Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who awaits trial in a sexual abuse case, was arrested for his involvement in an armed altercation in the Dominican Republic countryside, police said Monday. Meregirdo Espinosa, a Dominican police spokesman, told The Associated Press the altercation happened in a parking lot in San …

Emily Quint says she would never have pursued the prosecution of the man she alleges sexually assaulted her nearly three years ago if she’d known what she’d go through. “The whole process was horrific,” said Quint. “The way that it ended, my whole world went up in flames.” A year …

Tens of thousands of Poles including nationalist opposition chiefs walked through Warsaw on Monday in an annual Independence Day event held by the far right, some shooting red flares and carrying anti-EU, anti-Ukraine and white supremacist banners. Thousands carried red-and-white Polish flags on Monday, while some chanted “White Europe of …

Joy Spence, a 21-year-old social work student from Flatrock, N.L., is among several women who told CBC News their pain and symptoms were dismissed as psychological or common reproductive issues at St. John’s emergency departments. (Malone Mullin/CBC) A woman who says she was repeatedly denied adequate emergency care last spring …

An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday. The adult male was found on Nov. 1 on a popular tourist beach in the town of Denmark in temperate southwest Australia …

A dome-shaped device floating in Halifax’s Northwest Arm could easily be confused with a buoy, but it is actually a contraption meant to turn ocean water into fresh water.  Designed by two Dalhousie University researchers, it was created using recycled tires and other cheap materials to have a low-cost, environmentally sustainable …

The man reportedly tapped for the top international role inside the Trump White House isn’t just predicting the defeat of Canada’s Trudeau government: He’s celebrating it. Mike Waltz has a vast digital footprint on international issues in his six years as a congressman, following careers in business, defence policy, and as …

The union representing Canada Post workers said it will be in a legal strike position on Friday, exactly one year after talks on a new contract began. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said in a statement early Tuesday its executive board was giving the required 72-hours notice for …

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is sure to be felt globally, including in China — one of the United States’ biggest trading partners and an emerging superpower on the world stage. The uncertainty of the next few years could be seen in the response from Beijing. As Chinese President …

A driver killed 35 people and severely injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said Tuesday. Police had detained a 62-year-old man at the sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai following the …