One Republican county executive on Long Island is refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of late President Jimmy ...

Canada is set to take over the presidency of the G7 in 2025, leading a forum of seven of the world's most advanced economies at a time of political instability at home and around the world. Here's ...

An Islamic State flag attached to the pickup truck used to kill and injure dozens of people in New Orleans is a grim reminder of the persistent threat posed by Islamist extremism. Investigators ...

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The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

Canada ended the practice of flagpoling for work and study permits at ports of entry, requiring renewals through IRCC instead. This aims to streamline port operations and border enforcement ...

The vampire fish started crowding Michael Attard’s nets the year after COVID-19 hit. They had been around for decades, lurking in the deeps, occasionally clinging to one of the many fish he ...

Rude gestures are rare on postage stamps, but Ukraine's best known stamp has one. It shows a soldier raising the middle finger to a Russian warship in reference to a stand-off at Snake Island on ...

Decision is latest border security measure to dissuade Trump from imposing tariffs Work and study permits will no longer be available for flagpolers at ports of entry in Canada. Flagpolers are ...

(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Work and study permits will no longer be available for flagpolers at ports of entry in Canada. Flagpolers are foreign nationals holding temporary resident status ...

The Greenland and Panama flareups followed Trump recently posting that "Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State" and offering an image of himself superimposed on a mountaintop surveying ...