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Canadian authorities thwart an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister who has been a strong critic of Tehran.

The winner of the prestigious literary award — to be announced on November 12 — will take home $98,000 and receive a dramatic bump in book sales around the world.

Before food even gets to the grocer, tonnes of plastic have been used to produce it on the farm. Now, Victorian farmers have built a recycling plant to tackle the issue — and it all started in the local pub.

The race to the White House this year between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is a classic case where the atmosphere could be the decisive factor, with a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms forming from Texas to Canada, which is predicted to bring a swathe of severe weather during the next 48 hours over multiple states.

Australian figure skaters Anastasiia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore win a bronze medal at the ISU Grand Prix event in Halifax, Australia's first senior World Cup medal. 

Police in all Australian states and territories have used a controversial undercover method to catch killers, but there are calls for safeguards to address the risk of wrongful convictions.

Several Pacific island nations are ramping up pressure on Australia over climate change during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Social media reports of fireballs lighting up the night sky seemingly pop up very regularly — just this week hundreds of people saw one over the US and Canada. Are they becoming more frequent or are we just better at catching them?

Diplomatic ties between India and Canada are rapidly deteriorating, with Canadian police announcing they've discovered Indian government agents involved in 'serious criminal activity' on their soil.

Tension is increasing between Canada and India as both countries expel diplomats.

Canada and India expel six of each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada.

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An image of western toad tadpoles, one of almost 60,000 entries from 117 countries, takes the grand title win in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The latest from Coldplay leads this week's new albums, including releases from Australian country music legend Kasey Chambers and Radiohead side project The Smile.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command has criticised the action of a Russian Su-35 fighter jet 'headbutting' an American F-16 at very close range off Alaska.

The International Team breathed new life into the Presidents Cup as they rebounded from an opening-day sweep with a 5-0 foursomes rout in Montreal.

An International team filled with some of Australia's biggest golf stars proved to be no match for the Americans on the opening day of the tournament, and now have their work cut out for them.

Human rights groups say it's the first time that countries have used the ICJ to take another country to court over gender discrimination.

A last-minute trip to the barber near his hotel has left Australia's Min Woo Lee looking a little different than usual ahead of this year's Presidents Cup in Montreal.

The catastrophic implosion of the Titan submersible deep in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in 2023 could have been prevented, a hearing into the tragedy has been told.