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A Paris court sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty on a key charge in his trial for alleged illegal campaign financing by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Denmark saidThursday that drone incursions that brieflyshut two of its airports and affected military installations overnight were hybrid attacks intended to spread fear, butthat officials did not know who was behind them.

Jimmy Kimmel might be back but worries about free speech and press freedom continue.

Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to the United Kingdom Thursday to attract investment and strengthen ties that he argues are key to securing Canada's future. The Conservative Party argues Carney is running away from problems at home and has nothing to show for it.

Canadian researchers say they've had to stop offering kids with cancer places in some clinical trials because of funding and policy changes in the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday to confirm that along-awaiteddeal to divest TikTok's U.S. operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance will meet the requirements set out in a 2024 law.Here's what we know so far.

Skiing's governing body approved a gene testing policy for gender eligibility in women's events Wednesday, but delayed a decision on letting some Russian athletes try to qualify with neutral status for next year's Winter Olympics.

A large chunk of road in Thailand's capital collapsed on Wednesday, leaving a big sinkhole that snarled traffic and forced people out of the nearby area.

The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans' ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish species we depend on for food.

A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing onedetainee and wounding two othersbefore taking his own life, authorities said.

The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected the central arguments for U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warning the UN General Assembly that Russia's invasion has led to "the most destructive arms race in history."

Activists taking part in a flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza said Wednesday that some of their boats were damagedby drones overnight while sailing south of Greece.

Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, struck the southern Chinese city of Yangjiang on Wednesday after killing 17 people in Taiwan and lashing Hong Kong with ferocious winds and heavy rains.

After U.S. President Donald Trump linked Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism spectrum disorder, several health organizations refuted his claims. But the painkiller's parent company still has to do damage control.

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air onTuesday, addressing for the first time a controversy that sidelined his late-night show and intensified thedebate aroundfree speech in the United States.

The Rapture is near, at least according to an apocalyptic prophecy by one South African man who says it will fall on Tuesday or Wednesday.His claim has gone viral and some believe it will mark the end times while others mock it on social media.

The man accused of trying to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course was found guilty on Tuesday.

Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season after Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.

Israel will indefinitely close the only crossing between the Israeli-occupiedWestBankand Jordan from Wednesday, days after reopening it following ashootingthat killed two Israeli soldiers.

The Canadian singer was a surprise guest as Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional return. Millions of people were expected to watch to see how the late-night ABC talk show host addressed his nearly weeklong suspension despite some stations not carrying the broadcast.

Potential U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says he did not imagine a moment like this" between Canada and the United States and "outrages" directed at Canada and the Canadian government do not reflect the will of the American people.

The White House press secretary said on Monday that Tom Homan "never took" $50,000 US in cash from an undercover agent, after a damning report emerged over the weekend. Homan himself was less specific in his denial of wrongdoing in an interview with Fox News on Monday night.

High-profileEgyptian British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released on Tuesday, his family said, a day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned him and five other prisoners.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his first in-person address to the United Nations General Assembly in seven years on Tuesday, telling the assembled that "your countries are going to hell" due to what he characterized as runaway migration.

Explosive drones targeting a suspected gang leader killed at least eight children inside a slum in Haiti's capital and seriously wounded six others, relatives and activists told The Associated Press on Monday, as they blamed police for the attack.

Several unidentified drones shut down airspace over Copenhagen Airport on Monday night, prompting concerns that Russia could be behind the flyover above Scandinavia's largest airport.

As the Trump administration moves to limit some skilled workers from entering the U.S. on a specialized visa, the Canadian tech sector is champing at the bit - hoping the new restriction will lure talent up north.

A Canadian expert on Russian warfare says he believes a direct line can be drawn between Moscow's repeated testing of the airspace belonging to NATO allies in Eastern Europe and the Pentagon's recent, quietly announced plan to cut security assistance to the Baltic states.

U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpsignedan executive orderonMondaycallingtheantifamovement a "terrorist organization," the White House said, after promising actions targeting left-wing groups following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

India and Pakistan's Asia Cup matches have turned into a political flashpoint, with handshakes refused, a deadly Kashmir attack in the background and cricket used as a proxy for conflict.

Super Typhoon Ragasa brought heavy rain and triggered landslides in the northern Philippines on Monday as it made landfall with sustained winds measuring 215 km/h and gusts of up to 295 km/h. One of this year's strongest typhoons, Ragasa is forecast to remain in the South China Sea at least into Wednesday while skirting south of Taiwan and Hong Kong before hitting the Chinese mainland.

McLachlan didn't name comedian Jimmy Kimmel, though her comments come less than a week after the late-night host was pulled from airwaves for comments he made over the killing of MAGA-aligned conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Gunmen shot and killed three transgender women on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, before fleeing the scene, police said Monday, underscoring the dangers faced by the community across the country.

Stellantis detected unauthorized access to a third-party service provider's platform that supports its North American customer service operations, the company said in a statement on Sunday.

TwoGazaCity hospitals have been taken out of service due to Israel's escalation of its ground offensive and damage caused by continued Israeli bombing, the enclave's Health Ministry said, as tanks advanced deeper into the territory.

Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of deadly drone strikes on civilian areas of their countries on Monday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipated "a very intense week" of diplomacy at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Ukrainian officials say 19,000 children have been forcibly transferred to Russia since the war began, including many with complicated health issues.

Airport disruptions that affected automated check-in systems in recent days were caused by a ransomware attack, the EU's cybersecurity agency said on Monday, highlighting the growing risks of such attacks to critical infrastructure and industries.

The Israeli government has boasted it will bury the idea of a Palestinian state - as countries including Canada recognized oneon Sunday ahead of the United Nations General Assembly nextweek. Though it's a shift in Western policy, many Palestinians fear the recognition comes too late.

Donald Trump's state visit to the U.K. may have given U.S. president much of what he wished for, surrounding him in the pomp and circumstance of royalty. While the two-day visit generally progressed without major gaffes, leaving the U.K. government to hope it will bear fruit for the relationship between the two countries, the visit also reflected the monarchy doing one of its regular functions.

President Donald Trump's latest plan to overhaul the U.S. immigration system has created confusion,leaving the White House scrambling to clarify that a new $100,000 fee on visas for skilled workers only applies to new applicants and not current visa holders.

Sonny Curtis, a Texas-born vintage rock 'n' roller who penned the classic I Fought the Lawand posed the enduring question"Who can turn the world on with her smile?" in his theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Showhas died at 88.

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here's a selection of the week's top images.

Russiaunleashed a major drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight, killing three people, injuring dozens more and damaging infrastructure and residential buildings, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.

A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports, including London's Heathrow, the continent's busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations on Saturday.

As of 2024, nine million people in South Sudan, or more than 70 per cent of the population, were dependent on some form of foreign assistance, according to the UN. Now, that dependence is colliding with shrinking resources and a hunger crisis.

Charlie Kirk's killing seems to have revealed cracks developing within the MAGA movement. It has alsoprompted questions about how much theinfluenceof more far-right fringe elements will grow, including those considered political enemies of Kirk, such as white nationalist leader Nick Fuentes.

Two boats were rammed by a pod of young orcas recently off the coast of Portugal. One of the boats sank. Experts say it was play behaviour, but the whales caused quite the fright.

Incoming UN Ambassador David Lametti says Canada needs "all the evidence to come in" and be assessedbefore it can recognize whether Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza- and the first benchmark decisions are usually a UN resolutionor a ruling from the International Court of Justice.