An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream early Wednesday morning. Read More

WASHINGTON -- An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's house fired a weapon following a confrontation between the agent and occupants of a sedan, early Tuesday. Read More

Canadian airline Air Canada is launching a new identification system on Tuesday allowing travellers to get around the airport without reaching for their passport or driver's license. Read More

OTTAWA — RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says he has outlined the number of officers needed to increase security at the Canada-U.S. Border to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who opposition parties pressed on Tuesday to detail the Liberals' plan. Read More

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some US$11 billion, or three-fourths of what she defrauded in the country's largest financial crime. Read More

On Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared an “emergency martial law,” accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea, and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Read More

OTTAWA — It's confidence time again in the House of Commons. Read More

A federal government department denies any involvement in the city of Yellowknife's handing out cigarettes as an incentive among the mostly Indigenous homeless population to participate in a Point-in-Time (PiT) count. Read More

Canada as the 51st state? Apparently, that’s what U.S. president-elect Donald Trump suggested at his impromptu dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago last Friday. Read More

An Indian-American photographer, whose work has been featured in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, says he is "mortified" after a woman allegedly harassed his family on a United Airlines flight in late November. Read More

A Florida woman was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die of suffocation. A history of domestic and alcohol abuse aimed at him came out during the trial. Read More

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Read More

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says that comments made by Donald Trump last weekend to the effect that Canada could become America's 51st (and perhaps also 52nd) state were a joke and nothing more. Read More

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country’s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea. Read More

A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Read More

Ugly Christmas sweaters have officially made the transition from novelty item to closet staple. What started out as a fun party trend has become a holiday-themed form of personal expression. Read More

December promises to give you a healthy dose of Christmas classics and new heart-warming holiday movies to binge-watch by the fireplace. For counter-holiday viewing, there's just as much to choose from. Read More

First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Canadians’ opinion of India has declined precipitously after a rough year of relations between the two countries, according to a new poll. Read More