A number of influencers are using trending hashtags and video formats across social media platforms to discuss otherwise serious issues such as war, LGBTQ rights and abortion access. In fact, it's become a popular strategy to entice people to watch political content they might not otherwise see.

A Russian missile attack pounded power facilities in the centreand west of Ukraine on Saturday, mounting pressure on the ailing energy system as the country faces a shortage of air defences despite a breakthrough in U.S. military aid.

The Government of Canada has announced multiple rounds of sanctions against various parties in the Middle East since October 7. But it still hasn't engaged sanctions against violent Israeli settlers, despite promising to do so.

Burkina Fasos government has responded to allegations its army massacred hundreds of villagers by censoring the aid group and media outlets that reported it.

Russian forces have set their sights on capturing the small Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar. Andrew Chang breaks down its strategic value and why both countries have tight deadlines in the fight.

The flame will depart for France on Saturday on a 19th century sailing ship across the Mediterranean Sea, to make landfall 12 days later in the southern port city of Marseille.

King Charles will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday.

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there's a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it's alive again.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns on Friday about China's support for Russia's military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world's biggest economies.

TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a new U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

The giant prehistoric 'sabre-toothed salmon' has been renamed the 'spike-toothed' salmon after scientists uncovered new information about its weird, giant tusks.

Players beyond the borders of Sudan from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing, analysts say.

Washington's aid package will certainly help against Russia's invasion, which has lasted over twoyears. But it also raises questions about the plan, if any, for a final Ukrainian victory.

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.

A baby girl delivered from her Palestinian mother after the womanwas killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah on Saturday has died, according to her surviving family.

Bombardieris now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium.

A powerful rainstorm that wreaked havoc on the desert nation of the United Arab Emirates last week was likely made more intense because of climate change, a team of international scientists has found.

Tourism officials in the popular Italian city of Venice are introducing a new 5 fee that will apply to day trippers on busy summer days as the city tries to balance the desires of tourists with the needs of locals.

A United Nations team in the Gaza Strip visiting the site for a pier and the staging area for maritime aid operations had to seek shelter in a bunker "for some time" on Wednesday after the area came under fire, a UN spokesperson said on Thursday.

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, his office said on Thursday, as a transitional council took power with the aim of returning stability to a country where gang violence has caused chaos and misery.

The under-fire World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday it would launch an independent review over its handling of a case that allowed 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance to avoid punishment.

Venice became the world's first city to introduce a payment system for tourists on Thursday in an effort to thin the crowds that throng its canals, but the fee drew protests from some residents saying they didn't want to live in a theme park.

Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday.