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Hudson’s Bay Lays Off 41 Staff While Citing ‘Challenging Headwinds’

Hudson’s Bay signage is pictured in the financial district in Toronto, on Sept. 8, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Andrew Lahodynskyj)

China Hits US, EU Industrial Plastic With Provisional Tariffs as Trade Rows Deepen

Cargo ships loaded with containers are seen berthing in Qingdao Port, east China's Shandong province on Jan. 13, 2025. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Joan Plowright, Widow of Laurence Olivier, Dies at 95

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.

Milei faces challenge of turning Trump friendship into an asset for Argentina

When addressing supporters, Donald Trump likes to refer to himself as "your favorite president," but there's only one leader the American president-elect has dubbed "my favorite president" -- Argentin

Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a special representative to Trump's inauguration

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative.

New Pompeii Excavation Reveals a Large Private Thermal Complex Built 2,000 Years Ago

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of

‘Here for the Long Haul,’ Says Reeves as She Responds to Market Troubles

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech during the Financial and Professional Services Dinner at Mansion House, in the City of London, on Nov. 14, 2024. (Isabel Infantes/POOL/AFP v

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney enters race to be Canada's next prime minister

Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada's central bank, said Thursday he is entering the race to be Canada's next prime mi

The Country Doctor Who Became Prime Minister

Sir Charles Tupper with his son and grandson in Ottawa in March 1891. (CP Photo)

Canadian Foreign Minister Warns of 'Trump Tariff Tax' on Americans Amid Threat of 25% Tariff

Canada's foreign minister warned Americans they will be paying a "Trump tariff tax" if Presidentelect Donald Trump follows through with a threat to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods. Foreign M

Netanyahu: Deal to release hostages held in Gaza reached after last-minute snags

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office had said earlier there were last minute snags in finalizing a ceasefir

Presidents of Russia and Iran meet in the Kremlin to sign partnership treaty

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, held talks in the Kremlin on Friday before signing a broad cooperation pact to deepen their partnership amid stinging W

Extreme Cold, Blowing Snow Impacting Various Regions in Canada

A family braves the weather as the city wakes up to a snowstorm in Winnipeg, April 13, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)

Migration Drops 10 Percent in 2023-24: Australia’s First Decline Since Border Reopening

International students carry groceries from a foodbank in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 13, 2021. (William West/AFP via Getty Images)

Local Roads Are ‘Riddled With Potholes,’ Says Commons Committee Chairman

A pothole in an undated file photo. (Jacob King/PA)

Israel's security Cabinet recommends approval of ceasefire in Gaza; deal now goes to full Cabinet

Israel's security Cabinet recommended approval of a ceasefire that would pause the fighting in Gaza and release dozens of hostages held by militants.

Hundreds Line Up for Chance to Get a Family Doctor in Ontario Town

Medical tools are pictured in an examination room at a health clinic in Calgary, on July 14, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)

Tech Firms Look to Europe for Direction After Prorogation Wipes Parliamentary Bills

Hands type on a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Oct. 9 photo illustration. (The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy)

Russia, Iran to seal partnership treaty days before Trump takes office

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will meet in Moscow to sign a partnership pact as the two nations brace for President-elect Trump's return.

Canada’s Energy Minister Says Many Republicans Don’t Know Trump’s Plans for Tariffs

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Jan.8, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)

Kremlin: Any UK Military Role in Ukraine Worrying

Russia said on Friday that any placement of British military assets in Ukraine under a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London would be of concern to Moscow.

UK Government Announces Backing for 5 Local Inquires Into Grooming Gangs

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper delivers her speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool in England on Sept. 24, 2024. (Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Protective Custody Rejected for TikTok Mum Accused of Exploiting Baby for Clicks, Money

An image from the Queensland Police Service shows the accused being arrested on Jan. 16. (Courtesy of the Queensland Police Service)

Starmer Visits Auschwitz and Vows to Fight the Antisemitism he Sees Growing in the UK

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday visited the site of Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz, voicing his "sheer horror" at what he saw and vowing that he would fight the growing antisemitism whic

Regional Bank Rejects Loan on Native Logging Grounds, Opposition Pans ‘Woke Agenda’

A branch of Bendigo bank in Melbourne, Australia on Aug. 20, 2012. (AAP image/David Crosling)

TD Bank Moves up New CEO’s Start Date, Cuts Bonuses for 41 Executives

TD Bank signage is pictured in the financial district in Toronto, on Sept. 8, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Andrew Lahodynskyj)

New Research Reveals Our Ancestors Were Tougher Than We Ever Knew

On July 16, 2013, a paleontologist holds a jawbone of a Homo erectus uncovered in 1971 at the prehistoric Caune de l'Arago in France. (Raymond Roig/AFP via Getty Images)

Police condemned as deaths of 78 miners confirmed in South Africa mine rescue operation

The South African Police Service confirmed the deaths of at least 78 people on Wednesday following the end of a rescue operation at an abandoned mine where miners, cut off from food and water, had been working illegally. The announcement relayed that the bodies of 78 miners had been retrieved, and a total of 246 […]

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Canada’s Retaliatory Tariffs to Target US Goods That Cause Most Economic Pain: NB Premier

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt speaks as she arrives for a first ministers meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Justin Tang)

International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor Meets with Syrian Leader in Damascus

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan made an unannounced visit to Damascus on Friday, meeting with the leader of Syria's de facto government.Khan's office says he visited on

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Wife Sentenced to Prison on Corruption Charges

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, and Bushra Bibi, his wife, in an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Jul. 17, 2023. (K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo, File))

Israeli PM's Office: First Hostages Expected to be Released on Sunday

The Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is expected to begin as originally scheduled on Sunday, the Israeli prime minister's office said, after hours of uncertainty over the timing of final cabine

America in Brief

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Jan. 15, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

UN expert expresses concern over ‘continued misuse’ of Türkiye counter-terrorism law

A UN expert expressed concern Thursday over Türkiye’s “misuse” of counter-terrorism laws to detain nine prominent human rights defenders and lawyers. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor highlighted arbitrary arrests, unfair trials, and lengthy sentences handed to the nine activists and lawyers, emphasizing that these practices undermine fundamental freedoms […]

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Government Not Considering New Tax to Replace BBC Licence Fee, Says Nandy

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy arrives in Downing Street, London, on Oct. 30, 2024. (Lucy North/PA Wire)

Perth Man Charged Over Threatening Emails to Federal MP

Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers (C, at podium) delivers his budget speech at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on May 14, 2024. (Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Border App Helping Migrants Legally Enter US May Be Ended

A nurse who fled Cuba as part of the Caribbean nation's largest exodus in more than six decades needed a place to stay in Mexico as she waited to legally enter the U.S. using a government app. A woman

South African Miner Describes Horrors for Those Who Spent Months Underground

Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn't stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the confined space.Bodies wrapped in fabric and twi

Starmer to Hold Talks on New Security Treaty During Visit to Poland

Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reacts during an interview during a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 16, 2025. (Carl Court/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Names of 33 Israeli Hostages To Be Released

After a last minute crisis was resolved, the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is set to begin Sunday, Jan. 19, with the release of the first two to three Israeli hostages.

Trump talks with Xi, says they will 'solve problems together'

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping and vowed they would work together to solve problems confronting both nations.

Union Wants Stab Vests for New Zealand Nurses

Nurses march in protest along Queen St in Auckland, New Zealand on June 9, 2021. (Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Bans TikTok If Its Chinese Parent Company Does Not Divest

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)

Supreme Court May Rule on TikTok Ban on Friday

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)

Vaccine Injured Tell UK COVID Inquiry They Are ‘An Uncomfortable Truth’

Doreen Brown, 85, receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jabs at Guy's Hospital at the start of the largest ever immunisation programme in the UK's history, in London on Dec. 8, 20

Trump Holds Call With Xi Ahead of Inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump smiles during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix on Dec. 22, 2024. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Australian Deputy PM to Visit Kiribati After Diplomatic Ban

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles speaks to the media at Government House in Auckland, New Zealand, on Dec. 6, 2024. (Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

China Grapples With Shrinking and Aging Populations

A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging, as younger generations opt to have fewer children and advances in healthcare extend life expectancy.

Biden Extends Protection for Hong Kong Residents in the US

President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 15, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court Backs TikTok Ban Unless Sold by Chinese Parent Company

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by i

Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country's already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials an

Australia Pledges $106 Million into Strategy to Counteract Violent Extremism

Workers assess the damage at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Australia on Dec. 6, 2024. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

China's Population Fell for Third Year in a Row in 2024

China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and pers

Canada Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal and paves way for McGill construction

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal led by Indigenous elders who claimed that an under-renovation McGill University building contains Indigenous burial grounds. The Supreme Court’s rejection effectively permits McGill’s renovation of the building, which previously served as a psychiatric teaching hospital, to commence. The case arose after Historic Human Remains Detection Dogs discovered […]

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Cease-Fire Deal Reached, Hostage Release Expected Sunday: Netanyahu

Supporters and family members of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, protest ahead of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 16

Former Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre Applies to Enter Quebec Liberal Leadership Race

Montreal mayoral candidate Denis Coderre takes part in a debate with Valérie Plante in Montreal, on Sept. 29, 2021. (The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)

Canada May Respond to Potential US Tariffs by Monday

Canada is ready to respond to tariffs from its top trade partner, the United States, on Monday should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose them, Foreign Minister Melanie

UK’s Chagos Islands Handover Sparks Concerns Over Sovereignty and Security

A Union Jack flag in front of the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London on Feb. 1, 2017. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Bank of Canada Could Have Been Clearer About Extraordinary Measures: Review

Bank of Canada signage is shown in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2024. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)

Former General Campbell Appointed European Ambassador

Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell speaks at a press conference regarding Operation Bushfire Assist in Canberra, Australia on Jan. 5, 2020. (Rohan Thomson/Getty Images)

Tony Award-Winning British Actor Joan Plowright, Widow of Laurence Olivier, Dies at 95

Actress Joan Plowright poses for a portrait at a New York hotel on May 4, 1999. (Suzanne Plunkett/AP Photo)

Cuba Begins Releasing Prisoners Following Biden Announcements

Dariel Cruz, 23, who has just been released from jail, walks down the road towards his family house in La Guinera neighborhood, Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 15, 2025. (David Sherwood/Reuters)

US Treasury Department sanctions Sudanese Armed Forces leader and weapons supplier

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday, emphasizing its commitment to end the current military conflict in Sudan. OFAC sanctioned SAF Commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, stating that the leader is “choosing war over good-faith negotiation and de-escalation.” OFAC also […]

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Trump Pledges Full Support for Israel to Defeat Hamas and Gaza Rule

Why is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreeing to a deal that provides so many painful and costly concessions to Hamas, even at the risk of far right members of his government quitting and

Chrystia Freeland Enters Race for Liberal Leadership

Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland, former minister of finance and deputy prime minister, leaves after attending a meeting of the Liberal Caucus in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 8, 2025. (

First Taiwan execution since 2020 sparks international condemnation

Amnesty International denounced Taiwan’s execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a “shameful setback” as it marked the first execution in Taiwan since 2020. Director of Amnesty International Taiwan E-Ling Chiu stated: “The execution of Huang Linkai (黃麟凱) was carried out in violation of constitutional and international safeguards on the use of the […]

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