Lesotho puzzled by whopping U.S. tariff rate, which could decimate its economy
Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its eco...
Russell Brand, actor-comedian, charged with rape in the U.K.
British police charged actor-comedian Russell Brand with rape and multiple counts of assault connected to a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005, a police statement on Friday said.
China announced Friday that it will impose a 34 per cent tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" slate of double-digit t...
Panama Papers leak has led to nearly $2B in recouped taxes for governments
Almost exactly nine years after the Panama Papers were revealed, two dozen countries' tax agencies say they've recovered nearly $2 billion combined in tax arrears thanks to information in the leak about hidden bank accounts and offshore ...
South Korea's constitutional court upholds president's impeachment over martial law order
After path of U.S. sprinter Kenny Bednarek led to Olympic silver, he searches for gold
The path of sprinter Kenny Bednarek has been far from easy or conventional. Plenty of uphill climbs, too.
Alex Ovechkin is a hat trick away from The Record
CBC Sports' daily newsletter presents some fun facts on the soon-to-be NHL goals king.
All 3 Canadian teams go into PWHL break in playoff positions
As the PWHL heads into a break while players compete at the upcoming women's world championship, all three Canadian teams sit in playoff spots but only the Montreal Victoire have clinched their berth.
Playoff-bound Canada beats China and Switzerland at men's curling worlds
Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based side of Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert secured a playoff spot Thursday with a pair of wins to improve to 9-1. Canada dumped China's Xiaoming Xu 8-2 in the morning draw and topped Switzerland'...
Companies sought to diversify from China. Now Trump's tariffs will hit those Asian alternatives hard
Several Asian nations reeled on Thursday as they were hit with some of U.S. President Donald Trump's heftiest tariffs, which now threaten the economies that have benefited from investment after Trump imposed levies on China during his fi...
Surgeons found that overall World Cup skiing champion Federica Brignone also tore her ACL in a giant slalom crash in which she broke multiple bones in her left leg.
10 years in, All Canadian Games thriving as a high school basketball showcase
The All-Canadian Basketball Games were first conceived at a California Sandwiches in Richmond Hill, Ont. A decade after three men set out to create an answer to the McDonald’s All-American Game, a showcase of the top high-school basketba...