2+ hour ago  (448+ words) Posted April 4, 2026 7:02 am. The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (459+ words) Posted April 4, 2026 6:57 am. The attacks came as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Istanbul for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He will also meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians. Russia fired 286 drones…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1149+ words) Posted April 4, 2026 6:00 am. OTTAWA " President Donald Trump's comments to a British newspaper this week revived speculation about whether he is ready to pull the U.S. out of the NATO defensive pact, of which Canada is a member. Venting his frustration over…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (971+ words) Posted April 1, 2026 9:19 am. Asked whether he would reconsider U.S. membership in the alliance after the war on Iran ends, Trump replied: "Oh yes, I would say (it's) beyond reconsideration." British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, asked about the comment, said Britain was…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (346+ words) Posted March 30, 2026 5:50 am. A bomb threat targeting the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts forced a full evacuation of the downtown Toronto venue on Sunday afternoon, abruptly cancelling the second night of the annual Shen Yun dance production. Toronto…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1072+ words) Posted March 29, 2026 3:58 am. The EU continues to tighten migration policies after right-wing parties took power in some countries in 2024. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from the center-right European People's Party coalition, has said the new measures will prevent…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (389+ words) Posted March 28, 2026 12:13 pm. The company, based in Vevey, Switzerland, said in a statement Friday that "the vehicle and its load are still nowhere to be found." The shipment of the crunchy bars, made of waffles covered with chocolate, disappeared last…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (811+ words) Posted March 26, 2026 7:42 am. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Canada is spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on national defence " a key NATO alliance commitment Ottawa previously failed to meet. NATO accounting estimates…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (434+ words) Posted March 21, 2026 1:58 pm. An avalanche in high alpine terrain in Italy's South Tyrol on Saturday killed two skiers, according to the country's mountain rescue service. The avalanche happened at an altitude of around 2,400 meters (7,874 feet) on the slopes of the…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (515+ words) Posted March 21, 2026 4:55 am. Zaporizhzhia regional head Ivan Fedorov said a man and a woman were killed and two children wounded when a Russian drone hit a private house on Saturday morning. The attack came ahead of expected U.S.-Ukraine talks, which…...