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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has backed a Palestinian bid to become a full member. The assembly adopted a resolution Friday with 143 votes in favour and nine voting against the measure, including the United States and Israel.

Speaking in Philadelphia, Pa., on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described democracy as “under significant challenges” and was being taken “for granted.” Trudeau said that misinformation and disinformation was leading to people not seeing how the building blocks of freedoms and the successes in “two of the freest countries on Earth — Canada, United States...

If you had plans to bring your dog with you on your visit to the United States this summer – it’s about to get a bit more complicated. Kristen Robinson reports on what you’ll need to know before you pack up your pet for a southern road trip.

Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses across the United States continued into a second week, decrying Israel’s role in the conflict in Gaza.

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian forces were improving their positions every day along the front line of Ukraine in all directions, and that the advance was going to plan. Russia has been pushing Ukrainian forces back at key points along the front line in recent months, despite hundreds of billions of dollars...

TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over a law that could potentially ban the social media app in the United States. The lawsuit comes just two weeks after a bill was passed that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok in the U.S. or face a nationwide ban.

In the Middle East, there are reports that talks have intensified toward a ceasefire deal in Gaza and a release of Israeli hostages. A Hamas delegation is in Cairo for talks led by mediators of the United States and Qatar who have reported signs of compromise in recent days. Questions remain, such as how a...

There’s new fallout over the pro-Palestinian protests that continue to spread on post-secondary school campuses across the United States. The University of Southern California (USC) has cancelled its main stage graduation ceremony.

The first steam powered passenger train to travel across Canada, the United States and Mexico left from Calgary on Wednesday. Global’s Joelle Tomlinson was on-site to sent the Empress 2816 locomotive on its journey.

A body has been found in the search for two missing kayakers from Vancouver Island. RCMP say authorities in the United States out searching for the pair found the body in the San Juan islands of Washington State.

Demands for a ceasefire in Gaza continue to get louder at university campuses across the United States, where officials are scrambling to defuse tensions amid claims of antisemitism and an unsafe environment for students. Neetu Garcha reports from New York City and speaks with post-secondary students about why they support those demonstrations.

Pro-Palestinian protesters are back out on college campuses across the United States on Tuesday, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and an end to their university’s ties with Israel. This follows a day in which some protesters clashed with police as authorities tried to break up their camps. Now some lawmakers say the...

The United States effectively stopped the United Nations (UN) on Thursday from recognizing a Palestinian state by using its veto in the Security Council to deny the Palestinian Authority full membership in the world body.

Russian missiles damaged residential buildings and injured six people in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, early on Wednesday, Kharkiv Oblast Gov. Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram. The attack damaged three residential buildings, two offices, three non-residential buildings and a gas pipeline in the central district of the city, according to the governor’s statement. Plus, the Kremlin said on...

Editor’s note: There is a typo in the name ‘Chief Stan Bird.’ We regret the error. Israel’s army says it is now fully prepared to launch a ground operation into Rafah, the only city in the Gaza Strip that Israel has not yet raided. With ongoing famine and increasing heat, just trying to survive in...

Former NFL star and actor O.J. Simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76. Simpson was thrust into the national spotlight in 1994 when he was charged in the violent murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman. A slow-moving police chase of an on-the-run Simpson in a white Ford...

A suspect wanted in connection with a deadly shooting at a club in Vaughan in July 2022 has been arrested in the United States. As Caryn Lieberman reports, loved ones of the victims say despite the passage of time, the grief is no less.

There was a big crowd at the Lethbridge courthouse for Day 1 of a much-anticipated trial. Three men are charged with mischief for their roles in the 2022 Coutts border blockade — which shut down traffic between Alberta and the United States over Covid-19 restrictions. Micah Quintin has more on what we can expect at...

Two groups of students from Concordia University are celebrating after competing in an international aeronautics design contest in the United States. Team members said that though the experience was fun, the value was in finding solutions to real-world problems that could save lives.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed to pass a resolution, on Friday, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal. This comes after Russia and China vetoed the measure proposed by the United States.