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In honour of the United States' 250th anniversary and U.S. President Donald Trump's 80th birthday, a UFC event will take place on the White House lawn. Andrew Chang explains how the fight night came together, and the lawsuit that could pose a problem.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the 2026 World Cup, where defending champion Argentina and co-host Canada are among the 48 nations competing in soccer's biggest event.

U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of his interview with Kristen Welker of NBC's Meet the Press, saying: 'You're a one-sided, crooked network.' Andrew Chang lays out Trump's interview tactics, and how they present a unique challenge for journalists.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

In a world of reboots, remakes and sequels, an original story said, "Hold my popcorn." Backrooms is officially A24's highest-grossing worldwide release, as well as the studio's first movie to surpass $200 million US in ticket sales.

A study commissioned by former U.S. president Joe Biden's administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms was released independently on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump's administration decided not to feature the researchers' findings in new dietary guidelines as it faced pushback from the alcohol industry and a congressional committee.

Rob Reiner's son Nick Reiner is seeking unpaid money from a trust his parents established for him, saying he needs it to help in his defence against charges that he killed them. His lawyer left the case but said in a court filing he would return if the funds become available.'

Kenyan police shot and killed a protester as hundreds of people staged new demonstrations on Tuesday against a quarantine centre in Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola, eyewitnesses and a protest leader told Reuters.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI filed preliminary paperwork that would open the door to it becoming a publicly traded company, a move that follows rival Anthropic and Elon Musk's SpaceX also aiming to become publicly traded companies.

A knife attack in Northern Ireland horrified onlookers on Monday night, sending a man to hospital in serious condition and raising tensions in the United Kingdom at a time when questions surrounding immigration and policing have been at the forefront of political discourse.

FIFA has revoked the ticket allocation for Iran fans at the team's three World Cup games in the United States, according to that country's soccer federation.

U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Iran for shooting down a U.S. army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and said the U.S. must respond to the attack.

Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 20,000.

U.S. President Donald Trump's attempts to find a way out of the war with Iran have suddenly become a lot more complicated.

Pope Leo XIV's historic visit to Spain has again thrust the country into the global spotlight, underscoring the pontiff's alignment with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's progressive policies on migration.

Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies to run the struggling city of nearly four million people.

Somali referee Omar Artan won't officiate in the World Cup after being denied entry into the United States.

Videos showing destruction in the Philippines have circulated widely online after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country. CBC's Fact Check team separates the real footage from the AI-generated content.

After decades of decline from human development and extreme weather, the world's mangroves are growing again, according to a surprising new study looking at satellite images of coastal forests.

Researchers say a new study proves that insects can solve problems spontaneously, a cognitive ability usually associated with large-brained vertebrates.

Armenia's governing Civil Contract party won an election seen as a test of its handling of a peace deal with Azerbaijan and its growing turn to the West, despite what international election observers called blatant interference and pressure by Russia.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, the former reality TV personality, slipped into third place in the official vote count late on Sunday, prompting unsubstantiated claims by U.S. President Donald Trump and others that something irregular was taking place.

A CBC News investigation found a number of Facebook accounts run by people overseas impersonating real Albertan separatists.

In his first interview since being fired from 60 Minutes, veteran journalist Scott Pelley detailed his allegations of political interference and bias from CBS management.

Iran and Israel said on Monday they had halted attacks on each other following an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that they immediately "stop 'shooting.'" Tehran said it would resume strikes if Israel continued to hit Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Newly reported casualties raised the overall death toll in the strongest earthquake to hit the Philippine archipelago this year to at least 32, officials said Monday, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings for several hours.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared victory early Monday in a parliamentary election after results from just over one-fifth of polling sites showed his party with about 54 per cent of the vote.

Christian Eriksen is "in good spirits" and expected to leave the hospital soon after collapsing on the field again playing for Denmark, the national team's physician said Monday.

A U.S. federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary.

Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.

A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's disused Chornobyl power plant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, adding that radiation levels at the site remained stable. Russia has not publicly commented on the alleged attack on the facility.

Hundreds of thousands of people poured into a central Madrid plaza on Sunday for Pope Leo XIV 's main Mass and a procession highlighting one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety: flower carpets.

Shea Theodore scored at 5:38 of the second overtime, avoiding what could have been a potentially devastating loss for the Golden Knights after they blew a four-goal lead.

Environmental advocates, doctors, and even players themselves demanding FIFA to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry, which they say is adversely impacting players' health, and threatening the future of the sport itself.

An American student who disappeared while on a family vacation in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, his mother wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday.

Two of the at least 12 wounded in a shooting near a Toledo festival were in critical condition Saturday, Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said, adding it appeared at least two people were firing weapons and "probably shooting at each other."

Downing Street issued a statement pushing back after U.S. Vice-President JD Vance linked the death of 18-year-old Henry Nowak to immigration and what he characterized as civilizational decline in Europe.

Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva claimed her first Grand Slam tennis title by beating Poland's Maja Chwaliska on Saturday in the French Open women's singles final.

Bahrain's government said on Saturday that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait, as the Iran war escalates.

The war began on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel, two days after Israel and the U.S. began their attacks on Iran.

Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank, killing a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounding his parents, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said soldiers shot at a vehicle perceived to be accelerating toward them, and an initial inquiry found occupants were uninvolved civilians.

Several sectors and movements are planning to launch protests and blockades on highways across Mexico, targeting the FIFA World Cup's opening day in Mexico City on June 11.

Newly obtained federal briefing documents show Canada finished building the $6.4-billion Gordie Howe International Bridge before a major legal challenge to the project is expected to reach trial.

Thousands of people gathered in Armenia's capital this week to decry the alleged traitorous path plotted by their current government, waving flags and warning that a vote to re-elect would mean "living here with Azerbaijanis" - the country's longtime rival, with whom the present administration has reached a tenuous peace. But a larger shadow looms over the upcoming vote: a historic break in the country's relations with Russia.

U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said, in the latest escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries.

Iran's World Cup soccer players have been granted visas to enter the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Friday, just 10 days before their first match in Los Angeles amid a conflict between the two countries.

The balloon and its three pilots are on a big mission to cross the Atlantic Ocean, landing somewhere in Europe.

President Donald Trump has cancelled the Freedom 250 concerts that were set to mark the U.S.'s anniversary this summer at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., after many of the original artists dropped out. He now promises to hold the Greatest Rally, EVER!" according to his Truth Social account.

See the Octagon, the iconic eight-sided fenced cage where mixed martial arts fighters compete and other infrastructure being built for UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House to mark U.S. President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the United States.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed about an open letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday, according to state news agency TASS.