world2023-12-07
Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
Officials say 75 people were caught underneath a column of burning ash when Mount Marapi erupted on Sunday. Andrew Chang breaks down why this eruption came as a surprise — and what made the search for survivors so dangerous. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing to allow the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to play under its own flag when the sport returns to the Olympics in 2028. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
In July, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a new law to move the country's official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25. Prior to this, it was celebrated on Jan. 7, the day observed by the Russian Orthodox Church. With this being the first December of the law officially in effect, some Ukr....Read more
world2023-12-06
Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, before departing for Saudi Arabia in a one-day lightning tour intended to raise Moscow's profile as a Middle East power broker, even as his war in Ukraine grinds on. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
Time has named Taylor Swift as their Person of the Year for 2023, capping off an extremely successful year for the pop star. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
Environmental activists put a spotlight on Alberta's climate record on Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit by giving the province the so-called "Fossil of the Day" award. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing to allow the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to play under its own flag when the sport returns to the Olympics in 2028. Source: CBC ....Read more
world2023-12-06
Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as All in the Family and Maude and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. Source: CBC ....Read more
Load More
