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The United States is preparing for a protracted conflict in Ukraine, more than doubling its commitment of powerful long-range rocket artillery systems.

Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney accused Downing Street of working at cross-purposes with the Bank.

US vaccine mandate remains in place. Lawmakers have urged Joe Biden to follow in Canada's footsteps.

Ezi Magbegor had 16 points and five blocks to help Australia beat Canada 75-72 in the women’s World Cup.

Bec Allen was instrumental in Australia’s 69-54 win over Serbia scoring 16 points in the World Cup.

Duval Island, a private island in Ontario, Canada, is on the market. It sits on 5.40 acres of land and has a four-bedroom home and guest cabin.

Hurricane Fiona sent choppy seas and high rip current risks to the East Coast. The storm is dumping heavy rain and bringing hurricane-force winds to Bermuda.

Nirra Fields scored 17 points and Shay Colley added 11 to help Canada beat France 59-45 in the women’s basketball World Cup.

An official familiar with the matter says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed off on Canada dropping the vaccine requirement for people who enter Canada at the end of September

An official familiar with the matter says Canada will likely drop the vaccine requirement for people who enter Canada by the end of September

Violent scenes break out at Vancouver's Breakout Festival after the rapper cancels his performance.

After making her name in Canada's Drag Race, Jimbo returned to the fold as part of UK Versus the World, which united former contestants from across the globe.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told a major international space conference that the possibility of cooperating with China in space is "up to China."

About 450 pounds of meth worth $1.7 million were seized from an abandoned Hummer near the Canadian border recently, according to Border Patrol's Blaine Station.

Activists and international authorities say Eritrea is mobilizing its armed forces and appears to be sending them to Ethiopia to aid its neighbor’s war in the Tigray region

A new online atlas that tracks bird migrations across the world leverages an extraordinary amount of scientific and community data to map the routes of more than 450 bird species.

A new online atlas of bird migration draws from an unprecedented number of scientific and community data sources to illustrate the routes of about 450 bird species in the Americas.

If Commonwealth nations want to become successful republics, they’ll have to address their antiquated constitutions.

It could be a complete skeleton. And it could have all its skin intact. A mummified car-sized dinosaur was potentially found in Canada.

Michelin's arrival in Canada's most diverse city reignites a debate on the legitimacy of food rankings.

Caroline County has received international recognition for excellence in financial reporting, the county announced in a press release last week.

Theodore TOO, currently stationed in Hamilton, Ontario, will be open for Airbnb stays on Saturday and Sunday.

The tropics very quickly became active again with the start of September, and here's what you need to know about the current named storms.

Authorities haven't provided a motive behind a series of deadly stabbings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. One suspect is dead.

Violent activity on the sun last week resulted in stunning views for observers in the northern hemisphere over the weekend.

The Alamo City is repped by Theory Coffee Company, Brevity Coffee and Cajun Coffee Shack in the rankings.

Meta's Vivek Sharma was in charge of Horizon, the company's virtual reality platform and had been with Facebook's parent company for six years.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Some of the biggest names in tennis, including Rafael Nadal and Coco Gauff, raised more than $1 million in aid for Ukraine. Michael George shares more.

Sony announced a increase for the PlayStation 5 in a number of countries, citing mounting global inflation and a difficult economic environment.

As Artemis 1 prepares to do an uncrewed launch, NASA and its collaborators on the Artemis program are planning for the future.

Shoreman left Youngstown, New York at roughly 4 p.m. ET on Friday and finished his trip across Lake Ontario at around 1 p.m. Saturday in Toronto.

Mike Shoreman said he is ready for his final conquest, one he hopes will inspire millions around the world who have struggled with mental health.

The Vatican cardinal accused in a class-action lawsuit in Canada of sexual assault against a woman has denied any inappropriate behavior

Officials in Poland have arrested an 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000.

Parties at Airbnb listings became more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic due to safety measures and restrictions at bars, restaurants and clubs.

“Can’t wait to see the toilet.”

Police arrested a woman who assaulted an 89-year-old man in Chinatown in Vancouver, Canada. The senior was walking alone along Main and Keefer streets in Chinatown when he was approached by Patricia MacDonald, 58, who knocked him to the ground at around 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 13, according to the Vancouver police. Howard Chow told Global News.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, one of the most prominent Catholic leaders in Canada, is a key figure inside the Vatican bureaucracy, leading the department that vets and manages bishops. He has been mentioned as a candidate for pope.

The $12 billion Bay du Nord fossil fuel project underscores Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s dilemma — and Canada’s.

Saki Baba routed Monet Chun of Canada 11 and 9 on Sunday to become the second Japanese winner in U.S. Women’s Amateur history. The 17-year-old Baba won the last six holes, ending the match with a birdie on the par-3 27th hole at Chambers Bay. Baba joined 1985 champion Michiko Hattori as the only Japanese winners.

The researchers of the study, which was published in the journal “Current Biology” on Thursday, found that prolonged intense cognitive work causes a buildup of potentially toxic byproducts in the prefrontal cortex of a human’s brain. Researchers used magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to view the brain chemistry of two groups of participants who either performed high-demand or low-demand cognitive control tasks for work. The same group, which had higher levels of the amino acid glutamate in the synapses of the prefrontal cortex, also shifted toward actions that proposed rewards quickly with little effort.

The proposed $24 million settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the sport’s American governing body was approved by a federal judge.

By 2023 J&J will make all its baby powder using cornstarch following legal battles over talc's safety.

Here's our estimate of what Johnson & Johnson's potential exposure to this litigation could be in a worst-case scenario.

The Grammy award-winning singer found enduring fame in the film Grease.

This week on 60 Minutes, Jon Wertheim takes viewers to a remote Canadian island that is trying to reinvent itself.

Novak Djokovic withdrew from the upcoming hard-court tournament in Montreal on Thursday because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and is therefore not allowed to enter Canada. Djokovic, a 35-year-old from Serbia, has said he won’t get the shots, even if that means he can’t go to certain tournaments. Unvaccinated foreign citizens can’t go to Canada or the U.S, so Djokovic pulled out of Montreal a day before the draw is scheduled to take place for the tournament and is expected to have to sit out the U.S. Open, which starts in New York on Aug. 29.

Canada says it is sending military trainers to the United Kingdom to teach Ukrainians how to fight invading Russian forces

Pope Francis has promoted a Vatican nurse to be his “personal health care assistant” The Vatican announced the appointment of Massimiliano Strappetti on Thursday.

Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s Democratic nominee for governor, joins Yahoo News National Reporter Marquise Francis to discuss her views on the state-level battles over abortion access. “It is a medical decision, and while your faith tradition may tell you that you personally do not want to make that choice, it is not my right as a Christian to impose that value system on someone else,” Abrams tells Yahoo News. “It should always be that abortion care is available until a fetus is viable, unless that viability threatens the life of the mother.”

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is always a stressful time of year for the league's 30 general managers.

Eleven pieces of the “21 Hearts for Uvalde” display, which was scheduled to be presented July 30, during a community event at the Uvalde County Fairplex. Twenty-one Hearts for Uvalde, commemorative artwork created for permanent display at the Uvalde Resiliency Center, was to be unveiled July 30 during the Uvalde Strong community event staged at

Wood bison, deemed the largest terrestrial animal in North America, once disappeared from the American landscape altogether.

Pope Francis, on his return flight to Rome from Canada, said it was a “normal option” to think about retirement, although he hadn't reached that point yet.

Night-shining or noctilucent clouds are popping up farther from the poles, in part due to more rocket launches taking place from Earth.

It took nearly 28 hours and more than 44 miles, but a Canadian man is now one step away from completing his quest to cross all five Great Lakes via paddleboard.

With few native speakers left, it won't be easy. But there's reason for hope.

Trump crony Steve Bannon waxed lyrical about plans to amass thousands of “shock troops” to seize the government.

Pope Francis's apology Monday to Canada's Indigenous community wasn't the first time a pontiff has had to ask forgiveness for the church.

Pope Francis is on a week-long visit to Canada that centers on an apology.

Seriously.

The U.S. women pulled a shocking upset in the 4-by-100 relay at world championships while the men finished second after a sloppy baton exchange that has become a ritual for that star-crossed team.

Alex Morgan and the U.S. women's national soccer team are in Mexico preparing for a showdown with rival Canada on Monday night in the title game of the CONCACAF W Championship.

The U.S. women’s national team will play Canada in the final of the CONCACAF W Championship for a spot in the 2024 Olympics.

A major natural gas pipeline from Russia to western Europe has shut down for maintenance amid concerns that Russia may not resume the flow of gas as scheduled.

An avid paddleboarder, Mike Shoreman was told he could never paddleboard again. But he didn’t pay attention to that edict and now is trying to make history.

In 1975, leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies gathered outside Paris to deal with an energy crisis sparked by a war and rampant inflation.

A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies.

Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia and Seattle and Kansas City, Missouri, were the newcomers among the 11 U.S. sites picked to host games at the 2026 World Cup, while Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee, and Orlando, Florida, were left out.

FIFA, the world’s governing body of soccer and organizer of the World Cup, will announce the host cities for the 2026 World Cup during a 5 p.m. ET event in New York City.

Rafael Nadal got through a serious test in the French Open’s fourth round by edging Felix Auger-Aliassime 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to set up a record 59th matchup against Novak Djokovic.

Drake Batherson scored on a power play 43 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 4-3 comeback victory over Sweden on Thursday night in the world hockey quarterfinals.

Consumer Reports has some advice if you’re ready to upgrade to the latest smart speaker.

Massachusetts has reported a case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada.

The Group of Seven leading economies have warned that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and led defending champion Canada to a 5-3 victory over Germany in their opening game at the world ice hockey championship in Helsinki.

New Zealand has begun welcoming back tourists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years after dropping most of its remaining pandemic border restrictions.

U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the rare, snow-loving Canada lynx that could include more land in Colorado and other western states where they would be protected.

U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their histories operating boarding schools for Native Americans.

The U.S. could clinch a return to soccer’s World Cup with two games to spare if it wins in Mexico City, Panama loses at home to last-place Honduras and Costa Rica fails to win at home against first-place Canada.

Major League Baseball players who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus won't be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Toronto and won’t be paid for those games.

The number of countries banning Russian airplanes is growing.

What’s one thing that is less visible at the Winter Olympics than the Summer Games.

Slovakia has won its first Olympic hockey medal in the nation’s history.

A viral video showing hundreds of birds seemingly dropping from the sky has made the rounds on social media and left more questions than answers.

This was one Olympic final you could plan ahead for.

A Spanish fishing boat has sunk in rough seas off Newfoundland in eastern Canada, killing at least seven people.

Skiing, skating and other competitions take place before a global TV audience, but few see them in person.

China made its Olympics debut in men’s ice hockey, but it’s not clear if the outmatched team consisting mostly of foreign players is kindling a passion for the sport in the country.

The second of five whales brought from Canada to Mystic Aquarium last year for research purposes has died.

More countries have asked this week to join talks about the European Union’s complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing China of exerting economic pressure on Lithuania.

Authorities in France and Belgium have banned road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions.

It’s time for the United States vs.

Hilary Knight scored two first-period goals, Alex Cavallini stopped 12 shots, and the United States routed Switzerland 8-0 at the Beijing Olympics in its final tune-up before facing arch-rival Canada.

China won its first gold of the Beijing Games in short track speedskating's mixed team relay in the event’s Olympic debut.

The U.S. beat winless Honduras 3-0 in a World Cup qualifying match.

Which team did the U.S. beat to win gold in curling.

Consumer Reports just tested a number of sheet pans to find out which ones cook the best and clean up the easiest.

The NHL is following other leagues and the CDC by cutting COVID-19 isolation times to five days under certain conditions and where it is allowed by local laws.