CTV National News is on board the HMCS Ottawa, embedded with Canadian Navy personnel and currently documenting their work in the East China Sea – a region where China is increasingly flexing its maritime muscle. This is the first of a series of dispatches from the ship.

Jimmy Carter’s remains, flown from Georgia on Tuesday, will be taken in a procession to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state for two days.

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The owner of Black Sheep Burgers & Shakes in downtown Springfield, Mike Jalili, is searching for an elderly woman who left the staff a tear-jerking note.

The Tesla billionaire said that his 'Nana' had 'no one to protect her' and could have fallen into the clutches of abusers had she been growing up in 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: Qari Abdul Rauf is walking around 'like how owns the place' according to his shocked neighbours in Rochdale.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said earlier that Greenland is not for sale and it is up to its residents to determine the island’s future

Trump also said his term will start in a world engulfed in conflict

Jimmy Carter’s remains, flown from Georgia on Tuesday, will be taken in a procession to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state for two days.

The House passed the immigration-related Laken Riley Act. See how your lawmaker voted.

  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, says «there is no immediate basis» on which to conclude that two people found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at a South Florida...

Havaldar Baldev Singh, a veteran who fought in all three wars against Pakistan, passed away at the age of 93. Singh joined the Bal Sena Force at 16 and later served in the Indian Army for nearly 30 years. He was recalled from retirement for the 1971 war. Singh’s last rites were performed with military honours.

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has warned that beta-blockers, commonly prescribed for irregular heartbeat and hypertension, can cause hypokalaemia or dangerously low potassium levels. The alert stresses monitoring for adverse reactions and encourages reporting them. Elderly and diuretic-using patients should be especially cautious, though such side-effects are rare. Cardiologists advise careful use and monitoring of these drugs.

Seattle police chief Sue Rahr fired officer Kevin Dave after he violated multiple department policies leading to the accident that killed Jaahnavi Kandula, a student from Andhra Pradesh. The incident, which occurred in January 2023, gained attention due to body cam footage and insensitive comments from another officer, Daniel Auderer.

Tigers roaming around Kaliabor tea estate in Assam's Nagaon have led to a 70% attendance drop at Nam Kamakhya Lower Primary School. To ensure student safety during Gunotsav evaluation, armed forest guards escorted children. Recent tiger attacks, including two fatalities, have heightened concerns among residents and officials.

Forest officials in Maharashtra's Bhandara arrested three villagers for chopping and attempting to destroy a tiger's carcass that was electrocuted by an electrified fence. The men dismembered the body and disposed of the pieces after being unable to move it, with some pieces showing burn marks from an attempted incineration.

Upon receiving confirmation from reconnaissance personnel that the Ukrainian manpower and military vehicles were destroyed, the crew safely returned to the airfield of departure

At the same time, 188 others are injured, Xinhua reported

According to Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesman Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari, Doha is currently focused on preserving stability in Syria and «meeting the needs of the Syrian people»

Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was reacting to the French president's remarks on the decision of Chad and several other French-speaking African countries to break off military cooperation with Paris

With a federal election on the horizon, Alberta and Saskatchewan’s premiers are again making noise about the country’s contentious equalization program. While the Liberal government has locked in the equalization formula for payments to provinces until 2029, it's unclear how other parties might approach the issue. 

[VOA] London -- In a major shift in West Africa's security landscape, Ivory Coast and Senegal, regional economic powerhouses, have ordered France to remove its troops from their territories.

The Barbara Gayle murder case is to be transferred to the Home Circuit Court in Kingston, with a hearing likely for later this week. The accused killer's attorneys have also been confirmed to be Donahue Martin and King's Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson. 

Libreville, le 07 janvier 2025 — Le secteur des télécommunications gabonais franchit aujourd'hui une étape décisive grâce à la signature d'un accord historique octroyant à Airtel Gabon la première autorisation globale d'opérateur fixe. Cette avancée majeure, rendue possible grâce à la vision stratégique de Son Excellence le Président de la République et au soutien du Ministère de l'Économie Numérique et de l'ARCEP, marque un tournant pour l'ensemble de la population gabonaise. Une (...) - COMMUNICATION / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Ce vendredi 3 janvier 2025, le Ministre du Tourisme et de l'Artisanat Pascal Ogowe Siffon a invité son collègue, le Ministre de l'Industrie, François Mbongo Rafemo, ainsi qu'une délégation de l'Agence Gabonaise de Normalisation (AGANOR) et de la Marine Marchande, à découvrir la toute nouvelle caravane flottante sur le site touristique de Cap Caravane, situé dans la commune d'Akanda, au nord de Libreville. Il s'agit d'une embarcation artisanale motorisée, conçue et construite par des (...) - INFRASTRUCTURES / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Il est temps de poser une question cruciale à ces « opposants » qui surgissent aujourd'hui comme des donneurs de leçons : devons-nous réellement les prendre au sérieux ? Ces individus, qui hier étaient au cœur du pouvoir, n'ont pas su apporter des solutions concrètes pour améliorer la vie des Gabonais. Et voilà qu'aujourd'hui, une fois évincés des affaires, ils prétendent soudainement avoir les « meilleures idées » pour gouverner. Quelle ironie ! Lorsqu'ils étaient aux commandes, où (...) - LIBRE PROPOS / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

The Akureyri Fishing Company's fish processing plant was evacuated shortly after noon today due to a torpedo bomb that entered the fishing gear of the trawler Björg EA. The bomb landed in the last part of the fishing trip. Björg EA arrived in Akureyri this morning, according to a post on the Samherji website.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- A minister in Somalia has accused some organizations and donors of politicizing humanitarian aid, while officials from the semi-autonomous Jubaland region claim that political motives have led to their people being deprived of entitled aid.

The St Catherine South police are investigating the suspected suicide of a 30-year-old man in the division on Tuesday morning. He is Ryan Fearon, a metal fabricator of Old Braeton in Portmore, St Catherine. Police reports state that residents...

[The Sentry] Washington, DC -- Today, the US announced a determination of genocide in Sudan, and leveled sanctions on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its leader, General Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, known as Hemedti. The Sentry commends these actions, and experts are available for comment.

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