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For the island countries of the Caribbean, the trail of destruction left by tropical storms extends to government debt — and their ability to borrow the money they need to rebuild and recover.

The West Bengal region of India has been devastated by climate disasters and opportunistic sex traffickers are targeting girls in the region. CBC’s Salimah Shivji hears their stories of horror and survival and learns how the community is fighting to protect their daughters.

Under different circumstances, you might expect to see someone like Gubad Ibadoghlu speaking at a United Nations conference on climate change. But as the world leaders gather at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the economist and outspoken fossil fuel critic is 30 kilometres away, locked inside his home, under 24/7 police surveillance.

The goal was to create a sea snail-shaped sculpture on a nature reserve. But locals saw something entirely different.

Alec Baldwin's Western Rust had its world premiere Wednesday at a film festival in Poland with a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot in an accident on the set three years ago.

Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women's team competition in Malaga, Spain.

Israeli forces killed at least 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as Israeli troops deepened an incursion along the territory's northern edge, bombarding a hospital and blowing up homes.

Russia staged "a massive information-psychological attack" against Ukraine by spreading a fake warning, purportedly from Ukrainian military intelligence, about an imminent mass air attack, Kyiv's top spy agency said on Wednesday.

A team of scientists, including one from Saskatoon, say they have strong evidence the COVID-19 virus jumped from infected animals to humans in a market in Wuhan, China, and didn't originate with a lab leak.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson signalled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first openly transgender person to be elected to the U.S. Congress — from using women's restrooms in the U.S. Capitol once she's sworn into office next year.

Firefighters, police and soldiers in Ciudad Juarez, in northern Mexico, tracked down a wayward lioness that was seen roaming the streets. The young feline was safely captured and taken to a wildlife refuge.

As many of Gaza's more than 2.3 million people desperately wait for humanitarian assistance and food to reach them, aid trucks are being ambushed and looted before getting to their destination. We look at what we know about the groups doing the looting and the efforts to stop it.

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump watched in person.

In a new book, Pope Francis called for an investigation into whether Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza constitutes a genocide, sparking intense debate about the war — and also raising questions about the tangible impact that papal statements have on Catholics and global politics.

Russia has changed its nuclear doctrine in response to the U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to fire American-made ballistic missiles deeper into Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any country that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.

Conscientious objectors to the Gaza war are still a minority in Israel, but a small group of them has grown more vocal lately. Michael Ofer-Ziv is one former soldier who sees his criticism of the war and refusal to return to it as a way of paying his dues for participating in some of the injustices of Israel's military campaign and occupation of Palestinian territories.

Politicians and auto industry groups in the U.S. and Canada have upped their criticism of Mexico, expressing concern that the country is becoming a haven for Chinese automakers trying to circumvent North American tariffs on its products.

Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday that a spate of offensive text messages sent out in the wake of the Nov. 5 presidential election and apparently aimed at Black Americans had expanded to target Latino and 2SLGBTQ+ people.