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U.S. President Joe Biden “willfully” retained and disclosed highly classified materials when he was a private citizen, including documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan and other sensitive national security matters, according to a U.S. Justice Department report. CBC | World News
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Global Affairs ‘aware of reports’ of missing Canadian in Gaza Strip
Ottawa says it is aware of reports that another Canadian citizen has gone missing in the Gaza Strip. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Daunting consequence’: Supreme Court chief justice on removing Trump from Colorado ballot
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday appeared skeptical toward a judicial decision kicking former president Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado for participating in an insurrection during the 2021 Capitol attack in a case with major implications for the Nov. 5 election. CBC | World News
Read More »Zelenskyy changes military leadership, but wants outgoing army chief to stay ‘on his team’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday the time had come to change the country’s military leadership in the war against Russia, replacing army chief General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. CBC | World News
Read More »Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon evacuated as volcano erupts for 3rd time
A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island cpuntry’s biggest tourist attractions. CBC | World News
Read More »World temperatures go a full year above 1.5 C warming limit, EU scientists say
The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Anti-war Russian candidate blocked from running against Putin in election
Russia’s main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for next month’s presidential election. CBC | World News
Read More »Naples invented pizza. Now it’s reinventing pineapple on pizza
For years, pineapple on pizza topped the list of the worst food crimes one could commit in Naples, Italy, where pizza was born. That is, until one brave Neapolitan pizzaiolo decided to introduce his own version, triggering a heated national debate. CBC | World News
Read More »Analysts say this will be Pakistan’s least credible election in years
A popular political leader is in jail and his party is banned from using one of their most recognizable symbols after authorities cracked down in Pakistan. Many analysts say Thursday will bring the country’s least credible election in years. CBC’s Salimah Shivji breaks the story down from a campaign rally in Islamabad. CBC | World News
Read More »Netanyahu rejects proposed ceasefire terms, slams ‘delusional’ Hamas demands
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected Hamas’s terms for a ceasefire and hostage-release agreement, calling them “delusional,” a position that complicates efforts to strike a deal between the sides. CBC | World News
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