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Iran were one of the first nations to qualify for the finals but their participation has been in doubt since the conflict between the Islamic Republic and the United States began in late February.
Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbours' energy infrastructure Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze as it struck back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field.
Iran continues to launch missiles, raising questions as to whether its mosaic defence doctrine has enabled the country to fight on despite the decapitation of its top leadership.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has lashed out after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he can do "whatever he wants" with the Caribbean island and that Washington could take "imminent action" against it.
For Leqaa Kordia, her newfound freedom means little to her until “everybody is free." “There is a lot of injustice in this place,” Kordia told reporters after emerging from a U.S. immigration detention centre in Texas on Monday. “There are a lot of people that shouldn’t be here in the first place. We’re going to keep fighting for them.”
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez and fought alongside him for decades to expand labour rights in the U.S., on Wednesday accused Chavez of sexually assaulting her in the 1960s.
Canada is still figuring out regulations when it comes to driverless vehicles, like robotaxis, on its roads. China, on the other hand, has embraced the technology, rolling out fully autonomous vehicles in select areas of cities like Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai. CBC’s Lisa Xing and Chris Brown are in China as part of special coverage and took a ride inside a vehicle to see what it’s like.
A year after the actor's death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film, in one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in moviemaking.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting, two days after Kabul blamed Islamabad for a deadly airstrike in the Afghan capital that it said killed hundreds of people at a drug rehabilitation hospital.
The question echoing through Beijing’s diplomatic and political circles is whether U.S. President Donald Trump will show up for a summit in Beijing that was originally supposed to take place this month. Distracted by a self-launched war in Iran and facing mounting domestic pressure, Trump has pushed the China file to the side to focus on war strategy.
