'Best Canada team ever' bid to shine at home World Cup

Amid political turbulence in the US and talk of moving matches out of Mexico, it can be forgotten that there is a third co-host of the 2026 World Cup. Canada hope it will be their time to shine.

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Taylor Swift makes tearful 21-minute speech as she joins Songwriters Hall of Fame

The singer thanks her family as she becomes the youngest woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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Why does the US have Iran's Kharg Island in its sights?

The tiny island is home to one of the most critical pieces of Iran's energy infrastructure.

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Three questions Bill Gates could face as he testifies to Congress on Epstein

The Microsoft co-founder has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of his former associate's illegal activity.

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Will this scandal-plagued outsider help save or sink the Democrats?

Graham Platner, who won his Maine primary on a left-wing, anti-establishment message, now faces a formidable Republican in key Senate race.

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Iran's World Cup football team arrives in Mexico amid US visa row

The players and staff will have to fly in and out of the US for each of their games in the group stage.

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Manhunt continues after 12 people shot near festival in Ohio

Police in Toledo say it appears that two people fired weapons and they were "probably shooting at each other".

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