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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated the last three members of the Election Assistance Commission, the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide, the White House confirmed.

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years ahead of a sell-out exhibition at the British Museum, travelling under police escort during a meticulously choreographed journey from France.

Ryanair said one of its planes was forced into an emergency landing at Thessaloniki airport in Greece shortly after takeoff on Friday after a window was "dislodged," with two industry sources saying a passenger was partially sucked out of it.

One of Spain's deadliest wildfires on record killed 12 people overnight into Friday, authorities said, as soaring temperatures grip much of the country.

A CBC investigation has found that behind StubHub's marketing claims that it is simply a "marketplace for fans to buy and sell tickets," the online ticket company is run by a mass scalper and helps to bankroll other large-scale resellers who use the platform.

Federal agents did not have body-worn cameras when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a Mexican homebuilder who was driving a work van they were trying to pull over in Houston, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June.

Canada is objecting to the International Olympic Committee loosening its suspension on Russian athletes.

Canadian fugitive Arif Jhuman has been captured while working out at a gym in Medellin, Colombia, authorities announced late Wednesday. Jhuman, a convicted drug trafficker, spent more than three years on the run and was recently wanted in connection with a cross-border firearm-smuggling plot.

The Scarlet Lady cruise ship, which is currently chartered by 2SLGBTQ+ travel company Atlantis Events, has changed its itinerary for the second time this week, after first Turkey and now Egypt denied it entry to their ports.

The San Fermin festival, featuring a daily running of the bulls, is one of Spain's best-known celebrations, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the northern city of Pamplona each year.

A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defence attorneys and other Trump administration critics have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial power.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been laid to rest months after being killed in the opening salvos of the Iran war.

Ukrainian drones hit a dozen more Russian tankers in the Sea of Azov overnight, Ukraine's military said on Thursday, the latest in a campaign aimed at disrupting fuel supplies to Russian forces and isolating Moscow-occupied Crimea.

Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh used loudspeakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from risky areas to safety Thursday after landslides killed at least 13 refugees in the past few days.

Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from tropical storm Maysak, as Taiwan and China's east coast braced for another major storm expected to make landfall in the coming days.

As the U.S. midterm elections approach, sex assault allegations tank a Democrat, and secrecy surrounds the health of Republican senator Mitch McConnell.

Democrats eager to win back working-class voters have been torn between a more populist, left-leaning message or a more centrist, moderate approach. They went with the populist vision embodied by Maine's Graham Platner, whose insurgent campaign seemed unstoppable - until he announced he would withdraw amid a sexual assault allegation.

Children who were forced to flee when twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela last month recall losing family members and leaving behind beloved stuffed animals as they grapple with the knowledge that they might never be able to return to their homes.

Democrat Graham Platner says he plans to withdraw from the Maine Senate race after an allegation of sexual assault surfaced. The move to shutter a campaign that had withstood months of controversy imperils the Democrats' attempt to regain power in Washington.

NATO leaders won Donald Trump's public endorsement of the alliance's collective-defence guarantee, but little else was settled. The summit ended amid uncertainty over future U.S. troop commitments, defence funding, next year's meeting and Europe's ability to shoulder greater responsibility without Washington.

The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million US held in escrow since a jury found that U.S. President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately asked a court to block the payment while they appeal.

Vladyslav Heraskevych doesn't want to compete at the Olympics alongside athletes from the country that's actively waging war against his home.

We might not have a SWAG tour just yet, but you may still want to get checked for Bieber fever: Justin Bieber is returning to the stage.

Ukraine needs more war drones than it can manufacture and a Canadian company has stepped in to help. CBC's Jennifer Yoon gets an exclusive look at what's being built for the battlefield and how it could help Canada modernize its own defence capabilities. | NOTE (July 8, 2026): This video has been edited to remove identifying details of a location.

On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was effectively over, and called the country's leadership "scum." His comments come in the midst of Iran's weeklong funeral for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in February.

Dolly Parton's rags-to-riches life has been fodder for her songwriting, a theme park, a podcast and now a musical that's coming to Broadway later this year.

French soccer star Kylian Mbappe is embroiled in a scandal over racist remarks made by a Paraguayan senator that the United Nations Human Rights Office has called "dehumanizing" and "despicable" and have led to an investigation by French prosecutors.

Utah has revoked the licence of a boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, saying the school has "failed to provide applicable health and safety services for clients."

Huge crowds of mourners have marched through Iran and now Iraq, following the coffin of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as his six-day funeral procession stretches on.

U.S. President Donald Trump earned at least $2.2 billion US in his first year back in the White House. American historians say no previous sitting president has ever earned quite as much, so what ethical questions does this level of presidential profit raise?

A United Nations inquiry on Wednesday expressed concern at reports of abuse against a prominent Palestinian doctor seized by the Israeli military in Gaza in December 2024 and still being held in Israel, and urged his release.

Donald Trump said an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was "over" after Tehran carried out new attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf, as the president said the U.S. would likely engage in additional strikes on Wednesday night.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston after he attempted to evade arrest in his vehicle during an operation Tuesday, the agency said.

Andrew Chang breaks down why Ukraine's air defences failed to intercept any of the ballistic missiles Russia fired during its latest attack.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S., not Denmark, should control Greenland, reviving a stance that has caused tensions among NATO allies just as leaders of the alliance gathered for a summit in Turkey.

An under-construction Manhattan highrise at risk of collapse was stabilized late Tuesday and some evacuations of nearby buildings were lifted.

The U.S. military attacked Iran early Wednesday after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz , part of an American effort that also revoked the Islamic Republic's ability to openly sell crude oil in the world market.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that she will run for president in 2027 after an appeals court shortened her ban on holding public office.

Ukraine's Security Service on Tuesday said it found the body of Ukrainian national Anastasiia Berezovska, who is wanted by authorities in Monaco in connection with the bombing targeting Ukrainian business tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev.

Two bombs exploded on Tuesday near a hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron spent the night, wounding 18 people and overshadowing the first visit to Syria by a European Union head of state since Bashar al-Assad was toppled.

European leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, arrive at the NATO summit walking a political tightrope - careful not to provoke U.S. President Donald Trump abroad while avoiding the appearance of yielding to him at home. As Washington signals a reduced military commitment to Europe, allies fear the greatest threat to NATO may come from inside the alliance.

Energy and environmental organizations are reacting with alarm to the new Canada-Alberta deal to build a new oil pipeline to the West Coast, questioning whether new buyers can be found for the oil that may eventually flow through the pipelines.

When Quinn Brown, 19, found a Wilt Chamberlain L.A. Lakers warmup jacket at a Goodwill in Portland, Ore., he figured he could sell it for a couple hundred bucks. Turns out, it's worth as much as $250,000 US.

A Canadian whose son was killed on the front lines of the Ukraine war is now working to help families whose loved ones are missing in action get answers.

Mikel Merino scored seconds into second-half stoppage time, and Spain beat Portugal 1-0 on Monday in Arlington, Texas, possibly the end of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career.

Microsoft said on Monday it would cut 4,800 jobs, or about 2.1 per cent of its global workforce, including overhauling its Xbox gaming business and divesting up to five studios as it looks to boost returns after years of heavy investment in the division.

Cuba began to slowly restore power on Monday after the country's national electric grid collapsed earlier in the day, the latest blow to an island already suffering from severe energy, fuel and medicine shortages.