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A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million US.

As protests continue to spread with a rising death toll, some believe Iran's ruling clerics are facing an unprecedented threat, in part because of U.S. President Donald Trump's moves on Venezuela.

Moscow used its hypersonic 'Oreshnik 'missile to target critical infrastructure near Lviv in western Ukraine. Its use of the missile is being seen as more about political messaging, than battlefield strategy.

Luigi Mangione's federal death penalty trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could begin before the end of the year, a judge said Friday while weighing a defence bid to bar the government from making it a capital case.

Elon Musk's startup xAI has put some restrictions on the image generation function of itsGrokchatbot on social media platform X, after the tool's use of AI to create and publish sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash.

Three people were unaccounted for as out-of-control bushfires raged in the Australian state of Victoria, destroying homes and burning through vast swathes of bushland amid the worst fire conditions since 2019's Black Summer.

Another round of protests were planned for Friday in Minneapolis over the killing of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during the Trump administration's latest crackdown on a major city, a day after federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Ore.

The U.S. has seized the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps up efforts to curbVenezuelan oil exports, U.S. officials said on Friday.

Protests in Iran raged Friday night, online videos purported to show, despite a threat from the country's theocracy to crack down on demonstrators after shutting down the internet and cutting telephone lines off to the world.

Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable.

Eutelsat, a company largely owned by the French and U.K. governments, is offering Canada an alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband communications in the Far North. The company says it can create secure channels that cannot be disconnected for "political" reasons.

The official White House narrative of what lead a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to shoot and kill a U.S. citizen in her vehicle in Minneapolis is bumping up hard against what can be seen in videos of the incident.

Further information emerged Thursday about the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement officer who allegedly shot and killed a woman inside her vehicle in Minneapolis. The information was revealed after federal officials shared details about the ICE officer that closely those in court documents from another incident in June.

People in Iran's capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after the country's exiled crown prince called for a mass demonstration, witnesses said, a new escalation in the protests that have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic. Internet access and telephone lines in Iran cut out immediately after the protests began.

Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve an undecided rape charge and avoid going to trial for a third time in New York, a judge said Thursday.

Here is a look at the history of ICE, and some of the major developments and controversies surrounding the agency in the first year of Trump's second administration, leading up to the fatal shooting this week a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis.

The womanshot and killedby a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer inMinneapolison Wednesday was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota.

The United States could oversee Venezuela and control its oil revenue for years, President Donald Trump said in a newly published interview published. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a vote Thursday that could rebuke Trump, though he is likely to veto the measure if it passes.

Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said, hours after the military said it had hit the site of a failed militant rocket launch, the latest violence to jeopardize the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump's increasingly bellicose stance on taking over Greenland, on the heels of capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, have combined to trigger questions about what the White House has in mind for Canada.

Many Greenlanders are expressing their anger and frustration over U.S. President Donald Trump's recent musings that the United States needs to acquire their island. But not all residents are reacting with outrage, with some downplaying the comments made by the Trump administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions following his instructions for his administration to review participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those affiliated with the United Nations, according to a White House statement on social media.

Residents and admirers applauded the funeral convoy as Brigitte Bardot's coffin was being carried through the narrow streets of Saint-Tropez. Once one of the world's most photographed women, she had long called the French Riviera resort her refuge from the celebrity that made her a household name.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis woman on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city - a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defence but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.

Following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, global attention has shifted to the White House's next move in the region. To understand the stakes of this transition, here are six charts that illustrate the scale and significance of Venezuela's oil reserves.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a new slate of dietary guidelines that recommends Americans eat more protein and less sugar than previously advised and that consumers avoid highly processed foods to achieve a healthy diet.

European leaders have sounded the alarm over Donald Trump's ambitions to take over Greenland, but the U.S. president may instead be thinking of his legacy. If that's the case, many analysts, diplomats and politicians believe not only will European diplomacy fail, but the entire post-Second World War system of alliances will come crashing down alongside it, should the U.S. move unilaterally.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela's oil worldwide.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that he would meet with Denmark next week, as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated in recent days that he wants to gain control of Greenland.

When Marco Rubio took the lectern at Mar-a-Lago shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the country had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, it was the culmination of a decade of effort from the secretary of state and a clear sign that he had emerged as a leading voice within the Trump administration.

Travellers planning trips to the Caribbean are voicing trepidation online after theU.S. strike on Venezuelathat captured president Nicolas Maduro, while one Latin America expert says it's not a good time to travel to the region.

Questioned over the weekend about how the U.S. government will take over governing Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instead shifted the focus to the U.S. blockade of sanctioned oil tankers. CBC News looks at the origins of the blockade, what it entails, whether it's considered legal and just how effective it is.

Lego has unveiled new high-tech smart bricks" it says will bring its classic toys to life with lights, sound and interactive movement. But one expert on early learning says the innovation may lessen the potential for imagination that makes Lego a good toy for children's development.

CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are discussing various options for acquiring Greenland, including buying it, but the use of the U.S. military in furthering that goal is "always an option," the White House said on Tuesday.

The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor recorded videos saying he had been planning the attack for at least six semesters, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

"We have a very serious problem, and we need Canada's support," says Aqqaluk Lynge, a former member of Greenland's parliament and co-founder of the pro-Greenlandic independence party Inuit Ataqatigiit.

Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman and Grammy-winning country singer Keith Urban have officially ended their marriage.

After almost four years of major conflict, Ukraine has been given a series of concrete security guarantees - backed by more than 30 countries including Canada - that it can take into possible peace talks with Russia.

The Grammy award for best album cover will be awarded this year for the first time in over 50 years. Photographers and organizers say it couldn't have come soon enough.

On the heels of the U.S. military attacks on Venezuela's capital over the weekend and the capture of president Nicolas Maduro, millions of people on social media are sharing a fictitious CIA analyst's insights on the South American petrostate.

The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.

Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two, according to a government tender.

The trial of one of the first police officers on the scene of the deadly 2022 attack at a Texas elementary school opened on Tuesday with prosecutors accusing him of criminally failing to try to stop the slaughter, while the defence said the officer did the best he could at the chaotic and confusing scene.

Companies both large and small are giving the public a first look at their new products during CES 2026, the world's largest consumer technology trade show, now underway in Las Vegas.

Nestle voluntarily recalled a number of baby formula batches due to potential contamination with a toxin that can cause severe vomiting and nausea. The recall applies to products sold in a number of countries, mostly within Europe, but the company says Canada is not affected.

With the U.S. now claiming control of Venezuela, Donald Trump says oil companies will rush in to build up the infrastructure and earn huge profits. But Venezuela has a history of seizing American assets and kicking U.S. companies out, leaving the future of the oil industry uncertain.

At least 25 people have been killed in Iran during the first nine days of protests that started in the bazaar of Tehran over the plunging value of the currency and soaring inflation, according to rights groups.

Fire safety inspections hadn't been carried out for several years at the bar where a fire that broke out at a New Year's party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured, local authorities said Tuesday.