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A French court is expected to decide on Monday whether to release ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy from jail pending an appeals trial over allegations that he sought Libyan funding. Read More

There is no clear link between pregnant women taking the common painkiller paracetamol and autism in their children, despite repeated claims otherwise by Donald Trump, according to the most comprehensive review of the existing evidence published Monday. Read More

Remembrance Day has been commemorated in Canada since Parliament passed legislation in 1931 to change the name of Armistice Day and establish Nov. 11 as the date to mark the occasion. Today, the government describes Remembrance Day as “the most unforgettable day” and suggests veterans are “passing the torch” to the Canadian population “so the memory of their sacrifices will continue.” Read More

Here I was, sitting in the rear gun turret of our Mitchell B-25 fighter-bomber, with all my senses on guard and my head on a swivel. The day was clear, the sky could not be bluer, and the danger of enemy fighters coming at us with the sun at their back was almost a certainty. Luckily, we had just finished our bombing run and were on our way back to base. Our experienced pilot, Major David Rohrer, co-pilot Liam Pearson and flight engineer Jessica Side had managed to get us to the target unscathed, and we now only had to cross the water to make it home. Read More

I present the following thought exercise to you: if some overeager, industrious journalist were to write an obituary for Canada, how would it read? Read More

Blue Origin postponed a planned second flight of its flagship New Glenn rocket on Sunday, delaying a mission that would serve as a crucial test for the Jeff Bezos-backed space company in its quest to challenge SpaceX. Read More

Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of engaging in a scheme to rig sports bets based on pitches they threw during Major League Baseball games. Read More

The director general of the BBC announced his resignation Sunday following a row over the editing of a documentary about U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More

Israel on Sunday received the remains of fallen soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin, whose body was held by Hamas in Gaza for more than 11 years, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem announced. Read More

In 1818, a 37-year-old poet and astronomer by the name of David Young rolled up his sleeves and began the arduous task of typesetting the first copies of the Farmers' Almanac in New York. The 36-page copy fashioned in the "42nd Year of American Independence" contained "Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgement of the Weather" and the "Rising and Setting of the Planets," among other topics. Read More

The families of Canadians killed by Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, are urging Ottawa to leverage its diplomatic and economic weight to lead a global campaign to sanction and dismantle the terrorist organization and to pursue justice against Iranian officials accused of sponsoring it. Read More

Air travel in the United States could soon "slow to a trickle," authorities warned Sunday as thousands more flights were cancelled or delayed and passengers faced chaos triggered by the federal government shutdown. Read More

Author and activist Cory Doctorow wants you to understand why online digital platforms are failing users, and he’s fighting for a better internet. “Enshittification” — a word he coined to describe the degradation of online platforms and services — is the slightly profane albeit funny title of his latest book. Read More

For emergency doctors, the fear of missing a potentially lethal diagnosis “fluctuates between healthy and practice-altering paranoia,” Calgary emergency doctors Eddy Lang and Niklas Bobrovitz recently wrote. Read More

Ottawa is exploring a Canadian entry in the famously popular Eurovision song contest, suggesting cultural participation would help deepen our commercial relationship with the Europeans. Read More

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) stands at a decisive moment in its history. Around the world, rivalries are resurfacing, alliances are being tested and the international order that Canada helped build through sacrifice and service is fracturing. This is Canada’s moment not only to reinvest in its military, but to reclaim the warrior ethos that once defined those who wear the uniform. Read More

Mark Carney’s first budget ostensibly promises to clean up the Trudeau era’s regulatory clutter around “greenwashing,” punitive energy emissions measures and industrial standards. Read More

Re: Floor-crossing MP hints that more Conservatives might follow him to the Liberals — Catherine Lévesque and Stephanie Taylor, Nov. 5 Read More

Richard B. Cheney is the penultimate death of an era that shaped American and global affairs from the Nixon administration, through the Reagan presidency and into the first decade of the 21st century. Read More

For many people, retirement might look like travelling the world. Maybe puttering in the garden or going back to school. Read More

Interior design trends have an average lifespan of just 10 months, according to recent research. The experts at Level Frames, an online custom framing service, analyzed Google searches and the last five annual Pinterest Trend Reports to determine their findings, charting trend cycles in the previous 20 years. Read More

A Pakistani immigrant ordered deported 17 months ago for causing a deadly five-vehicle crash on a major highway in Mississauga, Ont., and then fleeing the scene, has won another chance to stay in Canada. Read More

From Cantonese barbecue to Shanghainese dim sum, and Hong Kong-style hotpot to Lanzhou beef noodles, the Chinese Restaurant Awards' inaugural Elite 30 Canada list ranks the country's best. In its 16-year history, this is the first time the Vancouver-based organization has rated spots nationwide. Read More