U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday backed the Philippines in protesting Beijing's plan for a "nature reserve" on disputed Scarborough Shoal, saying it was part of a "coercive" strategy in the South China Sea. Read More

On Friday in Utah, agents from the FBI and local law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson for the assassination of Charlie Kirk following a two-day manhunt. Read More

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance has launched an effort to fortify its eastern flank following an incursion of drones into Polish airspace. Read More

The UN General Assembly voted on Sept. 12 to adopt the so-called New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine, which outlines the implementation of a two-state solution and the path towards recognition of a Palestinian state. Read More

After bulking up to portray legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine, Dwayne Johnson is slimming down to play a man who befriends a chicken in his next movie. Following his latest film’s buzzworthy premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Johnson, who has been earning raves as the lead in the upcoming sports drama, made headlines for his lean appearance on the red carpet. Read More

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A national CBC host who resigned this past summer, accusing Canada’s public broadcaster of “performative diversity, tokenism,” and of putting up resistance when he booked conservative voices on his show, has filed a human rights complaint against the Crown corporation alleging it discriminated against him on the basis of race, colour and disability. Read More

There comes a point when enough is enough. Manitoba has reached that point. The people of this province deserve better than a government minister posting hateful, vindictive comments about a man who was just assassinated in front of his wife and children. The victim, Charlie Kirk, was a conservative commentator. Whether you agreed with his views or not, he was a human being whose life was stolen in the most brutal way possible. What followed from Nahanni Fontaine, a sitting minister in the NDP government, was not empathy, was not leadership, and was not even decency. It was a disgrace. Read More

OTTAWA — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon told leaders of Alberta's pro-independence movement that he'll recognize a free and independent Alberta if he becomes Quebec's Premier, the National Post has learned. Read More

Canadian women are changing the conversation around when and how they want to have babies, with many of them opting to freeze their eggs. Read More

The co-founder of Blackberry, Jim Balsillie, joins veteran policy adviser Robert Asselin and National Post’s John Ivison to discuss the problems with Canada's traditional and arguably outdated approach to innovation, trade and competitiveness — and why it leaves us dangerously vulnerable to U.S. economic power. Read More

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Like their partners in the Canadian news industry, the country’s media agencies are undergoing unprecedented transformation. The National Post is holding conversations with leaders of Canada’s largest agencies on the fast-changing fundamentals. This week, Rebecca Harris speaks to Jordan Bortolotti, co-founder of media services and technology company Nectar First (N1), which was recently acquired by Salt XC, a media and experience agency. Bortolotti was named president of Salt Media and remains CEO of Nectar First (a division of Salt Media): Read More

The man arrested in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk had told family that he didn't like the conservative activist "and the viewpoints he had," authorities said Friday at a press conference. Read More

It had been more than a day since Charlie Kirk was gunned down and the main clues so far were a palm print, a shoe impression and a high-powered rifle found in a wooded area prompting authorities to seek the public's help. That was until Donald Trump made the announcement that the suspect is in custody. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is The Food for Life Cookbook by Tim Spector, a U.K.-based medical doctor, professor, author, microbiome expert and co-founder of the nutrition science company ZOE. Read More

Despite Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hyperbole in announcing five “nation building” projects Thursday, what he actually proclaimed was rather modest in scope. Read More

Qatar masquerades as a peace broker while bankrolling terror Read More

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A funny thing happened earlier this year when many residents of the City of Vaughan complained about speed cameras and one of them was even knocked down shortly after 10 cameras were installed this spring. Read More

An Ottawa judge has granted a conditional discharge for a woman who attacked her elderly neighbours in their home as they were sitting down to dinner, causing a deep gash to the man's right forearm and extensive bruising to his wife's right arm. Read More

Recent years have seen then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and members of Congress targeted for assassination, Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson murdered, and destructive attacks on Tesla dealerships and owners, among other politically motivated violence in the United States. But the killing of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk somehow seems more dangerous, because it is.   Read More