Tag: World
Ukraine says Russia launched ‘inhumane’ attack on Christmas Day
Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant, Kyiv said.
NORAD’s Santa tracker began in the Cold War. Here’s why it’s still going
Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command to inquire about Santa’s location, with millions more online in nine languages.
Hong Kong offers rewards for arrest of 2 Canadians, 4 other activists
According to the warrants, the six are wanted for national security offences such as secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces.
What even happened in 2024? Try the Global News year-end quiz
Were you keeping track through the labour disputes, the moments of triumph and heartbreak in sport, and some of the just plain weird pop culture happenings of 2024?
5 men jailed after Amsterdam-Israel soccer fan violence
The riots, which caused an international outcry and accusations of deliberate anti-Semitic attacks, left 5 people in hospital and 20 others with minor injuries.
Greenland rebuffs Trump, says country is ‘not for sale’
President-elect Donald Trump is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark.
Nissan and Honda agree to merge by 2026
Together, Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi would gain scale to compete with Japan's top automaker Toyota Motor Corp. and with Germany’s Volkswagen AG.
At least 10 are killed as a small plane crashes into a Brazilian town popular with tourists
A small plane crashed into a Brazilian town that's popular with tourists on Sunday, killing all 10 passengers on board and injuring more than a dozen people on the ground.
Israeli expert urges justice for both Israeli, Palestinian victims of sexual violence
The Israeli expert leading a civilian commission into sexual violence by Hamas and Israeli soldiers is calling for global bodies to recognize "a new crime against humanity."
Thousands stream into Belgrade square to protest against populist Serbian president
Tens of thousands streamed into a central square in Serbia's capital on Sunday for a big rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government.
2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says
Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident in over a year.
German authorities received tipoffs last year about the suspect in Christmas market attack
German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerge about the five people killed.
Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died
A 26 year-old former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train AI systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died.
38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 38 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said.
France’s Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals
One week after its worst cyclone in nearly a century, France’s impoverished Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte is still grappling counting the dead.