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Britain's Foreign Office has unveiled a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth by the artist Miriam Escofet, which the Queen viewed online on Friday during a meeting to thank staff for their work helping travellers affected by coronavirus restrictions.

A mural painted on a storage container of the world-renowned boxer was unveiled at Africville Park on Saturday. Some of those who walked and cycled to the event are calling for safer access to the park.

Regis Philbin, a familiar face to TV viewers as an energetic and funny talk and game show host who logged more hours in front of the camera than anyone else in the history of U.S. television, has died at the age of 88, People magazine said on Saturday, citing a statement by his family.

Regis Philbin, a familiar face to TV viewers as an energetic and funny talk and game show host who logged more hours in front of the camera than anyone else in the history of U.S. television, has died at the age of 88, People magazine said on Saturday, citing a statement by his family.

Civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama county where his story began — as a humble man who sprang from his family's farm with a vision that "good trouble" could change the world.

Seattle police declared a riot Saturday following large demonstrations in the city's Capitol Hill neighbourhood and deployed flash bangs and pepper spray to try to clear an area near where weeks earlier people had set up an "occupied protest zone" that stretched for several blocks.

Portland, Ore., has been roiled by nightly protests for two months following the killing by police of George Floyd in Minneapolis. U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent federal agents to halt the unrest, but state and local officials say they are making the situation worse.

Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73.

Britain is advising people not to travel to Spain and has removed the country from the list of safe places to visit following a surge of COVID-19 cases.

Hurricane Hanna roared ashore onto the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, bringing winds that lashed the shoreline with rain and storm surge, and even threatening to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases.

Tropical Storm Hanna was upgraded to a hurricane Saturday, moving toward the Texas coast and threatening to bring heavy rain, storm surge and possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope with a surge in coronavirus cases.

As a single parent, author Helen Knott struggled to make ends meet. Now that she's had work published, she's ready to pay it forward to others by giving away a grassroots writing prize.

A persistent crowd of protesters remained outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, into the early hours of Saturday as fireworks were shot at the building and plumes of tear gas, dispensed by U.S. agents, lingered above.

There are minority governments in Ottawa and other provincial capitals across the country — but none of them have dared pulled the plug on an election, despite their surging poll numbers. Fear of COVID-19 — and the cautionary tale to the south — could keep it that way.

As the country braces for a second wave that threatens to overwhelm hospitals and push Canadians back into lockdown, CBC News speaks to top public health officials about what gives them hope — and concern — in the coming months.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some stark similarities, and vast differences, between Canadian and American border towns.

We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to [email protected] and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’ll publish a selection of answers every weekday online, and also put some questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.

Canada's former top civil servant says Canadians would be shocked and dismayed to learn the true level of abuse and the number of violent threats politicians face during their time in office.

COVID-19 has been a difficult reality for months now, yet it's rarely reflected on television, aside from news programs. But now the virus has finally hit Coronation Street, the world's longest-running soap opera.

Lebanon is hurting. And this time, say many Lebanese, who are no strangers to fortunes reversed, it's different.  

Six months after Ontario officials announced the first COVID-19 case in Canada, critical care teams caring for the sickest patients feel better equipped to save more lives.

Canadian Offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif of Super Bowl champion Kansas City became the first player to opt out of the upcoming NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday.

Canadian Offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif of Super Bowl champion Kansas City became the first player to opt out of the upcoming NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday.

Canadian Offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif of Super Bowl champion Kansas City became the first player to opt out of the upcoming NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday.