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Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:54:17 EDT
Hamas must disarm for Israel to pull out of Gaza, Netanyahu says
In televised remarks to his right-wing government Sunday, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu restated his rejection of Donald Trump's latest Gaza plan, even as Israel's military ‌has effectively halted attacks in the territory under pressure from...

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:54:21 EDT
Shanghai cancels at least 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China's eastern coast
Typhoon Dolphin hit China's eastern coast Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai's two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. The storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan the day before.

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Trump's latest push to reshape U.S. history? Signs at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is at the centre of an effort by the Trump administration that observers say is part of a broader attempt to reshape the stories of the United States as told by the country's cultural institutions...

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:24:41 EDT
Don Nelson, 2nd-winningest NBA coach who won 5 titles as Celtics player, dead at 86
Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history who won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday. He was 86.

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:58:08 EDT
Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia
Yemen's Houthis said they attacked an oil facility Sunday in southwestern Saudi Arabia, in the latest attack by the Iranian-backed rebels on the kingdom.

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:35:11 EDT
Typhoon Dolphin hits China's east coast, over 1 million evacuated
Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall on the ‌country's eastern coast on Sunday, bringing torrential rain and strong winds and triggering warnings of flooding and landslides.

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:24:04 EDT
14-year-old accused in deadly school shooting in Thailand had watched violent online content, police say
An air gun was confiscated last year from the 14-year-old boy accused in a school shooting outside Bangkok that left several people dead, police said Sunday as the Thai government promised new safety protocols for schools. The mother of the accused s...

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:25:19 EDT
Taiwan's cabinet to propose 16% annual rise in defence spending as Taipei bolsters its military
‌Taiwan's cabinet will propose a 16 per cent annual rise in defence spending for 2027, which would for the first time exceed $1 trillion in Taiwanese money ($43.3 billion Cdn), the official Central News Agency reported on Sunday.

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Canada, U.S. shadow Chinese research ships in the Arctic as concern grows over Snow Dragons' presence
Canada and the U.S. are shadowing two Chinese icebreakers operating in Arctic waters off Alaska, amid growing concern their scientific missions could also gather strategically valuable undersea data. Defence experts warn China’s expanding Arctic pr...

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:00:00 EDT
On America's northern border, the threats are not unidirectional
While U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Canada of allowing illegal drugs and traffickers across the border, the reality on the ground appears very different. CBC News recently spent two days with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in and around...

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:00:00 EDT
'I woke up and I had lost the baby': Miscarriages in Gaza spike amid harsh conditions, UN report finds
Women in Gaza experienced nearly 4,000 miscarriages between January and June this year, according to a UN report that suggests that rate is more than three times higher than in the second half of 2025. Though it's not yet clear exactly what is behind...

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:54:04 EDT
12-year-old girl dies following Thailand shooting, bringing victim death toll to at least 8
Another victim has died following a mass shooting in Thailand, northwest of Bangkok, bringing the death toll to eight, excluding the shooter.

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:34:44 EDT
Russian strikes in Kyiv region kill 4 people, including a 3-year-old
Four people in Kyiv region have been killed by russian strikes overnight. The youngest was a three-year-old who was killed along with grandparents.

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 EDT
80 people died trying to get to Ceuta. In Europe, politics could eclipse the tragedy
Under pressure from far-right factions, European Union politicians blamed Spain for the mass crossing at its border with Morocco last week. Their reaction missed the larger human tragedy at play, say migration researchers.

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:31:37 EDT
Authorities say remains of 56 people found improperly stored at Chicago funeral home
The remains of 56 people were found improperly stored and decomposing Thursday at a Chicago funeral home run by a couple who previously operated a crematory that was similarly shut down because of mishandled remains, authorities said.

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:07:11 EDT
Houthis say they struck Saudi-backed forces in Yemen's Marib city, killing 2
Yemen's Houthis said on Friday that they struck Saudi-backed forces, depots, vehicles and military equipment at the Sahn al-Jinn camp with a number of missiles and drones.

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:43:51 EDT
German politicians praise bus driver's risky move with explosive drone at airport
Chancellor Friedrich Merz held a call on Friday to discuss the incident earlier this week at a German airport, when a drone laden with explosives crashed but did not detonate. Federal prosecutors have launched a counterterrorism probe into the incide...

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:49:31 EDT
8 dead in Thailand as teen shoots grandparents, then people at school
A Thai teenager killed at least five people and himself at a ‌school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the Southeast Asian nation's worst mass killing since 2022.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:39:49 EDT
Trump targets birthright citizenship with newly signed executive orders
U.S. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in a new but narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, once again challenging a provision of the U.S. Constitution after the Supreme Court rejected his previous effort.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:30:50 EDT
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567M to address platforms' harms to young people
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million US to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.

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