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A doctor sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling ketamine to Matthew Perry is appealing his sentence, arguing he was operating as a drug dealer - not a physician - when he sold the drug to the late star of Friends.

Zahara Jolie, 21, has filled court documents to drop her famous father's last name from hers, following in the footsteps of her siblings Maddox and Shiloh.

The United States launched a second round of airstrikes on Iran into Thursday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would "pay the price" for stalled negotiations.

As the world prepares to watch the FIFA World Cup 2026, the war in Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump's politics are already making the event more complicated.

Bill Gates faced questions on Wednesday having little to do with helping found Microsoft or his global health philanthropy, as members of a U.S. congressional committee questioned him relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

More than 10 assailants got out of a minibus and moved through a poor neighbourhood in South Africa's biggest city while shooting at residents in a late-night attack that killed at least 12 people and wounded nine others, police said Wednesday.

Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday charged seven people and two companies with offences including manslaughter and conspiracy over the city's deadliest fire in decades last November.

A 30-year-old man originally from Sudan appeared in a Belfast court Wednesday charged with attempted murder over a knife attack that left a victim seriously injured and triggered anti-immigrant violence in several parts of Northern Ireland.

Tournament-related construction projects in Mexico City have mainly increased daily frustrations, adding to a general feeling of apathy - if not antipathy - among locals toward the World Cup.

Infection rates for deadly mosquito-borne diseases are extremely low in Canada. But experts warn climate change and evolving environmental factors - including deforestation - are rapidly expanding the geographical range of the world's deadliest animal, and the way it lives and breeds.

New PWHL teams in Hamilton, Detroit, Las Vegas and San Jose each signed five players as foundational players this week. The expansion teams will begin play next season.

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.