Bus Accident Leaves 15 Dead in Guatemala and Government Declares 3-day National Mourning Period GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala—An intermunicipal bus veered off a road in Guatemala and fell into a deep ravine, killing 15 passengers and injuring at least 15 others, authorities said Saturday, and declared three days of national mourning. The accident happened Friday night outside the town of Totonicapan along a route known as the Interamerican Road. Officials […] View article →

Pilot Dies in Ultralight Plane Crash Off Copacabana Beach in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO—An ultralight plane pulling an advertising banner crashed into the sea off Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday afternoon, killing the pilot, local authorities said. The pilot’s body was sent to a medical examiner’s office for identification, officials said. Fire department rescue teams were working at the site using Jet Skis, […] View article →

Cory Morgan: Canada Faces Unprecedented Challenges to Its Unity in 2026 Commentary The future of Canada’s federation will be a top issue in 2026. An independence referendum is all but assured to be held in Alberta next fall while independence groups are organizing in Saskatchewan and pressuring the Scott Moe government to allow a provincial referendum. In Quebec, the Parti Québécois (PQ) is strongly favoured to […] View article →

Abbott Accuses Albanese Government of ‘Weakness’ After Bondi Attack 'It's telling that the worst atrocity against Jewish people since October 7th happened here in Australia,' the former prime minister said. View article →

NS Man Charged After Homemade Bombs, Firearms Discovered in Truck: RCMP Police in Nova Scotia have charged a 34-year-old man with numerous weapons charges, including possession of homemade bombs, after several of the items were found in the suspect’s truck. RCMP said they received a report on Dec. 16 of a 42-year-old man being shot with a rubber projective by a 34-year-old man two weeks prior. […] View article →

Palau to Take up to 75 Illegal Immigrants From US After Call on Transfer of Third-Country Nationals WASHINGTON—Palau will take up to 75 illegal immigrants from the United States as the Pacific Island nation signed a memorandum of understanding with Washington on transfer of third-country nationals in return for additional U.S. aid. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau spoke to Palau President Surangel Whipps in a call on Tuesday about transferring […] View article →

Ukraine, US Negotiators Discussed How to Bring Peace Closer, Zelenskyy Says KYIV—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner for about an hour on how to end the war with Russia. “It was a really good conversation: many details, good ideas, that we discussed. There are some new ideas on how […] View article →

Man Charged Over Neo-Nazi Stickers and Salutes A man has been charged for allegedly putting up neo-Nazi stickers and performing the Nazi salute as calls grow for more action to tackle anti-Semitism. View article →

Raids Carried Out at Mexican Homes Linked to Former Olympian Ryan Wedding Mexican authorities have executed four raids on homes linked to a suspect whose description matches that of former Olympic snowboarder and alleged Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding. Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection says in a release that multiple agencies including the Attorney General’s Office, the Navy and the National Guard carried out the […] View article →

Canada Backs ‘Territorial Integrity’ in Talks With Denmark Amid US Focus on Greenland Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada supports “fundamental importance of respect for sovereignty” following the United States’ renewed interest in making Greenland a U.S. territory. The minister spoke with her Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Dec. 23 and later in the day posted on social media that she had conveyed to him “Canada’s support […] View article →

Car Burned in Suspected Anti-Semitic Attack The car reportedly belongs to a rabbi in Melbourne. View article →

European Leaders Criticize US Entry Ban on Europeans in Censorship Rift Secretary of State Marco Rubio described former European Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other Europeans as agents of censorship. View article →

LIVE NOW: Midnight Mass Held at Bethlehem’s Nativity Church Palestinians and visitors attend midnight Mass at the Nativity Church in Bethlehem in the West Bank in the evening of Dec. 24. View article →

LIVE NOW: Vatican Holds Christmas Eve Mass Pope Leo XIV presides over his first Christmas Eve Mass—one of the Vatican’s most important celebrations of the year—in St. Peter’s Basilica at 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 24. View article →

Mother of Abandoned Infant Located: Toronto Police Toronto police say they’ve located the mother of an infant who was found in the Yonge Street and Broadway Avenue area. Toronto Police Service spokesperson Stephanie Miceli said the baby was found on Dec. 21 around 10:40 a.m. “A newborn baby was located and taken to hospital. The baby’s mother has also been located. Both […] View article →

70 Percent of Ontario Residents Waiting More Than 3 Months to See Health Care Specialist, Have Diagnostic Test About 70 percent of Ontarians report waiting longer than three months to see a specialist or have a diagnostic test, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by Abacus Data, found that 70 percent of Ontario residents said they or someone they know had waited longer than three months to see a specialist or […] View article →