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Canadians were among those involved in a serious bus crash in the Dominican Republic Sunday night. Local reports said two people died in the accident while 19 others were injured.

Canada’s economic output shrank in the fourth quarter, marking the slowest pace of annual growth in a decade, outside of the pandemic. This data comes as a major U.S. tech firm announced thousands of layoffs and said it plans to replace workers with artificial intelligence (AI). Global looks at whether it’s a sign of changes...

A massive protest took over University Avenue in front of the U.S Consulate with Iranian-Canadians calling on the American and Canadian governments to help their loved ones back home. As Caryn Lieberman reports, many have been unable to speak to family for days.

A Canadian delegation including 19 members of the country’s Inuit community travelled to Nuuk, Greenland to celebrate the opening of Canada’s new embassy on Friday. A French embassy was also opened in the Danish territory. Both had been in the works well before U.S. President Donald Trump began making his threats. But as Heather Yourex-West...

For more than 50 years now, Halifax has been sending a Christmas tree to Boston to thank the American city for its emergency aid and relief supplies sent north in the aftermath of the Halifax explosion of 1917. This year, the event was also held at the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C., on Friday, where...

It’s being called “Sharpie diplomacy.” U.S. President Donald Trump has apparently sent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau handwritten notes more than once. As Abigail Bimman explains, the Canadian embassy thought one message was a prank.

Several members of a Greek anarchist group converged on and vandalized the Canadian embassy in Athens Sunday night, angered over alleged “blackmail” the Canadian government has carried out in order to pressure foreign governments to approve mining projects.

The closure of the Canadian Embassy’s immigration office in Havana, Cuba has left many struggling to get visa’s to come to Canada. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, protesters in Montreal are asking the government to help.

The Mexican government has paused its relationship with the U.S. and Canadian embassies in the country, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday, after their ambassadors criticized a proposed judicial reform that he backs. “There is a pause,” Lopez Obrador said in a press conference, clarifying that the freeze was with the embassies and...

The worsening conflict between Israel and Iran means Canadians still in Lebanon are growing more eager to leave. Global News spoke to a Canadian still in Lebanon who needs help getting her family out of the country – but who says the Canadian embassy has not responded to multiple requests. Nathaniel Dove has more.

Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole on Monday accused Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau of leaving the evacuations of Canadian embassy staff and Afghan’s who aided the Canadian government “to the last minute.” He called the situation in Afghanistan “heartbreaking.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with an Afghan refugee family in Orleans, Ont. on Saturday and wrapped gift baskets for resettled families in the start to the Thanksgiving weekend. Trudeau also spoke with a man who had worked at Canada’s embassy in Kabul and about how the past few weeks have been since being evacuated...

Ottawa has joined the chorus of condemnation against the terrorist attacks in Israel, warning Canadians in the region to take every precaution. But there are questions about what the Canadian government is doing to keep Canadians safe, and to get those who are trapped inside Israel out. According to Global Affairs Canada, there are more...

There is growing concern for a Victoria man who’s gone missing while traveling in Europe. Sarah Macdonald now with an update on Scott Graham. He simply disappeared almost three weeks ago after going to the Canadian embassy in Madrid to get a new passport.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly commented Monday on reports a Canadian official had attended Russia Day celebrations at the country’s embassy in Canada, saying the “buck stops here” and that it should never have happened. According to reports, it was a deputy protocol chief in Canada’s global affairs department that attended the event. She said...

At least a dozen countries including Canada and the U.S. have told their citizens to get out of Ukraine as western allies warn Russian forces could invade at any moment. Canadian military trainers have been pulled out and are now in Poland and Canadian embassy staff in Kyiv have also been relocated. Jennifer Johnson reports.

Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) director obtained information that Global Affairs Canada spent more than $24,600 on 86 cushions for the Canadian embassy when they were in Mexico City back in 2016.

Worry continues to build over the fate of those still living in Afghanistan, particularly interpreters who helped Canadian Armed Forces and former embassy staff. Mark Carcasole reports.

Afghanistan’s capital was once again rocked by a deadly suicide bomb this week. It comes just days after one went off near the Canadian embassy killing 90. Kabul used to be considered one of the safest places in Afghanistan, but now it’s clear the capital is the target of terror. Mike Le Couteur reports.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that embassy staff had been moved from Kyiv, Ukraine to Poland after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a large-scale military attack on Ukraine. She said Canadians still in Ukraine should “shelter in place” unless able to safely leave the country.