Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 "Freedom Summer," in which hundreds of students went to the U.S. South to register voters.

Tunisia's president said on Sunday he was dismissing the prime minister and freezing parliament in a major escalation of political feuding in the democratic country following protests in several cities.

An "unusually large meteor" briefly lit up southern Norway on Sunday, creating a spectacular sound and light display as it rumbled across the sky, and a bit of it may have hit Earth, possibly not far from the capital, Oslo, experts said.

CBC News is presenting live coverage of the installation of Canada's 30th governor general in both Inuktitut and English on CBC TV, Gem, CBC Radio, the Listen app and here on cbcnews.ca.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says there are more than 250 wildfires currently burning across the province, with hundreds of firefighters continuing to work through challenging terrain in hot, dry conditions.

The town of Dinant, Belgium, was cleaning up on Sunday after its heaviest floods in decades the previous day turned streets into torrential streams that washed away cars and pavement but did not kill anyone.

In what's believed to be a first for the province, all three declared candidates in the Preston riding are Black.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

The United States is in an "unnecessary predicament" of soaring COVID-19 cases fuelled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the country's top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.

Canadian women are bringing home the hardware, winning two silver medals so far. Here's what you missed in Tokyo on Sunday.