The head of the women's professional tennis tour questioned the legitimacy of what Chinese state media said was a retraction by a Grand Slam doubles champion who has accused a former top government official of sexual assault.
Members of the U.S. Congress have voted to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword.
Rapper Young Dolph, best known for his 2020 album Rich Slave and collaborations with his cousin and fellow Memphis rapper Key Glock, has died in a shooting in Memphis, Tenn. He was 36.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn't called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of the film Rust.
The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery testified on Wednesday that he feared the 25-year-old Black man was armed with a gun when he encountered Arbery 'creeping' outside an unfinished house in his Georgia neighbourhood 12 days before the shooting.
Canada is launching free-trade talks with a major group of southeast Asian countries as it seeks to diversify away from China and find new ways of coping with a snarled global supply chain.
The return of Amtrak's cross-border passenger rail service to Canada has been delayed until early 2022, a spokesperson for the railway told CBC News.
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Jacob Chansley, the U.S. Capitol rioter nicknamed "QAnon Shaman" for the horned headdress he wore, to 41 months in prison for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 attack by former president Donald Trump's followers.
Queen Elizabeth, whose health has come under the spotlight after the 95-year-old missed a Remembrance Sunday service, was pictured standing and smiling on Wednesday at her first in-person engagement since spending a night in hospital.
A Polish government official said Wednesday that migrants who have spent days in a makeshift camp on the Belarusian side of Poland's eastern border were being taken away by bus by Belarusian officials, offering the prospect of a possible de-escalation in a tense standoff.
The Czech Republic and Slovakia reported record daily numbers of new coronavirus cases Wednesday, a day before the governments of the neighbouring European countries plan to approve new restrictions in response to rising infections.
There's a reason Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to Washington starts at the Capitol building. That's where the biggest source of tension in Canada-U.S. affairs is playing out. Here's the scene in Congress that awaits Canada's PM.
