Members of George Floyd's family, along with others who lost loved ones to police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of several events planned nationwide to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd's killing.
A prominent opponent of Belarus's authoritarian president was arrested Sunday after the airliner in which he was traveling was diverted to the country after a bomb threat, in what the opposition and Western officials denounced as a hijacking operation by the government.
Israeli police escorted more than 250 Jewish visitors Sunday to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem where clashes between police and Palestinian protesters helped trigger a war in Gaza, according to the Islamic authority overseeing the site.
Manitoba continues to battle the highest COVID-19 infection rate per capita in Canada, as the country reaches a vaccination milestone where half the national population has received a first dose.
Rising Republican star Elise Stefanik, whose support for former U.S. president Donald Trump vaulted her into a key party leadership role, has also been active in boosting Canada-U.S. relations.
A trail of lava from a volcanic eruption, which forced thousands of people to flee on foot in the Democratic Republic of Congo, appears to have halted a few hundred metres from the edge of the country's main city.
