packed a stadium to watch the K-pop group kick off their long-awaited world tour.

Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the Middle East ceasefire in further jeopardy after its most intensive strikes of the war on its neighbour killed more than 300 people, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

The Middle East ceasefire appeared shaky less than two days after it was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, as Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday and Iran showed little sign of relinquishing its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's sunny assessment of the prospects for a long-term peace agreement with Iran, there are fundamental differences in the visions the two sides have put forward for a deal.

The announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and the United States was met in Lebanon with the war's bloodiest day, as Israel launched a massive air campaign that its media termed "Operation Eternal Darkness." The Israeli strikes killed and wounded hundreds, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled his intent to pursue Hezbollah regardless of international pressure.

A wave of Israeli airstrikes swept across Lebanon on Wednesday, leaving at least 112 dead and hundreds wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Shippers looking to revive the passage of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz were seeking clarity on the logistics on Wednesday, while refiners inquired about new crude loadings, in response to a ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran.

U .S. President Donald Trump is sending an Iran negotiating team, led by Vice-President JD Vance, to Pakistan for talks, the White House told reporters on Wednesday, adding that the first round of negotiations would take place on Saturday.

In China, the energy landscape has reached a historic tipping point. For the first time, its total installed wind and solar capacity has officially surpassed that of coal. It's a shift driven by massive industrial scale and artificial intelligence - and Chinese energy giants have their sights set on the Canadian wilderness.

As Canada lowers its tariffs and imports more electric vehicles from China, an upcoming report from New York-based labour rights researchers is making new allegations of forced labour practices at the world's bestselling EV manufacturer, BYD.

Canada's response to Israel's 2026 invasion of Lebanon has been unequivocal condemnation of what Prime Minister Mark Carney called "an illegal invasion." That's a marked contrast to Stephen Harper's defence of Israel's 2006 invasion.

Over the weekend more than 1,000 spectators gathered in Ukraine to carefully open cloth bags and release dozens of rescued bats into the air. Alona Pryslutska, co-founder of the Ukrainian Bat Rehab Center, says not even the war is stopping this unconventional marker of the arrival of spring.

Australia's most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police and media reported on Tuesday.

Michigan's new Fab Five threw style points out the door and brought home a prize not even the school's most famous team could capture.

Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said. The two other assailants were captured with injuries.

U.S. President Donald Trump said early Tuesday evening that he has agreed "to suspend the bombing and attack on Iran for a period of two weeks" subject to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver has confirmed the deaths of nine of its 10 workers who were abducted in Concordia, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, in late January.