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Thousands of Vespa riders have been moving in swarms through Rome to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the iconic Italian scooter, which became famous in the 1953 film Roman Holiday.

For weeks, Ukraine has been launching drone strikes against Russian refineries, creating a fuel crisis that has triggered restrictions and long lines at the pump. Now, the Kremlin has taken the rare step to look outside the country to bolster fuel supplies.

Republican members of Congress tried turning up the heat on Canada on Tuesday, depicting the northern border as a dangerous security threat allowing lots of drugs and illegal migrants into the U.S.

People in the U.S. Midwest and Great Lakes states are sweltering under intense heat and humidity in the lead-up to the Fourth of July holiday. In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani warned that temperatures are expected to climb into the high 90s and triple digits, with a heat index that could peak at around 112 F (44 C).

Serena Williams, 44, wasn't quite able to dominate like she used to on Tuesday, and was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 by an opponent less than half the American's age, 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia, in the opening round of Wimbledon.

While some South Africans are chasing migrants out of the country with threats and violence, others are rallying to help those running for their lives. Sharon Ekambaram is one of those helpers.

The Canadarm2, a 56-foot-long arm that has been in operation for more than 25 years on the International Space Station, is undergoing repairs after a joint malfunctioned last month. The arm is an important part of the ISS and is used to move large equipment and capture cargo vehicles.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni may have agreed to settle their differences , but that hasn't stopped the drama - Lively is now looking for just over $8 million US in legal costs from her It End With Us co-star and director.

Ever since Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement, fans have been dying for details. While absolutely nothing is confirmed by the couple themselves, here's what's got people talking.

Rescue teams in Venezuela were losing hope on Tuesday of finding more survivors of twin earthquakes that struck the country last week, following hours of exhausting work searching for victims beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Russian skaters can return to world championships and Grand Prix events next season as neutral athletes for the first time since the full military invasion of Ukraine.

The so-called strawberry moon, which marks the first full moon of the summer, was on full display last night.

Anti-immigrant protesters draped in flags and wielding wooden weapons marched across cities in South Africa on Tuesday to mark a deadline they had set for undocumented migrants to leave, with some marches hit by violence and looting.

Police in Monaco and France were searching for a suspected bomber on Tuesday after three people were wounded by an explosion in the wealthy principality, which two sources said was an attack on a Ukrainian-born oligarch.

When Australian goalkeeper Patrick Beach came off the turf after the first FIFA World Cup game in Vancouver, it wasn't the crowd or atmosphere that had caught his attention - it was the grass.

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again threatened to wipe out Iran, saying 'the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist' if Iran continues to violate the ceasefire agreement. Andrew Chang breaks down the cycle of the two countries' recent attacks, retaliations and perceived provocations to try to understand how they keep vacillating between conflict and dealmaking.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

Sudan has declared a new outbreak of cholera, the country's Ministry of Heath reported Monday, with 117 deaths in West Kordofan state, another seven confirmed cases and 838 suspected cases.

CBC News got rare access inside the International Police Cooperation Center in Virginia, where law enforcement agencies from around the world are coordinating security for the FIFA World Cup, including monitoring drone threats and sharing intelligence.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after election day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.

Italy and the Balkans felt the impact on Monday of a record-breaking heat wave that has caused hundreds of excess deaths and disrupted daily life across the continent for more than a week, with growing concerns over the spread of wildfires.

Five days have passed since twin earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, killing more than 1,450 people, according to the government. Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water.

Police said three people were detained, including the suspected shooter, and that all the fatalities were adults.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to let Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as it stood firm to preserve the central bank's cherished independence against an unprecedented challenge by the Republican president.

Ex-NBA players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis have been indicted in the latest round of charges in the government's gambling investigation, authorities said Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump's bid to overturn a $5-million US verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll.

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed nine people and wounded dozens on Monday, authorities said, with strikes continuing into the afternoon as the death toll climbed.

Australia introduced new legislation in Parliament on Monday to strengthen enforcement of its under-16 social media ban and give its internet regulator more power to pursue tech giants in court for non-compliance.

Six months into a tumultuous year for Cuba, the winds of change are aggressively blowing across the Straits of Florida, toward the island nation.

The future seems dark and dangerous for some Venezuelans amid the dust, debris and death shrouding parts of the country that suffered the brunt of twin earthquakes, creating one of the worst natural disasters in its history.

France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.

The plane belonged to a parachutist school. The pilot and all 10 passengers - five students and five instructors - died in the accident, the prefecture said.

Flash flood warnings were in effect Saturday for parts of Kentucky and Indiana amid heavy rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

According to a report released last week by Human Rights Watch, (RE)Claim and the Community Centre for Development and Solidarity, French police systematically target Black and Arab youth, conducting identity checks and issuing on-the-spot fines.

There was much interest in the move by King Charles to reveal for the first time how much income tax he pays, but in ways, the numbers that emerged this past week add to the longstanding opaqueness around royal finances.

Temperatures hit record highs from Switzerland to the Czech Republic and Denmark on Saturday, as a heat wave that baked western European countries this week moves to central and eastern parts of the continent.

Anthropic said on Friday that the U.S. government has allowed it to release its powerful Claude Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model to some "trusted" U.S. organizations, partially reversing an order two weeks ago to suspend access over national security risks.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said early on Sunday that its navy and aerospace forces had launched joint missile and drone operations targeting U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to recent U.S. strikes against Iran.

Soccer fans usually feel upbeat emotions when watching their national team play in a FIFA World Cup for the first time in 40 years. But this year, some Iraqi supporters have had to balance cheering the national team with observing the Shia Islamic month of mourning.

As the official death toll rose to 1,430 on Saturday, Venezuelans say the civilian population has shouldered the brunt of the rescue and recovery work.

After the largest Ukrainian drone offensive on the Russian capital and other strikes on energy infrastructure, confidence in Putin's leadership has seemed to waver among civilians and prominent nationalists alike. But analysts are skeptical whether it is enough to turn the tide.

An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered his trial judge to resentence him.

The U.S. struck Iran on Friday to respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It's the most significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries to begin working to end their months-long war and reopen the pivotal waterway.

OpenAI says its new AI product, called GPT-5.6 Sol, will only be initially available to a "small group of trusted partners" approved by the Trump administration. The move comes after OpenAI's rival, Anthropic, took two of its models offline shortly after release to comply with a Trump directive.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the U.S. Friday to announce a framework agreement that was described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

John Bolton, national security adviser during Donald Trump's first presidential administration, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally retaining classified information, sealing a deal with federal prosecutors.

A Saudi doctor was sentenced to life in prison in Germany on Friday for killing six people and injuring hundreds, after he rammed a rented BMW into crowds at a historic market in the eastern city of Magdeburg days before Christmas in 2024.

Russian air defences intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major nighttime attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia's Defence Ministry said Friday.

Hundreds of people are dead from Europe's heatwave, in a continent where air conditioning is not the norm. But while ACs may save lives, they can also make the problem worse.