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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.

Over the last month, a wave of youth-led protests has hitthe streets in Nepal, Morocco and Madagascar, all of them mobilizing support online and driven by frustration against government corruption or incompetence.

Hip-hop mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison over a July conviction on prostitution-related charges.

Sarah Mullally was appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday. Mullally is the first woman to lead the Church of England in its 1,400-year history, but her appointment was immediately criticized by a bloc of conservative Anglican churches across Africa and Asia.

Munich Airport was temporarily shut down overnight after several drone sightings in the area, the latest mysterious drone overflights in the airspace of European Union member countries, officials said.

There's a network of overseas scammers targeting and blackmailing teens, and in some cases driving them to suicide within hours of falling into a trap known as sextortion. CBC's Marketplace created fake social media profiles to investigate the business behind the blackmail.

Reggie, a.k.a. Mr. Terminator, was beloved among residents and tourists, alike in scenic Stratford-upon-Avon. But the British town's longtime swan warden says he was terrorizing the native mute swam population.

Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending a seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field, her lawyers said Thursday, despite winning a ruling at the European Court of Human Rights in July.

In Al-Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, some families driven out of their homes by the Israel-Hamas war have set up shelter in a landfill. 'I try to protect my kids. I don't sleep so the dogs don't come in on us,' Omar Al-Far, 41, says. 'There's poison and the smell of dead animals.'

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Thursday the federal government is still holding out hope the two countries can reach a deal on punishing American tariffs before the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) comes up for review next year.

Syriais set to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country's longtime autocratic leader Bashar al-Assad, who wasunseated in a rebel offensive in December.

Two people were killed and others injured when security forces in Morocco opened fire on protesters who where attempting to steal their weapons, local authorities said. The protests, which began Saturday with demands for better education and healthcare, have been organized online by a loosely formed youth group called GenZ 212.

An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue in northern England on Thursday and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said.

Blame was thrown around by all sides on the first day of the shutdown after the White House and Congress failed to agree on a way to keep the U.S. government funded and open. The White House said layoffs to the federal workforce were imminent.'

Israel faced international condemnation and protests on Thursday after its military intercepted almost all of about 40 boats in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza and took captive more than 450 foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg.

Some conservative football fans online are outraged after the NFL secured Bad Bunny, one of the world's biggest pop stars - and also a vocalcritic of U.S. President Donald Trump - to headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to treat any armed attack on Qatar as a threat to the United States' own security, according to a document published on Wednesday that says U.S. forces could step in to defend the Middle Eastern nation.

Minnesota Lynx's five-times All-Star Napheesa Collier ripped into the WNBA's leadership and Commissioner Cathy Engelbert in a post-season media conference on Tuesday, accusing the league of a "tone-deaf, dismissive" approach to players.

Israel's defence minister on Wednesday ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it was their "last opportunity" and that anyone who stayed would be considered a militant supporter and face the "full force" of Israel's latest offensive.

U.S. President Donald Trump was reminded Wednesday that FIFA, not any government, ultimately decides which cities will host 2026 World Cup games.

Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest -his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.

Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and researcher renowned for her work with chimpanzees, has died at age 91.

A massive brick chimney running 20 storeys up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion Wednesday, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground.

Confusion surrounds the state of internet connectivity in Afghanistan, after some networks were apparently restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday.

The Trump administration violated the U.S. Constitution when it targeted non-citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judge said Tuesday in a scathing ruling that argued President Donald Trump and his policies are serious threats to free speech.

On the heels of Canada's recognition of Palestinian statehood, we trace the promise, failure, and uncertain future of the two-state solution.

Tony Blair, who resigned a U.K. prime minister 18 years ago, appears to think he has one more big political assignment left in him - bringing peace and reconstruction to Gaza. Some Palestinians will need convincing that he's the man for the job.

An offshore 6.9 magnitude earthquake collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 69 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power, officials said.

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.