Syrian table tennis star makes historic debut as youngest Olympian at Tokyo Games
Syria’s Hend Zaza, already the youngest competitor at the Tokyo Games, entered the record books on Saturday after becoming the youngest competitor in Olympic table tennis history. CBC | World News More...
Brazilian protesters call for impeachment of Bolsonaro for 2nd time in a month
Protesters took to the streets in several Brazilian cities on Saturday to demand the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose popularity has fallen More...
Rescue teams in India struggle to reach submerged homes following flooding, landslides
Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll from landslides and accidents caused More...
Thousands in Sydney protest pandemic lockdown, dozens arrested
Thousands of people took to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities on Saturday to protest pandemic lockdown restrictions, and police made multiple arrests More...
Massive outage disrupts internet services in Canada and around the world
Thousands of websites and digital services around the world were unavailable on Thursday after cloud computing company Akamai said it has been experiencing a “service More...
Cleveland changes MLB team nickname to Guardians after months of discussion
Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians, dropping its previous name of 106 years. It ends months of internal discussions triggered More...
Death toll now 51 following catastrophic flooding in China
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou has risen to 51, state media reported Friday. CBC | World News More...
Fauci says prospect of open border for fully vaccinated Canadians part of active U.S. talks
U.S. President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser says he’s looking forward to the resumption of land border travel between Canada and the U.S. CBC | More...
Search for bodies concludes at site of Florida condo collapse
Firefighters on Friday declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building, concluding a month of painstaking work removing More...
China’s Xi visits Tibet amid infrastructure boom, rising controls over religion
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Tibet as authorities tighten controls over the Himalayan region’s traditional Buddhist culture, accompanied More...