Phanfone, with a maximum gustiness of up to 190km/h, batters islands in central Philippines, toppling houses, trees.

Nova Scotia’s Northern Pulp mill is being forced to close in January after it failed to stop dumping its toxic effluent into the harbour, causing health problems in a nearby Indigenous community. Roughly 2,700 jobs will be affected in...

Experts say Australia is on 'front line' of the climate crisis and the government has to do more to tackle problem.

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather carries on former MP Roger Cuzner's tradition of delivering a Christmas address in the House.

Trump tweets that Beijing has 'agreed to many structural changes', adding that phase two talks will begin 'immediately'.

Thirty years ago, an uprising in Romania ended the communist regime in the country. The uprising broke out in December 1989 in Timișoara as a small crowd gathered to protest the eviction of pastor Laszlo Tokes. Those memories still haunt...

Boeing was warned about potential problems with the 737 Max jets before two deadly crashes, a Congressional hearing was told Wednesday.

Canadian Tire ads have reignited the debate over which Christmas tree is greener.

As captain of Nova Scotia's first all-female lobster crew, Gail Atkinson sees a changing industry but one still reliant on raw physicality.

These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for October 25, 2019.

Don’t know what to do with your leftover Christmas tree? Why not donate it to a zoo? The animals at the Claws 'n Paws Wild Animal Park in the US state of Pennsylvania are happy to accept recycled trees. They use them as back scratchers,...

Christmas is on Tuesday, which means Panic Saturday is upon us. Dec. 22 is expected to be the second-busiest shopping day at stores this year, falling short in foot traffic only to Black Friday. Bill Simon, the former CEO of Walmart...

It's the last weekend before Christmas, which means malls everywhere are packed with people getting those last minute gifts. The National went into the retail fray to see how shoppers are making out.

Holiday celebrations in Ottawa's Arlington Woods neighbourhood usually look picture perfect: snow-dusted white pines and rows of homes adorned in twinkling lights. Not this year. After a tornado hit, dozens of people were forced to move...

Hotels dotted around the biblical hometown of Jesus are almost fully-booked this Christmas as Bethlehem enjoys its busiest Christmas season on record, the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism has said. It is thought a drop in knife and...

A powerful windstorm ripped through southern British Columbia on Thursday, leaving one woman dead, hundreds of thousands without power and plenty of destruction in its wake. BC Hydro says it's working on restoring power to several...

Justin Trudeau and family celebrate the birth of Christ, set out cookies for Santa, and remember Canadian Forces members stationed around the world during the holiday season.

Stock markets dropped on Monday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the heads of six major U.S. banks Sunday in an apparent attempt to reassure jittery financial markets, but ended up only stoking investor fears.

Strasbourg Attack A man with 27 criminal convictions and jail time in French, German and Swiss prisons puts an end to a festive Christmas atmosphere in Strasbourg. At least three people are killed and several injured when a gunman opens...

Five days later, the aftereffects of the 'Yellow Vest' protests are still visible in the streets. In Bourg-en-Bresse, the fence in front of the police department was partially destroyed last Saturday... And most shopkeepers were forced...

The union which represents mail carriers is furious, accusing the government of violating workers' rights and promises to fight the legislation in court.

Our weekend business panel discusses the federal government's proposed back-to-work legislation, which passed the House of Commons by a vote of 166 to 43.

In the German city of Dresden, the festive season has officially kicked off with the traditional cutting of the famous Christmas stollen cake. Known as Striezelmarkt, the market is celebrating its 584th opening and is set to be visited...

Toronto’s official 18-metre Christmas tree is put on display in Nathan Phillips Square for the 52nd annual Cavalcade of Lights.