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A veteran federal Mexican lawmaker told CBC News the era of trilateral trade deals between Mexico-Canada and the U.S. is ending. The interview occurred moments before U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he favoured bilateral accords during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to the White House. Trump's comments made front page news in Mexico.

Canada's Department of National Defence says it will continue a longstanding operation with the U.S. Coast Guard to capture drug smugglers in the Caribbean, despite a string of deadly U.S. airstrikes in the region.

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday said she would temporarily block U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois, five days after another U.S. judge blocked a similar deployment in Portland, Ore.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of U.S. President Donald Trump, was indicted on Thursday on criminal charges including bank fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to a win a Nobel Peace Prize to burnish his already significant legacy as a U.S. president, and a lasting peace that ends the war in Gaza could be a consideration for the committee that determines the prize winner.

U.S. federal auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla's full self-driving technology after dozens of incidents in which its vehicles ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and injuring people.

U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to persuade Americans that the anti-fascist movement dubbed Antifa poses as grave a threat to the country as designated terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah.

As the front lines of the war in Ukraine continue to be described as a meat grinder," the shadow wars between the Kremlin and Kyiv have intensified, with covert assassinations, railway sabotage and car bombings become more common.

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border - including allowing U.S. officers to more freely operate on Canadian soil.

The most promising effort yet to end the war in Gaza was bolstered as senior figures from Israel and the United States joined the negotiations on Wednesday after Hamas handed over its lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed in a swap.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo shows signs of containment, with no new confirmed or probable cases since the World Health Organization's last update on Oct. 1.

What's President Donald Trump's endgame with repeated U.S. strikes on boats near Venezuela? Andrew Chang breaks down the threats the Trump administration says it's reacting to and why Venezuela's relationship with China may also be a factor.Images provided by Getty Images, The Canadian Press and Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which has not been utilized by a U.S. president in more than three decades. Here's a look at why that possibility concerns local officials and some legal analysts.

Authorities in California charged a 29-year-old man with starting a fire that days later erupted into the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history and destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood, U.S. federal law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.

The man whose attack on asynagoguein northern England last week resulted in the deaths of two Jewish worshippers phoned police to say he was acting for Islamic State, also known as ISIS, investigators said onWednesday.

Footage released by Cao Bang Public Security in Vietnam shows rescue crews ferrying a man to safety after strong storms triggered by a typhoon led to swollen rivers and flooded streets.

Former FBI director James Comey on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation.

The Israeli military intercepted a nine-boat flotilla trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea and detained scores of activists on board, the flotilla organizers and the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal-organic frameworks," the award-giving body said on Wednesday.

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a snowstorm over the past weekend on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday.

National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and they could be in Memphis by Friday as the Trump administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime whether local leaders support it or not.

Zelda Williams - actress, director and daughter to the late actor Robin Williams - has spoken out on Instagram about what she calls "disgusting" AI recreations of her father.

Over 32 years after Joe Carter hit his historic homerun to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays, the baseball legend believes the current roster has what it takes.

Gold futures have soared above $4,000 US per troy ounce for the first time, as many investors seek a safe place to park their money as the U.S. government shutdown continues.

Thirty paintings by Ross, whose TV show The Joy of Painting aired on public TV stations in the 1980s and 90s, will be auctioned off with proceeds going to stations that use content from distributor American Public Television. The idea is to help stations in need with licensing fees.

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.

LeBron James had another "decision" to announce. Turns out, it was an ad.

Indonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East Java after retrieving more than 60 bodies, disaster authorities said.

Shipments of frozen shrimp from India to the U.S. have ground to a halt after American tariffs rose to 50 per cent, leaving farmers deeply worried about their livelihoods and some seriously considering abandoning the industry altogether.

The UN says more than 12 million Sudanese have been displaced since its civil war began in spring 2023, making it the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Aid agencies,including Medecins Sans Frontieres, warn the situation could become even more dire if the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces overruns the besieged city of El Fasher in North Darfur.

The first supermoon of the year has risen in the skies around the globe.

Paramount SkydanceCEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chiefof CBS News, as part of a deal to acquire the online news siteshe founded, The Free Press.

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing a felony charge of battery involving serious bodily injury in addition to the misdemeanor charges stemming from a weekend incident in Indianapolis that led to his arrest.

Hundreds of hikers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media is reporting, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas.

Scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance," the award-giving body said Monday.

Partial relief from steel tariffs is the modest expectation of the Canadian delegation heading to the White House for Tuesday's meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump, according to three sources who to spoke to CBC News and Radio-Canada.

Tens of thousands gathered in Mexico City for a rally celebrating Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's first year in office. But beneath the surface of her popularity grow concerns over the challenges she faces.

Four people, including a 15-year-old, died in a combined drone and missile strike on Lviv, according to regional officials and Ukraine's emergency service. The historic western city is often seen as a haven from the fighting and destruction further east.

Last fall, Prince William talked about trying to do things differently, "with maybe a smaller 'r' in the Royal." What that means will emerge in time, but more recent musings from the Prince of Wales may offer the next clues.

The increasingly common use of curse words, in public, by U.S. politicians would have seemed out of place not long ago. Are all those F-bombs just expressions of plain ol' frustration? Or something more strategic?

U.S. Border Patrol shot an armed woman in Chicago on Saturday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, as the governor of Illinois said the Trump administration plans to federalize and deploy hundreds of National Guard to the state.

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times during a late-night altercation with a 69-year-old truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley, which resulted in criminal charges against the Fox Sports analyst, according to court records filed Sunday.

Police in Georgia used water cannons and pepper spray on Saturday to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace, as the South Caucasus country held a municipal election boycotted by the main opposition blocs amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent.

TwoRussian drones struck trains at a station in Ukraine's northern Sumy region, killing one person and injuring about 30 others, officials said on Saturday, with Ukraine's foreign affairs minister accusing Moscow of deliberately hitting passenger trains.

If all goes to plan, next February could see the return of humans to the moon. Four people - NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen - will see it as no one has before. And they will also be collecting valuable health data on themselves.

The notion of Canada becoming a submarine-building nation is not that far-fetched, Germany's armaments state secretary says. Jens Plotnersaid ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems - one of two bidders in the submarine program - has done it in other countries and all Canada has to do is ask.

Sophie Roske had a pistol, a knife, zip ties and burglary tools in her possession when a taxi dropped her off outside U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, Md., just after 1 a.m. on June 8, 2022.

Germany's Munich Airport reopened Saturday morning after authorities shut it down the night before for the second time in less than 24 hours after two additional drone sightings, officials said.