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Men in suits sit around an ornate dining table.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his home in Florida on Friday, meeting face-to-face for the first time in years as they each try to boost their political fortunes.

Posted: July 26, 2024, 7:42 pm
Air travellers are seen in the background of a computer showing the blue screen of death.

More than 97 per cent of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike's CEO George Kurtz said on Thursday, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage.

Posted: July 26, 2024, 12:46 pm
A man and a woman, both darkskinned, smile while standing next to each other wearing blazers.

Former U.S. president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice-president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation's two most popular Democrats.

Posted: July 26, 2024, 10:09 am
Several people in police uniforms and dozens of other people are shown inside what appears to be a station with tracks for trains.

Arsonists attacked France's high-speed rail network early Friday, setting fires that paralyzed train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Posted: July 26, 2024, 9:37 am
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk prior to a NATO round table meeting in December 2019.

Two-thirds of Canadians say a second Donald Trump term would be either '"bad news" or "terrible news" for Canada, according to a poll of 1,435 adults conducted by the Angus Reid Institute.

Posted: July 26, 2024, 8:00 am
A woman and a man wearing suits stand in front of Israeli and U.S. flags.

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris's Thursday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was her first chance to distinguish herself from the Biden administration. But political scientists say she must tread carefully to balance a Democratic base fractured by one of the most divisive foreign policy issues of the campaign.

Posted: July 25, 2024, 11:11 pm
A sprinter is seen reaching for a baton in a relay race.

French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair, an agreement reached with the French Olympic Committee after Sylla said she was barred because of her hijab.

Posted: July 25, 2024, 6:02 pm
An older cleanshaven man holds a banner that says 'Venezuela Libre' as a woman with her hair pulled back looks on to his left.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in power since 2013 and running for a third term on July 28, is confident he is still the right man to lead the OPEC country, but Sunday's presidential election has attracted a level of voter enthusiasm for the opposition that could topple his regime.

Posted: July 25, 2024, 2:17 pm
The top of a vessel is shown above the waterline in a still taken from video.

A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves, leaving a crewman dead and 16 others rescued in a late-night operation by the coast guard. The force was also assessing whether the vessel was leaking oil — in what could be a major spill — that could reach the bustling capital.

Posted: July 25, 2024, 10:53 am
A French sailor uses binoculars to scan the area as others stand on the bow of the French navy frigate Normandie during a docking manoeuvre in a Norwegian fjord, north of the Arctic circle.

The Pentagon has released an updated Arctic strategy that warns of low-level Russian 'destabilizing' activities in the Far North aimed at the United States, Canada and its allies.

Posted: July 25, 2024, 8:00 am