Festivities begin in October and lead up to Nov. 1 and 2, when the souls of deceased loved ones are believed to temporarily return to earth to reunite with their families.

Crypto exchange Binance said on Saturday it has been able to replace 90 per cent of the amount stolen after a record $6.3-billion US hack of its platform. The FBI on Saturday said the North Korean state-sponsored unit known as TraderTraitor was responsible for the attack.

In a time of extreme political polarization in the United States, opposition to AI data centre development is cutting through traditional divides. The bipartisan backlash is especially strong in Ohio, where Republicans and Democrats are putting aside political differences to fight what they see as a common enemy.

An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower.

Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Ukraine arrived in Belarus on Saturday on their way back to Ukraine, part of a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.

France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and rerouting the Paris march to the capital's edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe.

Africa's top doctor, who has called Canada home since 2013, tells CBC News there could be "massive" cross-border spread of Ebola in the months ahead as he calls for more international support.

A high-speed train travelling at more than 150 km/h collided with a stopped train in central Spain, killing at least 69 people and injuring dozens more. Andrew Chang breaks down dispatcher audio and information about the railway's signalling system to explain how a technical glitch may have led to the fatal crash. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, ...

Canada's foreign affairs minister says the decision to let Russia back into the ice hockey world championships came as a "great disappointment" on Friday, as the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine stretches toward its fifth year.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq shed about 3 per cent by mid afternoon. In Canada, the S&P/TSX composite index was down about 2.3 per cent. Worries are rising about whether the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in AI will produce enough profit and productivity to make the investment worth it.

The Vatican confirmed Friday that Pope Leo XIV had submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, citing his long-standing belief in civic participation.

Starving residents of a Russian-held town in southern Ukraine began evacuating on Friday as part of a joint relief operation by the opposing sides, the first of its kind in more than four years of war.

A U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm says a North Korean unit was likely behind the hack that impacted more than $6 billion US on Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange.

Russia teams must be allowed to play International Ice Hockey Federation events such as the world championships, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Friday.

An Australian appeals court on Friday ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the "shocking criminality" involved in poisoning four of her estranged husband's relatives with death cap mushrooms.

Could a manoeuvre reportedly plotted by officials connected to Democratic candidate Mary Peltola backfire and cost the party in its attempt to regain control of the Senate in next week's midterms? Here's a look at the controversy surrounding two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot.

The families of people killed in a deadly crowd crush in South Korea are calling on the makers of the latest Call of Duty video game to remove footage it used from the 2022 incident that left 160 people dead and nearly 200 more injured.

Humanitarian aid is poised to roll into the stricken city of Oleshky on Friday, a Ukrainian official said, as a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine stretched into a third day and military units cleared away landmines.

Spain's second high-speed rail disaster this year, in which one train struck another from behind, killing 69 people, has raised fresh concerns about the safety of the country's rail network ahead of a national election.

Israelis on Thursday waited for final election results to confirm what they see taking shape: No majority of parliament seats for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies, or for the array of parties seeking to unseat him.

The European Union has a number of partnership deals with non-member countries, but Canada won't fit into any of those existing frameworks. A Montreal summit this week will launch formal discussions and negotiations about a new partnership to bring Canada closer to the EU.

The 2026 U.S. midterms are shaping up to be the most expensive elections in the country's history. Just how much will campaign money play a role in determining who wins? Here's a closer look.

The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said on Wednesday it has released data on more than 40,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees, including details about officials working in sensitive fields such as surveillance and human intelligence.

An innovative wound and burn treatment initially funded by Canada's Department of National Defence is now being delivered by drone to help wounded soldiers and civilians in war-torn Ukraine.