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In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the U.S. Defence Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space - and therefore inaccessible to journalists.

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it will comply with a court ruling temporarily blocking a nearly $1.8-billion US fund meant to compensate allies of U.S. President Donald Trump, effectively agreeing to pause the plan for at least two weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump claims the results of a recent cognitive exam show his 'extreme intelligence.' Andrew Chang breaks down the test questions and how the results are calculated.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

Scammers have created dupes of FIFA's World Cup website designed to steal your personal info and sell fake tickets.

An experimental drug that doubles survival time for pancreatic cancer is being hailed as a breakthrough for combating one of the world's deadliest cancers.

You can't spell "Toy Story" without TS. And Jessie? Confirmed Swiftie. Taylor Swift revealed Monday she'll be featured on the fifth Toy Story film's soundtrack with an original song titled, I Knew It, I Knew You, out Friday June 5.

U.S.-based artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Monday it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), teeing up what could become a watershed moment for Wall Street's AI frenzy.

Serena Williams is returning to professional tennis at age 44 after nearly four years away from the sport. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has accepted a wild card invitation to play doubles at the upcoming Queen's Club grass-court tournament, the WTA Tour announced Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that talks with Iran were ongoing, despite a report that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations with the United States to end hostilities over Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.

Colombian right-wing outsider Abelardo de la Espriella is set to compete in a run-off election for president against leftist Sen. Ivan Cepeda, according to voting results from the first-round election.

The American Meteor Society said that the booms people heard were caused by a meteor nearly 1 meter wide entering the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.

The death toll from a chemical tank rupture in the U.S. state of Washington climbed to 11 as crews recovered the bodies of all nine missing people, authorities said on Saturday.

French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title.

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed the importance of building community trust and ensuring safe burials to prevent the spread of the disease, and he urged countries to reconsider travel bans and border closures, saying they "discourage transparency."

Italy has banned two concerts involving American rappers Kanye West and Travis Scott that were due to take place in July in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, authorities said on Saturday.

Rescuers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days. One person was safely released a day earlier.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who turns 80 in June and is the oldest person to assume the presidency, frequently casts himself as more energetic and fitter than Joe Biden, his Democratic predecessor.

The "people-to-people" ties between Canada and China are seeing a surge as geopolitical relations between the two countries warm up. As China lifts restrictions on group tours to Canada and Canada is increasing flights to China, tourism between the two countries is up.

U.S. demands that Cuba close its Russian and Chinese spy outposts have come as the Trump administration exerts maximum pressure on the island with an energy blockade and widening sanctions. Here's a look at how some of the most noteworthy agents from both counties managed to operate under the radar - until they were caught.

U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday in June, and will do so amid questions about whether his physical health and mental sharpness are on the decline. A memo from his physician that was released by the White House on Friday says Trump remains in excellent health.

While thousands of Cubans have been marching in the streets to oppose the U.S. indictment of their former president Raul Castro, a literal daughter of the revolution is singing a different tune.

A U.S. federal judge ruled Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations - the latest legal setback for Trump's efforts to leave his personal mark on the landscape of the nation's capital.

Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Pope Leo about artificial intelligence and the "imperative that AI must serve humanity" - a conversation that comes days after the Pope urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems.

The top prosecutor from Minnesota's Hennepin County announced the arrest Friday of an ICE officer charged for shooting a Venezuela-born man in January at the height of a deadly immigration blitz launched by the Donald Trump administration.

Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or facing low pressure during a record-breaking heat wave this week, as high demand followed a dry spring to expose the failings in Britain's aging infrastructure.

Israeli forces have advanced to positions north of Lebanon's Litani River, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as Israel escalates attacks against Hezbollah militants after warning thousands more Lebanese to flee their villages.

An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos' space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX.

NATO member Romania said on Friday that a drone injured two people in a southeastern city during an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the first time in the war that a drone had hit a densely populated area in Romania and caused injuries.

Donald Trump's former attorney general Pam Bondi is appearing before the U.S. House oversight committee today - behind closed doors and not under oath - for a hearing about the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. In an opening statement obtained by media, Bondi admitted "there were redaction errors" in the files.

Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old from California, won a tense tiebreaker to take the title at this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming the best young speller in the English language.

An annual United Nations report documenting sexual violence in conflicts worldwide has included Israeli forces for the first time since the review began more than 15 years ago for their treatment of Palestinian detainees. Israel denies the accusations.

Crews have recovered six of nine workers missing and presumed to be dead after a chemical tank rupture in Washington state, officials said Thursday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel's military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70 per cent of the Palestinian territory, where the population is already penned into a tiny strip of land along the coast.

Tribeca Festival is defending the inclusion of a full-length AI-generated movie in its lineup this year. Filmmakers Ash and Pooya Koosha used AI tools to create the movie at a cost of just $2,000 US.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan put to rest speculation about a potential 2028 U.S. presidential bid, saying Thursday that she will not join what is expected to be a crowded primary field after leaving office at the end of this year.

Israel's air force struck a southern suburb of Beirut on Thursday afternoon, its military said, amid a broader escalation in southern Lebanon where Israeli troops have crossed the Litani River over the past days and warned residents to leave much of the area.

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied on Thursday that his office has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.

The United States and Iran have reached an outline agreement to extend their ceasefire pending the approval of President Donald Trump, Axios reported on Thursday, after Iran targeted a U.S. airbase in Kuwait in the wake of U.S. strikes on what Washington said was an Iranian drone operation.

A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls' school in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley overnight, killing at least 15 students, police said on Thursday.

Sluggish trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. are finally showing signs of life as a milestone looms for renewal of CUSMA, their three-way trade deal with Mexico.

Germany's defence minister says submarine maker ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems can deliver four Type 212-CD submarines to Canada by 2036, matching a key South Korean promise by reallocating boats from German and Norwegian orders. The bid also includes billions in proposed industrial investments, turning Ottawa's looming submarine choice into a broader strategic and economic decision.

Author and podcast host Mel Robbins received heavy backlash earlier this month for telling her 12.3 million Instagram followers to use more AI, including for sensitive financial information. She's echoing recent messaging from a number of celebrities, including actor Reese Witherspoon, encouraging women to use more AI or risk being "left behind."

A federal Crown corporation is mulling legal action against Colombia after the country's Ministry of National Defence cancelled a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to construct new ministry headquarters.

The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials - the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the oil-rich nation.

A richly illustrated 13th-century French tome describing the adventures of King Arthur is heading to the auction block after more than 700 years tucked away in private collections.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter continues the countdown to the World Cup with some stories involving non-Canadian teams, including an untimely injury for Argentina's Lionel Messi.

Matthew Perry's live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the Friends star's descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged U.S. President Donald Trump to help Ukraine with air defence systems and interceptors as Russia threatens new strikes, saying that ballistic missiles remain Moscow's "last major advantage on the battlefield."

The Black Sabbath frontman's family announced a partnership with two tech companies, Hyperreal and Pronto Hologram, to create the digital DNA of Ozzy Osbourne, voice, image [and] movement," during a chat about the future of Ozzy's brand at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.