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Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across the U.S. this week - with more expected in the coming days - as airlines comply with a mandated reduction in service due to the ongoing government shutdown.

It turns out, the creature filmed slinking through the forest was not a lion, but rather a Newfoundland dog with a lion haircut.

An incentive program allows Ukrainian drone operators to compete for points, which are redeemable for new weapons and equipment online.

A federal judge rebuked the Donald Trump administration on Thursday from the bench, taking exception in part to a Truth Social posted by the president earlier this week. It is one of a number of examples where the use of social media by White House officials has been viewed critically by judges overseeing cases.

More than 60 people killed since early September when the U.S. military began attacking boats that the Trump administration alleges were smuggling drugs. The Associated Press learned the identities of four of the men who were slain.

A federal judge has ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund this month's food aid for 42 million low-income Americans by Friday, blocking its plan to only provide reduced benefits during the record-long government shutdown.

At least five people died in Vietnam afterTyphoonKalmaegipummelled coastal regions with destructive winds and heavy rain, officials said on Friday, following the storm's deadly passage through the Philippines where it killed at least 188 people.

The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, accused of civilian massacres, have posted numerous images posing with rifles bearing the logo of a small B.C. manufacturer called Sterling Cross Defense Systems. Experts say Canada needs to 'do better' to allow for public tracking of arms sales.

The tepid and partisan domestic reaction to the apparent sexual assault Tuesday of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reveals how normalized gender violence has become in the country, according to experts.

Senate Republicans voted to reject legislation Thursday that would have put a check on U.S. President Donald Trump's ability to launch an attack against Venezuela, as Democrats pressed Congress to take a stronger role in Trump's high-stakes campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade, handing him a chance to become history's first trillionaire.

The man who threw a sandwich and became symbol of resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump's D.C. law enforcement surge has been found not guilty of assault.

A U.S. judge on Thursday approved a request by the Justice Department to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people including 18 Canadians.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a proposal from the United States for a humanitarian ceasefire, the group said on Thursday in a statement.

Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo's killing triggered a spasm of fury that has fuelled protests across the fertile Mexican state of Michoacan, which produces limes and avocados found on Canadian grocery shelves.

Israeli jets struck several towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.

France's Louvre Museum began a security audit a decade ago but the recommended upgrades will not be completed until 2032, the state auditor said in a report on Thursday compiled before a spectacular heist there last month.

Typhoon Kalmaegi slammed into Vietnam on Thursday, forcing authorities to cancel hundreds of flights and order people to stay indoors, two days after the storm started sweeping across the Philippines, killing at least 114 people.

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has been in the news of late, with claims that he has changed his stance on climate change, following a memo he posted on his website. But is that really the case?

Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with hubs across the U.S. are among the 40 that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.

Yesterday's budget teased that the government is working with CBC/Radio-Canada to explore Canada's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. While Europop fans might be excited, Canadian participation might not be so easy, as past attempts have proved.

It's been one year since U.S. President Donald Trump's second election win. CBC's Mike Crawley breaks down how Trump's policies have affected law enforcement and immigration since his return to the White House.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that she had filed a criminal complaint against a man who groped and tried to kiss her as she greeted members of the public, a day after a video of the incident went viral.

Stargazers got a celestial treat with the appearance of a supermoon, the second one this year.

The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, setting the record as the longest ever, disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, missed paychecks, flight delays while costing the U.S. at least $10 billion per week, according to estimates.

Thousands of boxes filled with shelter items and food are sitting idle in Jordan, Egypt and Israel, humanitarian agencies say, warning that very little aid is making its way into Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel began.

Japan deployed troops on Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita.

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead and 75 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to go "guns-a-blazing" into Nigeria over what he claims to be deadly persecution of Christians are prompting pushback in the West African nation.

CBC News recently travelled to Starr County, Texas, to get a better sense of how voters feel one year after Donald Trump returned to the White House. Trump flipped this county in 2024, becoming the first Republican presidential nominee to win it in 132 years - though residents are divided on his policies.

Belgium's Brussels and Liege airports were closed on Tuesday evening after drone sightings, diverting many incoming planes and preventing others from taking off.

Democratic candidates notched wins in gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday night, and in New York City's high-profile mayoral contest.

German police said on Tuesday they had conducted an internationally co-ordinated action against alleged fraud and money laundering networks that compromised German payment service providers and racked up damages of hundreds of millions of euros.

While the number of illegal crossings at the North Dakota and Minnesota border with Canada is dropping, U.S. authorities still fear human trafficking will lead to more deaths during the dangerous winter months.

Sydney Sweeney spoke for the first time to GQ about the ad in which the actress makes a play on the word "jeans" that was viewed as having eugenicist undertones by some on social media. Sweeney said she didn't see much of the online backlash.

Rescuers dug through ice and snow on a mountain in Nepal on Tuesday to look for the bodies of seven climbers who were killed by an avalanche, officials said.

The remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel, the military said Tuesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Opening arguments began Tuesday in the trial of Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn, a U.S. Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent in August and was subsequently fired by President Donald Trump's administration.

Countries have submitted their most recent round of promises and plans to fight climate change, and the UN has tallied them up in a new report. Here is its latest projection for how much the Earth is now expected to warm by the end of the century, and how Canada and the U.S. are contributing.

The U.S. Supreme Court takes on a major case on Wednesday when it decides if President Donald Trump has the authority to use a law usually cited in emergencies for the imposition of tariffs on other countries. While they may not be as blunt as the law Trump has cited, there are a handful of other laws the president can cite to utilize tariffs for leverage and revenue.

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barrelled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response officials said.

Israeli police have arrested a former top military chief legal officer, days after she handed in her resignation over a criminal inquiry into a leaked video that shows soldiers allegedly abusing a Palestinian detainee.

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson was cleared on Tuesday of committing an offenceunder British counterterrorism laws after refusing to give police his phone's passcode during a July 2024 border stop.

In 2015, nearly 200 countries adopted the Paris Agreement, the first global pact to fight climate change. Here's a comparison of then and now - in terms of the state of the climate, the way we live and our technologies, our laws and where we're putting our money.

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice-presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

Firefighters late Monday finally managed to extract a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower that partially collapsed during renovation work in the heart of Italy's capital, but the joy of that rescue was short-lived.

Virginia and New Jersey, as they have in modern times, hold gubernatorial elections the November after a presidential inauguration. While those races remain important, it's a California ballot measure and a Pennsylvania vote regarding the state Supreme Court that could have more significant national consequences.

Former workers of a joint venture between the government of Cuba and Canadian mining company Sherritt International say they were victims of a wage confiscation scheme that left them to live on just a fraction of their nominal salaries. They also say they were forced to attend Communist Party meetings and provide reports on all interactions with their Canadian colleagues.