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It was a day of ups and downs for the Royal Family as, on the one hand, Prince George started his first day at prestigious Eton College but, on the other, Prince Harry and Meghan grappled with their status as non-working members of the Royal Family.

Top European Union officials on Tuesday expressed shock after Serbia gave a hero's funeral to Ratko Mladic, a Bosnian Serb general who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, and questioned Serbia's fitness to join their bloc.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group led an attack on Oct. 7, 2023, according to an Israeli newspaper.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the six-month-old Middle ‌East war.

Thieves stole four paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, the local mayor said, but dropped two of them in the gardens ​as police, alerted by alarms, gave chase ​early Tuesday.

Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones and missiles early on Tuesday, resuming its air attacks after a brief halt for the visit of U.S. peace negotiators, killing two people and triggering fires across the Ukrainian capital.

Flights to and from Indonesia's capital of Jakarta resumed early Tuesday after ash from a volcanic eruption forced a two-day closure that halted nearly 3,000 flights.

An Illinois woman charged with killing her two-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy and was texting friends about the case just hours before her son was found dead, prosecutors said.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Bombardier would no longer be allowed to sell in the U.S. unless ​the Montreal-based airplane company starts manufacturing in the states.

The hookup app Grindr is on the hook for a huge payout after settling a U.K. lawsuit that alleged sensitive information about its users — including their HIV status — was sold to advertisers.

King Charles authorized a letter to senior British officials on Monday confirming that his youngest son, Prince Harry, and Harry's ‌wife, Meghan, remain non-working royals following their return to the U.K.

Feminist leader Gloria Steinem died at age 92 on Wednesday. CBC interviewed Steinem several times over the years on a range of topics, including how the women's liberation movement helped her stop feeling guilty about marriage and children.

A U.N. expert said on ‌Monday that Israeli clearance of rubble in Gaza could destroy valuable evidence of "atrocity crimes" and prevent the recovery of human remains.

The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday were all inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company and an SUV hit outside of airport property, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.

The British government on Monday condemned the "intimidating and thuggish behaviour" of anti-immigrant demonstrators who converged on a port in southern England where migrants were brought ashore after crossing the English Channel.

Germany’s far-right AfD party won a state election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. Some experts say the victory sends a message to right-wing populists around the world that the political tides are in their favour.

Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town killed at least 12 people — including two children — early on ‌Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said, in one of the deadliest days of Israeli bombardment in recent weeks.

The helicopter search for Canadian mountain runner Kalie McCrystal, who was last seen on Tuesday above the Jean-Antoine Carrel hut of the Matterhorn, has been suspended after repeated aerial sweeps of the Italian side of the mountain.

A wave of Israeli airstrikes swept across Lebanon on Wednesday, leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Shippers looking to revive the passage of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz were seeking clarity on the logistics on Wednesday, while refiners inquired about new crude loadings, in response to a ceasefire deal between the U.S. ‌and Iran.