A federal judge said the Trump administration can move ahead with a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, providing a setback for US technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign workers. Read More

The U.S. State Department announced sanctions against a former European Union commissioner, who sought to keep terror propaganda off social media after Oct. 7. Read More

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for attempting a coup, was temporarily released Wednesday to undergo surgery in the capital Brasilia, a source at the clinic told AFP. Read More

The New York City Police Department told JNS that it arrested Armani Charles, 23, of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday for allegedly stabbing a 35-year-old Jewish man last week. Read More

The House of Commons sat for just 72 days in 2025; the least that Canada has used its Parliament in more than 80 years. Read More

Today’s beer drinkers aren’t just reaching for lagers anymore. They’re embracing sweeter flavours, lower-alcohol options and more adventurous profiles, according to industry experts. Read More

The Palestinian Authority has promoted two convicted terrorists released from Israeli prisons in exchange for hostages held by Hamas, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry. Read More

Russia will seek key changes to the latest U.S. peace plan to end its war on Ukraine, including more restrictions on Kyiv’s military, according to a person close to the Kremlin. Read More

The hit science-fiction-horror series "Stranger Things" returns on Friday with three new episodes from its fifth and final season, ahead of the grand finale on January 1. Read More

Ukraine won some concessions in the latest version of a U.S.-led draft plan to end the Russian invasion, revealed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, though key questions remain over territory and whether Moscow could accept the new terms. Read More

Declan Bigras of Aylmer, Que., joined air cadets when he was 13 because he dreamt of flying fighter jets. While he got onto wait-lists, he wasn’t selected for that highly competitive program. But he did rise to second in command of the 211 Squadron in Ottawa. Read More

What was supposed to be a CA$30 Christmas gift shipped from Canada turned into a US$802 surprise for Boston's Bonnie O’Connell after a customs paperwork error triggered the U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Read More

The Ontario PC government recently announced public funding will be used at four private health clinics for hip and knee replacements. There will be $125 million set aside over two years to pay for an estimated 20,000 orthopedic surgeries at Academic Orthopedic Surgical Associates of Ottawa, Richmond Hill’s Schroeder Ambulatory Centre, Toronto’s OV Surgical Centre and Windsor Orthopedic Surgical Centre. Read More

It was an ignominious end to a squalid year for the “rules based” world order. It came in the last days of the second decade of democracy’s global retreat from the advances of Russia, China and the rest of the police-state bloc in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Read More

It was presented to Canadians as an exceptional option to an already approaching natural death. How did doctor-assisted dying become so popular? Read More

The King James Version of the bible has approximately 800,000 words, a goodly number but still able to be handsomely bound between leather covers and easily carried. Read More

China is in the midst of a “historic military buildup” that has made the U.S. homeland “increasingly vulnerable,” according to the latest edition of a Pentagon report on the capabilities of the Asian nation’s military, presenting a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plans for new limitations on U.S., Chinese and Russian nuclear arsenals.  Read More

British police said Tuesday they were taking no action against punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, who led a Glastonbury festival crowd in chants of "Death to the IDF" -- the Israeli military. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to appoint close friend and investment banker Mark Wiseman as Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. is leaving a sour taste in the mouths of Quebecers because of his affiliation with the Century Initiative, which has lobbied for mass immigration by 2100, and his criticism of supply management. Read More

As U.S. forces deployed in the Caribbean have zoned in on tankers transporting sanctioned Venezuelan oil, questions have deepened about the real motivation for Donald Trump's pressure campaign on Caracas. Read More

Canada’s agriculture industry employs tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers to help pick the produce that winds up on your plate. Read More

If there was ever a year that proved that politics can still surprise, it was 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump started it by declaring Canada the 51st state and ended it by adding his name to the Kennedy Center. Our spring federal election morphed from Conservative cakewalk to Liberal renaissance, and the winter saw a flurry of floor crossing. Alberta and Quebec are both talking about separation. And Justin Trudeau is dating Katy Perry. Read More

A segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes about the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelans was made available to viewers in Canada on Monday after being pulled in the U.S. a day before. Read More

When Jack Black was filming Minecraft in New Zealand, he listened to Billy Joel songs to get into character as Steve, the expert crafter who leads the fantastical Overworld made popular by the bestselling video game. Read More