Canadian World News
Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 EDTMexican authorities probe alleged scam that wiped out Canadian couple’s retirement savings
Cindy Thompson and Glenn Brown, who live in Curve Lake, Ont., sent $280,000 Cdn to a company co-owned by a British and Mexican national who promised big returns on a condo-flip play in Playa del Carmen that never materialized.
Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 EDTAs Trump ends protected status, Haitians in the U.S. fear for their future
Haitians' permission to live and work in the U.S. is set to expire in less than a week. In Springfield, Ohio, where Haitians make up roughly one-quarter of the population, there's concern that federal agents could immediately start targeting the comm...
Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 EDTMafia fugitive or innocent son? Italy seeks to extradite Ontario man over mob ties
Italy is seeking to extradite Carlo Bruzzese, a Toronto-area man accused of serving as a high-ranking member of the powerful Calabrian 'ndrangheta criminal syndicate, CBC News has learned. The son of a purported mob boss, the 41-year-old Bruzzese was...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:27:41 EDTU.S., Saudi Arabia sign nuclear co-operation agreement
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday forged a new agreement that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:35:49 EDTLebanon's prime minister visits shattered border village as phased Israeli withdrawal begins
Lebanon's prime minister visited Wednesday a battered southern village as the implementation of a Washington-brokered Lebanese-Israeli agreement began, following months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah .
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:05:45 EDTHouthis adding to pressure on Iran conflict, as U.S. undertakes 12th consecutive night of strikes
The Iranian-aligned Houthis on Thursday claimed military strikes on two Saudi oil tankers as part of a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia, advancing toward a second chokehold on global oil supplies at the Red Sea in co-ordination with Iran's attempt to c...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:30:00 EDTFrance's heat wave in June tied to 5,700 more deaths than normal
At least 5,700 more people than usual died in France last month during a historic heat wave, French public health officials say.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:48:56 EDTCanada urges U.K. to join new global bank for defence projects
The High Commissioner for Canada in the U.K. Bill Blair says the government is engaged in talks urging the U.K. to join its multinational defence bank now that Andy Burnham is the new prime minister.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:02:49 EDTIndependent autopsy of Black Mississippi teen Nolan Wells finds 'undetermined' cause of death
An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells found the 18-year-old's cause and manner of death to be "undetermined" pending further investigation.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:04:23 EDTAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Vivienne files to drop Pitt's last name
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne wants to legally remove “Pitt” from her last name. She's the latest of their six kids to legally drop the name.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:50:14 EDTSnoop Dogg's life is being made into a movie, due in theatres next summer
Next summer, Snoop Dogg's storied life will come to the big screen in a new biopic from Universal Pictures. The theatrical release of Snoop is scheduled for Aug. 6, 2027, and Outer Banks star Jonathan Daviss will be playing the hip-hop icon.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:13:56 EDTNYC Mayor Mamdani calls Israel's Netanyahu a 'war criminal' but admits he can't act on ICC arrest warrant
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said late Tuesday that the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world's top war-crimes court for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:17:21 EDTMrBeast, YouTube's biggest star, is married
American YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, has married content creator Thea Booysen.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 EDTTrump's new tariffs on Canada could face a court challenge. But this time, he might win
U.S. President Donald Trump is imposing his new tariffs on Canadian exports under a section of law that has never been used since it was put on the books in 1930.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:56:47 EDTOpenAI model went rogue, hacked another company's system during testing
OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of the AI startup Hugging Face last week.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:44:44 EDTAustria turns Hitler's first home into police station, a move opposed by Holocaust survivors group
The building Adolf Hitler was born in near the Austrian border with Germany officially begins a new life as a police station on Wednesday, a conversion Austria's government hopes will prevent it serving as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 EDTHow wildfire smoke travels from Ontario to New York City — and turns distant city skies orange
Wildfires that have torched huge areas of forest and devastated communities are also sending smoke far and wide, prompting air quality warnings in distant cities and heated political rhetoric from the U.S. Experts say there's nothing particularly unu...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:27:27 EDTKensington Palace marks Prince George's 13th birthday with new photo
Prince George turned 13 on Wednesday, and Kensington Palace released a new photo of the young royal to mark the occasion.
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:45:37 EDTZelenskyy replaces head of Ukraine's army amid calls from protesters to do so
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces and named his replacement, following days of mass protests in Kyiv, the country's capital, and other cities nationwide dem...
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:33:11 EDTU.S. FDA panel to review 7 peptides amid growing popularity
U.S. FDA advisers this week will weigh whether seven popular peptides can be compounded by licensed pharmacies, but even if regulators decline to expand access, industry participants say consumer demand is likely to remain strong.