A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Wednesday in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, a case that attracted legions of true crime followers who erupted in cheers when word of the acquittal spread outside court. Read More

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on a test stand in Texas, adding to a series of setbacks to Elon Musk’s space ambitions that include return trips to Mars. Read More

CALGARY — The Federal Court overstepped its authority when it ordered the government to fill an “unacceptably high” number of judicial vacancies within a "reasonable time," the Federal Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. Read More

Five members of a Ukrainian family, including an 8-year-old girl undergoing cancer treatment at an Israeli hospital, were among the nine people killed by an Iranian missile impact on a Tel Aviv suburb this week, a city spokesperson said on Wednesday. Read More

At least six people were seriously wounded by an Iranian missile barrage on Israel on Thursday morning. Beersheva’s Soroka Medical Center sustained a direct hit, and impacts were also reported in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Holon. Read More

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Last Saturday, close to three years after suffering its worst election defeat in 155 years, the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) elected a new leader. Former federal Cabinet minister Pablo Rodriguez won a closely fought battle on the second ballot, with 52 per cent of the vote. The result was much closer than expected as his main rival was a young, dynamic but little-known businessman, Charles Milliard. Read More

Scientists at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates have devised a simple test that they can say can predict an increased risk of developing a host of health problems in older adults. All you have to do is try to pick up a five-kilogram weight. Read More

Israel’s demolition of the Iranian regime shows our government at its finest. Unfortunately, because it’s pompously paralyzed amid platitudes. It took hours to say anything, then said nothing. Which illustrates the importance of ideas. Read More

The sudden, explosive rift between President Trump and Elon Musk was ostensibly over differences about the “One Big Beautiful Bill” moving through Congress — legislation that would re-enact the Trump tax cuts from 2017, raise the debt ceiling, fund the border and increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion dollars. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada’s helicopter industry is charging the federal government with a “serious breach” in allowing the RCMP to patrol the Canada-U.S. border with antiquated military helicopters that don’t meet the government’s own safety regulations, National Post has learned. Read More

OTTAWA -- Indian officials and their proxy agents in Canada engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian communities and politicians, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Wednesday in its annual report. Read More

TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is willing to give First Nations what they want for their support in developing mines, but they cannot "keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government" for more money. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe agree that Moe's predecessor Brad Wall is the right man to repair Canada-India relations, amidst news that Canada will soon be sending a new high commissioner to New Delhi. Read More

The Father’s Day disappearance of three-year-old Claire Bell was bizarre from the start, and as the frantic search for the missing Montreal girl stretched into its fourth day the escalating strangeness of the case was pointing to a dark ending. But then came joyful news. Claire had been found alive. Read More

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois’ long and often rocky road to protect supply management from any concessions in future trade negotiations has come to a successful end. The Senate has adopted Bill C-202, making it the first bill set to receive royal assent in the new session of Parliament. Read More

A Nova Scotia woman serving a life sentence for strangling her own daughter to death has been granted a 60-day unescorted temporary absence from prison, but was denied day parole. Read More

A new survey finds less support among Canadians for the privatization of Canada Post, but many are open to large-scale changes. Read More

The Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup but in the process of celebrating the historic win have seemingly dented and "cracked" the Cup, as seen in photos shared by various sports news outlets Wednesday morning. Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta's point man on a massive western corridor project says he's "cautiously optimistic" about getting rid of a major roadblock to the construction of a new West Coast oil and gas pipeline after visiting British Columbia's northern coast. Read More

OTTAWA — More progressive Liberal MPs expressed cautious concerns about their government’s decision to ram through the internal trade and major projects bill in a matter of days, with some of them saying it could lead to legal issues down the road. Read More

The Princess of Wales canceled plans to attend Royal Ascot on Wednesday as she continues to balance the demands of her public duties against the realities of her recovery from cancer. Read More

A school bus driver who wore a schoolgirl's uniform while driving a vehicle with a "Lolita's Line" sign in the window will no longer be working for the York Catholic District School Board, a spokesperson has told National Post. Read More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colours. Read More

With the conclusion of the G7 gathering in Kananaskis on Tuesday, it’s an open question whether the session was merely unproductive or downright counterproductive, but there’s one proposition that’s difficult to dispute, and it’s this. It would have been better had U.S. President Donald Trump been invited to stay away. Read More

With jury selection less than six weeks away, the trial in the stabbing deaths of four university students in Idaho could be delayed again as defense attorneys argue they need more time to prepare and that intense publicity has threatened Bryan Kohberger's right to a fair trial. Read More

Four suspects, including a 16-year-old, have been arrested after allegedly trying to steal a vehicle from the home of Ontario Premier Doug Ford overnight on Tuesday. Read More

As an Ottawa man who helped the Canadian Armed Forces during its NATO mission in Afghanistan waited for a decision from the Federal Court in a bid to bring his family to safety in Canada from the Taliban's revenge, he heard distressing news from his sister. Read More

Israel’s military operation in Iran will continue until its objectives are met, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Wednesday. Read More

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was taken to the hospital on Tuesday after experiencing an allergic reaction, her spokeswoman said. Read More

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again Wednesday after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations, including to and from the resort island of Bali. Read More

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Those who drink one to two cups of black coffee a day are at a lower risk of death, a new study suggests. Read More

Is it at all possible to shift the ever-amassing waves of global support for Iran to Israel, post-October 7? Read More

By Stéphane Sérafin and Kerry Sun Read More