2+ hour ago   (430+ words) An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts…...

10+ hour, 2+ min ago   (666+ words) Swedes vote in an election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for ‌the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism it has long been known for. Sweden's centre-left opposition holds a narrow…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (1491+ words) A dire warning from an outgoing researcher at Anthropic that AI could "kill all humans" by the end of the decade gained widespread attention last week and led to public outcry over the dangers posed by the technology's rapid development....

16+ hour, 12+ min ago   (298+ words) A railway worker is dead after being struck by a train in Montreal's Ville-Marie borough. The fatal collision occurred around 3 a.m. on Saturday, close to the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, near the intersection of Notre-Dame Street and De Lorimier Avenue. Montreal Police said…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (400+ words) Russian strikes killed three civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, local officials said Saturday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia. Ukraine is under mounting pressure from Russia’s…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1107+ words) Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said Friday, opening a new front in the Iran war and further threatening oil exports from Saudi Arabia, which shut down a…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (647+ words) Two adults and one youth are the latest to be charged in a series of extortion incidents in Calgary targeting the city’s South Asian community. At a news conference on Friday, the Calgary Police Service (CPS) said the three individuals…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (306+ words) A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists — who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown — to prison for terms ranging from five to more than seven years on Friday in a case that is widely seen…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (199+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is always ready to sit down for formal negotiations with the U.S. and believes a 'mutually beneficial deal' is still possible for both sides. But as Canada considers its next steps, New Brunswick Premier Susan…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (124+ words) CBC Carney, Zelenskyy sign 100-year pact, pledge to build millions of drones Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a 100-year strategic and political partnership aligning the two countries on everything from defence and energy to critical…...