Pillars of billowing smoke and ash turned the sky orange and blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island Sunday as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and encroached on villages, triggering more evacuation alerts.

Light rain overnight provided a short reprieve for firefighters on the front lines of B.C.'s provincewide wildfires, but hot and dry conditions are expected to return Monday.

William Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country's longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. A statement from his family said Davis died in Brampton, Ont., on Sunday morning of natural causes.

Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals in Afghanistan, including the strategic northeastern city of Kunduz and northern Sar-e Pul on Sunday, local officials said, as the insurgents intensified pressure on the north and threatened further cities.

The events in Tokyo 2020 have made us laugh, cry and cheer. CBC Sports looks back at some of our favourite moments from the resilient 32nd Olympiad.

Two men are dead and two others are in hospital following a shooting on Spadina Avenue near College Street in downtown Toronto, police said on Sunday.

Inside the Olympic 'bubble' where athletes and others involved in the Games have spent the past two weeks, a total of 430 COVID-19 cases had been reported as of Sunday.

A tearful Lionel Messi confirmed on Sunday he was leaving FC Barcelona after the club said it could no longer afford to pay its Argentine superstar's high wages without jeopardizing its future.

After years of headlines about toxic behaviour and sexual harassment in the ranks, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is reporting it's falling far behind on hiring women and visible minorities to its ranks.

In the year and a half since the pandemic began, deadly gunfire in the U.S. has spiked. National data shows homicides increased by 30 per cent in 2020 — and it’s a trend that’s continued this year.