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Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after developing a fever.The 78-year-old was admitted in the "afternoon for testing and observation," Angel Urena,…

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's surprise threat to retake control of the Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the…

Two days before Christmas, people hauled their belongings out the doors of a central Edmonton apartment building, piling up suitcases and laundry baskets full of clothes and shoes on the slushy sidewalk.Building residents say they got the…

The Canadian Transportation Agency, the quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator tasked with enforcing air passenger rights and compensation rules, has unveiled proposed amendments to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations.If the amendments…

Inside an arena in Tampere, Finland in mid-December, future top PWHL draft prospects faced off in a tournament final.At the Women's Euro Hockey Tour (or Six Nations Tournament), the Canadians faced an American roster stacked with senior…

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday for the first time publicly that Israel killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel's…

An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled the City of Hamilton did not infringe on encampment residents' Charter rights when enforcing its bylaw that banned tents from parks.Justice James Ramsey sided with the city Monday in a scathing…

Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company.The Japanese superstar caps 2024 by winning The Associated Press male athlete of the year for the third time, tying him with basketball great Michael Jordan. He trails only four-time winners Lance…

An official at a hospital in northern Gaza is sounding the alarm as the building faces Israeli bombardment "from all directions" after being ordered to evacuate, while ceasefire negotiations continue. One of Gaza's few still partially…

The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder and terror charges while his attorney complained that statements coming from New York's mayor would make it tough to receive a fair…

The U.S. House Ethics Committee has found that former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, U.S. media reported on Monday, citing a final draft of the…

WARNING: This story contains footage of a violent robbery.Just days after Gaganjeet Singh urged Montreal police to step up patrols on de Liège Street, where his jewelry store is located, his worst fears came true.Around 6:30 p.m. on…

Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.The creature, resembling a small elephant with a trunk, was…

Mariluz Canaquiri remembers playing on the banks of Peru's Marañón River as a young girl. Every morning, girls from her community fetched water from the river. "Since I was born, my parents made us walk along the river because we had crops…

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger, forming the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.The two companies…

Premier Susan Holt says her government would be willing to ban the herbicide glyphosate if a new investigation finds a link to the purported mystery brain illness that a Moncton neurologist says he is tracking.The province has launched a…

As the French school board grappled with how to reassure angry parents after a Halifax school bus dropped their children off more than 4½ hours late one day without explanation, the board's executive director suggested they hold a…

The infrastructure ministry plans to promote regional development centering around Japan's "michi no eki" roadside rest stations by creating a framework to support such efforts through cooperation…

A global shortage of Swedish-made candy, all thanks to a viral TikTok video? Stranger things have happened.But that's exactly what went down earlier this year, when TikTok influencer Marygrace Graves showed followers the sweets she'd…

The family of a seven-year-old boy from Deer Lake First Nation who was denied medical transportation coverage because he didn't yet have an Indian status card is calling for changes to Ottawa's Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)…

Even after 23 years, Kelly Edwards stills loves being a paramedic."It's very unpredictable. It's exciting," she said. "You meet a lot of nice people."But she admits there's a much darker side to the job, too.Edwards recalls a time she and…

Tucked away in a picturesque river valley at the foot of the Rocky Mountains is the town of Cochrane, Alta.A short drive from Banff National Park to the west and the city of Calgary to the east, it has become the fastest-growing community…

The Japan Fair Trade Commission plans to issue a cease-and-desist order against Google over what it says is a violation of the antimonopoly law by forcing smartphone manufacturers to include the…

Both carmakers are facing overcapacity and the need for huge investments related to electric-vehicle and self-driving technologies.

Public prosecutors on Monday sought a 10-month prison term for Stefan Kaufmann, former president and CEO of major Japanese optical equipment maker Olympus, on suspicion of obtaining banned drugs.…

Osaka – The Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau has concluded that Kawasaki Heavy Industries' expenses to entertain Self-Defense Force members were not tax-deductible,…

VODERADY, Slovakia – Northvolt's financial collapse has not entirely crushed Europe's dream of developing its own electric vehicle batteries, but fulfilling it is…

BEIJING – China’s gross domestic product growth slowed during the first three quarters of 2024, from 5.3% to 4.7% to 4.6%, raising fears that the country would not…

A memorial ceremony was held Monday for the five Japan Coast Guard members killed in a collision between a JCG plane and a Japan Airlines passenger aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Jan. 2. The…

A former Nagano assemblyman was sentenced to 19 years in prison Monday for strangling his wife to death at their home in Nagano Prefecture.The Nagano District Court found Daisuke Maruyama guilty of…