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Nicole Kidman has filed for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage, bringing a surprising end to a long and seemingly successful union that brought together two superstars from the worlds of movies and music.

A social media video, verified by Reuters, shows brown and murky floodwaters in the streets of Ibiza, Spain, after a powerful storm hit the island.

The NHL's biggest stars are poised to head back under the brightest lights this winter when the league makes its Olympic return at February's 2026 Milan-Cortina showcase in Italy, ending a 12-year absence.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth declared an end to "woke" culture in the military Tuesday before hundreds of top U.S. military officials who were abruptly summoned to Virginia from around the world.

The United States will deport hundreds of Iranians back to Iran in the coming weeks, with the first 120 deportees being prepared for a flight in the next day or two, Iran said Tuesday.

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to restore internet and telecommunications access across the country, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the country almost entirely cut off from the outside world.

Some of the world's biggest comedians, including Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Pete Davidson and Kevin Hart, are performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival - but not everyone is laughing. Some other comics and the non-profit group Human Rights Watch, have criticized those performing, noting the country's record of human rights abuses.

At least three students were killed, with many others injuredand dozens were presumed buried in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia early Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called the expansion of federal immigration agents and National Guard troops into Chicago, Memphis, Tenn.,andPortland, Ore., necessary, blasting Democrats forcrimeand lax immigration policies. Here's the latest from on the ground in the three cities expecting to see more federal law enforcement in the coming days.

Google's YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million US to settle a lawsuit by U.S. President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

South Africa was stripped of a win in 2026 World Cup qualifying by FIFA on Monday and lost top spot in its group for fielding an ineligible player.

Police in Texas on Monday outlined how they linked a man connected to homicides in other states to the 1991 unsolved killings of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop, saying DNA evidence led to a "significant breakthrough" in the brutal crime that has haunted the state's capital and stumped investigators for decades.

Crews continued searching for victims in the charred rubble Monday as authorities said "some" people were unaccounted for following the Sunday morning attack that wounded eight others in Grand Blanc Township, about 96 kilometres north of Detroit.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has banned the importation of raw milk cheeses from France, Italy and Switzerland in an effort to prevent an outbreak of lumpy skin disease in cattle.

Namibia has sent more than 500 soldiers to help battle a huge wildfire that has burned across 30 per centof the country's best-known national park, home to hundreds of species including the critically endangered black rhino.

Heavy rain and strong winds from Typhoon Bualoi flooded roads, knocked off roofs and caused at least 12 deaths in central Vietnam, before weakening to a tropical storm that moved into Laos Monday, state media reported.

Moldova's pro-European ruling party won a resounding victory over its Russian-leaning rival in a key parliamentary election, results showed on Monday, a major boost for the country's bid to join the European Union and break away from Moscow's orbit.

A shutdown of the U.S. government is looking all but inevitable and there's growing concern the Trump administration is poised to use it as an opportunity to launch mass firings of federal employees.

A gunman opened fire inside a Michigan church during a Sunday servicebefore apparently setting the building ablaze, authorities said, killing at least four people and injuring eightothersbefore police shot him.

Denmarkordered a ban on Sunday on civil drone flights, after drones were observed at several military facilities overnight, following a week in which drone sorties caused the temporary closures of several Danishairports.

Over 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday, a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the White House for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on halting Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The death toll following a stampede at a political rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 40, the state's health minister said Sunday, as medics treated at least 124 injured in hospitals.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, in one of the most sustained attacks on the capital since the full-scalewarbegan.

More than 3,000 kilometres north of the nation's capital, soldiers, ships and aircraft of Canada's Armed Forces gathered this week in one of the most remote areas of the country to answer one question: How would they board a foreign vessel that neither wanted to be seen, nor stopped.

With months ticking down to the goal of $10-per-day daycare across Canada, there are at least five provinces who have yet to meet that goal. And there is mounting evidence from other countries that Canada's market-based approach risks wasting public dollars - and worsening quality of care.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand confirmed that Indian law enforcement officials are actively collaborating with Canada as the two countries continue to thaw a once-icy relationship following allegations that Indian agents were linked to an extrajudicial killing on Canadian soil.

The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures.

Cycling team Israel-Premier Tech has been excluded from an upcoming race in Italy over concerns about pro-Palestinian protests and disruption if the team was to participate.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Ore., "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

The International Paralympic Committee has lifted the partial suspensions of Russia and Belarus. The IPC general assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday first voted against a full suspension for Russia by 111 to 55, with 11 abstentions, and then voted against a partial suspension by 91-77 (with eight abstentions).

Canada and Greenland already had plenty in common before facing threats of annexation from the White House - but all that attention could make for a timely reason to strengthen a key relationship. CBC's Emma Godmere traveled to Greenland's capital of Nuuk to hear from residents about being in the international spotlight and pursuing stronger ties with Canada.

Donald Trump, who hosted Saturday Night Live twice before becoming president, has consistently complained about his treatment on the sketch comedy show. The show returns next week, and Trump's aggressive communications regulator will likely take notice.

In an apparent escalation of U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on his political enemies, former FBI director James Comey has now been indicted on criminal charges. For The National, CBC's Lyndsay Duncombe lays out a timeline of how it got to this point.

The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled they were removed in the colonial era "against the will of the people," the education ministry announced on Friday.

China, the world's largest polluter, just made a historic move: for the first time, the country is pledging actual cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions. CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down what this means for global climate action and how it compares to the U.S. and Canada.

The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, New York's medical examiner said Friday.

Countries including Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain have threatened not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel is excluded from the competition over the war in Gaza.

A member of Irish rap group Kneecap was charged too late with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying a flag of Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah, a London court ruled on Friday, throwing out his prosecution.

An exclusive CBC data analysis has found that since 2018, Ontario has spent over $200 million sending patients to U.S. clinics for procedures unavailable in Canada. The biggest expenditure under the program last year was a specialized cancer treatment called proton beam therapy - a treatment available in every G7 country except Canada.

Dr. Nada Al-Rub is spending a month in working in hospitals around Gaza. She says Al-Shifa has little to no equipment and that she and her colleagues have had to make due with limited resources and very complex injuries.

The rationale for U.S. President Donald Trump's whiplash on Ukraine is being hotly debated in Europe and at NATO, where political leaders and experts are asking whether it's personal self-interest or an economical military strategy.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, upholstered furniture and heavy trucks, starting next Wednesday.

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Washington may need to reassess airport pre-clearance as part of an at-times tense exchangeduringa forum withCanadian business leadersin Banff, Alta., on Thursday.

James Comey was charged Thursday with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case, charges filed days after U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies.

A Chinese film company is being criticized for an apparent edit of a scene in the horror movie Together that swaps the face of a man for a woman to make a gay couple appear straight. Editing films for Chinese distribution isn't new - but one expert says this isn't how it's usually done.

China has announced its first detailed target to cut carbon emissions. It was among the new climate plans and pledges from 100 other countries at a leaders' summit Wednesday during the United Nations General Assembly focused on cutting fossil fuel emissions.

Israeli forces advanced deeper intoGazaCity on Thursday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly, with U.S. President Donald Trump pursuing a deal to end theGazawar.

European soccer body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday.