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8/14/2026

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A suspected gas leak at a shipbreaking yard in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least eight people on Friday during the dismantling of a decommissioned ship, police said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers unexpectedly cut their spending in July as a boost from government tax refunds faded.

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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s largest city has registered a concerning rise in acute diarrhea cases, state media said Friday, adding to the hardships of a country grappling with severe flooding and civil war.

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Just weeks after twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela, neighboring Colombia suffered its own deadly temblor Monday, leaving responders, volunteers and loved ones desperately searching for missing people and tending to those displaced or injured.

8/14/2026

Here's the latest on another police officer shot in Toronto and new "Heated Rivalry" cast members.

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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended by the electoral authority Friday over reports of attacks on polling officials and the “theft” of some ballot papers.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A late summer heat wave has gripped much of the United States in a sweaty headlock and forecasters say it won't let go anytime soon.

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American special operations forces are ready to step up warfighting-readiness exercises with counterparts in the Philippines and other countries in Asia to further strengthen a security alliance and help deter a major conflict in the region,…

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MILAN (AP) — Italian authorities recovered three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros that were stolen earlier this year from a private museum near the northern city of Parma, police said Friday.

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MILAN (AP) — Ash spewing from Sicily's Mount Etna has forced the closure of the Italian island’s largest airport for the fifth consecutive day, stranding hundreds of summer holiday travelers during the busiest travel week of the year.

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Ding Ping Wang was sitting inside his parked car when an unknown man fatally shot him in November 2022.

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Here's the latest beach water quality report from Toronto Public Health as of Aug. 14 at 8 a.m.

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The United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday that the attacks were acts of piracy. The attacks caused no…

8/14/2026

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian jet-powered drones struck a home in northern Ukraine on Friday, killing a 29-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son, officials said.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power, some Kabul residents say they feel safer after decades of conflict and upheaval but stress the leaders should now focus on creating jobs and…

8/14/2026

The school argues “technology inhibits critical engagement” in the classroom. A majority of U of T law students surveyed so far about the ban coming this fall disagree, saying they’ve spent years developing how they study.

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The Roar on the Lakeshore is now on the doorstep of a Markham seniors’ home. “It will be loud,” one resident said about Sunday’s race. “But I can handle it.”

8/14/2026

Applicants find out they're ineligible for permit allowing them to work in Canada while PR application is in process.

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The CAF rejected his application to re-enrol, telling him in an October 2024 letter that he did not meet enrolment medical standards due to his HIV status.

8/14/2026

Who was Toronto’s best mayor? We tallied up your comments — and the winner might surprise you

8/14/2026

A new poll shows Carolyn Parrish and Bonnie Crombie tied in Mississauga, with voters split on police spending

8/14/2026

Highway 400, Highway 401, Highway 404, Highway 409, Highway 427 and Queen Elizabeth Way are affected

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Here's the latest beach water quality report from Halton Region Public Health as of Aug. 14 at 8 a.m.

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Here's the latest beach water quality report from Durham Region Health Department as of Aug. 14 at 8 a.m.

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Here's the latest beach water quality report from Niagara Region Public Health as of Aug. 14 at 8 a.m.

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Here's the latest beach water quality report from York Region Public Health as of Aug. 14 at 8 a.m.

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The daytime high is expected to reach 28 C

8/14/2026

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organization said Friday.

8/14/2026

MONTREAL - Industry insiders say companies are opting to wait and see as the clock ticks down on U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline, rather than rushing shipments across the border to beat the buzzer.

8/14/2026

TORONTO - Loyal "Paw Patrol" viewers learned years ago that dinosaurs didn't go extinct on whatever version of Earth is home to Adventure Bay.

8/14/2026

BERLIN (AP) — A fire in a 21-story Berlin high-rise injured an estimated five people and made some residents consider jumping to escape the flames before it was brought under control Friday morning, local media reported.

8/14/2026

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — President Prabowo Subianto on Friday touted Indonesia’s strongest first-half economic growth in more than a decade, saying the country could achieve 6% growth by the end of this year despite global uncertainty, while stressing that economic…

8/14/2026

PARIS (AP) — Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes.

8/14/2026

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The mayor for Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province has been killed in an explosion, officials said, the second high-ranking official of the Taliban administration to be the target of deadly attacks in the region in the past…

8/14/2026

NEW YORK (AP) — It flies. It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money. We thrill in the best of it, lament the worst. We're warned not to waste it, since we can't…

8/14/2026

MOUNT TABOR, Israel (AP) — Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem’s Old City — but she’s now accompanied by a Jewish volunteer for…

8/14/2026

U.S. futures are mixed as Wall Street looks to advance for the week ahead of new retail sales data.

8/14/2026

PENTICTON - The main highway through Summerland, B.C., has temporarily reopened, giving people a limited glimpse into some of the destruction of a fast-moving fire that chased thousands from the city and surrounding communities last weekend.

8/14/2026

CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (AP) — Nigel Farage regained his seat in Parliament on Friday, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted by mainstream parties that called it a farce.

8/14/2026

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A tunnel under construction at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill state of Uttarakhand collapsed overnight, leaving at least seven workers dead, officials said Friday.

8/14/2026

Emperor Meiji first visited the site that would become one of Japan’s most controversial shrines in 1874. He vowed that the names of those who died for their country would live there forever.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of Navajos were recruited by the Marine Corps during World War II to create a code based on their native language. Their efforts frustrated the Japanese force and ended up playing a vital role in U.S.…

8/14/2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be in federal court Friday for a hearing at which he's expected to plead guilty in connection with the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a person familiar…

8/14/2026

Ask a teen what they want to be when they grow up, and there’s a fair chance being an influencer is on their list.

8/14/2026

NEW YORK (AP) — As traumatic injuries and deaths surge among children involved in crashes on e-bikes and other electrified vehicles, one California prosecutor is cracking down by pursuing criminal charges against some of the young riders' parents.

8/14/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to highlight his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York on Friday, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead…

8/14/2026

ARLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Farmer Tim Burrack had concerns about the Republican nominee for Iowa governor — and he wasn't the only one.

8/14/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was vandalized Thursday, with bubbles filling a fountain and “Clean hands dirty $" written in red paint.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who was the first prosecuted under a local law banning chokeholds and some other methods of restraint was convicted Thursday.

8/14/2026

TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power outages and left at least four people dead and one missing.

8/14/2026

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is expected to lead the South Pacific nation’s government for a second term after his party won more seats than any other group in this week’s election.

8/14/2026

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.

8/14/2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a billionaire and a tech investor who also has one of the U.S.' best-known surnames, Josh Kushner has managed to stay off the front pages and out of the world's broader discourse to a remarkable…

8/14/2026

A newborn with a severe heart defect is at the center of a legal battle between a California couple and a surrogate who flew from Alaska to Texas to give birth in a case that has drawn the attention of…

8/14/2026

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea ahead of their upcoming military drills, which Pyongyang called a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year.

8/14/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump…

8/14/2026

VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says she has early-stage, treatable cancer.

8/14/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said…

8/13/2026

VICTORIA - The minister responsible for treaty negotiations with First Nations in B.C. confirms public access to 30 properties, including a well-known castle, could be limited or lost completely following an agreement.

8/13/2026

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor says tests on “a white crystal-like substance” found inside the van of a man shot to death by immigration officers in Houston last month showed the material was not methamphetamine.

8/13/2026

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic on Thursday ordered the expulsion of nine Cuban diplomatic officials and their families from the country without offering any reasons for the decision, according to the country's foreign ministry.

8/13/2026

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election has been dismissed, a judge ruled Thursday.

8/13/2026

OTTAWA - The commanding officer for the RCMP in British Columbia has been relieved of his duties after unspecified allegations from a decade ago.

8/13/2026

Minister says the new rules will ensure Ontario Works and ODSP support people legally authorized to live in Canada.

8/13/2026

In Weimar, Germany, where the streets once echoed with the notes and ideas of Bach, Liszt and Goethe, another European musical tradition has been reverberating for more than a quarter-century: Yiddish.

8/13/2026

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man used a screwdriver to fatally stab his wife and their 7-year-old daughter inside a Minnesota daycare Wednesday morning before killing himself, according to a search warrant released Thursday.

8/13/2026

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Chilean government transferred nearly 300 high-risk inmates from around the country to a sprawling new prison on Thursday, as hard-line President José Antonio Kast seeks to regain momentum on his core campaign pledge to…

8/13/2026

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy searched online about hallucinations, psychosis and the side effects of several drugs she was prescribed in the weeks before she strangled her three young children in January 2023, according to an analysis of her…

8/13/2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in San Francisco say they've arrested a Hamilton man who has been on the run since 1991.

8/13/2026

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Fireworks burst over Pakistan’s capital at midnight as jubilant crowds poured into streets across the country to mark the 79th anniversary of independence, waving national flags and chanting “Long Live Pakistan.”

8/13/2026

The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office must hand over hundreds of anonymized health records of immigrant detainees following a Massachusetts court ruling.

8/13/2026

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday restored several pieces of a 2021 Texas election law that overhauled mail-in and assisted voting, overturning a lower court’s block on those provisions.

8/13/2026

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says some Whole Foods Market salsas, guacamoles and prepared foods sold online in Ontario are being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.

8/13/2026

Police and the Ministry of Labour responded to the fatality around noon Thursday. More than 6,200 homes and businesses lost power that was restored around 4 p.m.

8/13/2026

State officials announced a “dramatic drop” in the number of children with behavioral health disabilities who have been placed in institutional settings and other changes, including the launch of new services as well as service rate increases, marking progress on…

8/13/2026

A Federal Court judge has shot down a plea for sanctions relief from the Russian company that owns the massive cargo plane Canada seized after the start of the Ukraine war.

8/13/2026

ORLANDO (AP) — Authorities are searching for a trio of modern tomb raiders that they say has stolen family heirlooms and other valuables from cemeteries in at least nine states.

8/13/2026

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — White House border czar Tom Homan defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks, calling them a tool to help officers end confrontations without using deadly force.

8/13/2026

HALIFAX - A Halifax council committee has called for a plan to improve financial accountability within the mayor's office and the municipality in general after an audit raised questions about $111,000 in Andy Fillmore's mayoral expenses.

8/13/2026

Former councillor Mike Layton is deciding whether to run for Toronto city council in the upcoming October election.

8/13/2026

A court order that struck down regulations on firearm suppressors and certain guns took effect Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department did not file an appeal before a seven-day deadline set by a federal judge in Texas.

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Police responded to the collision just after 2 p.m. Thursday near the eastbound Brock Road ramp on Highway 401. The highway's eastbound lanes are closed.

8/13/2026

Charles Peter Billone was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child but disappeared after being released on bail in 1991.

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An enduring conspiracy theory has resurfaced on social media after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit western Colombia on Monday, with users blaming a research program in Alaska for the disaster.

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There were 20 vehicles reported stolen in the district from Aug. 6 to Aug. 12

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There were 25 vehicles reported stolen in the district from Aug. 6 to Aug. 12

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There were three vehicles reported stolen in the district from Aug. 6 to Aug. 12

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There were 21 vehicles reported stolen in the district from Aug. 6 to Aug. 12

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There were seven vehicles reported stolen in the district from Aug. 6 to Aug. 12

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There were 14 vehicles reported stolen in the district from Aug. 6 to Aug. 12

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VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a Mexican national has been charged with second-degree murder in a cold case dating back three decades.

8/13/2026

A post on X featuring a video compilation of wildfires has received hundreds of thousands of views. The post claims “technocratic elites” are manipulating the weather and creating wildfires across the West. Experts consulted by The Canadian Press say the…

8/13/2026

Premier David Eby has said British Columbia's wildfire season turned "brutal," with a ferocious blaze that led to the death of an 80-year-old woman and forced some 20,000 people out of their homes in the south Okanagan last weekend.

8/13/2026

ABBOTSFORD BRITISH COLUMBIA - A parole board says sex offender Randall Hopley must remain under a supervision order for another year, although his ankle bracelet has been removed and his curfew extended by an hour.

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The person, who was not authorized to talk publicly about the case and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that Mangione could change his mind.

8/13/2026

HANOI (AP) — Authorities in Vietnam have announced a major seizure of ivory they say was illegally shipped from Africa, Vietnamese media reported Thursday.

8/13/2026

On a sunny afternoon in early August, the hot air rippled above a sandbar in Casco Bay as a group of researchers dove into the water. Wearing wetsuits and flippers, they swam out over sand, rocks and kelp until they…

8/13/2026

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is scheduled to be the featured speaker at a Labor Day rally in what may be one of his first public appearances since ending his campaign.

8/13/2026

EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it's looking to do a study on the long-term security of the province's water supply as it stares down a challenge with a water-rich north and a demand-heavy south.

8/13/2026

As it would for the typical U.S. Census taker, the work of counting bears in the woods starts with a clipboard and a blank piece of paper.