QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said.

The force of the explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage shared online.

The attack happened in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and smashing

QINYUAN, China (AP) — Authorities in northern China were investigating a coal mine operator with a focus on safety lapses, as rescuers searched for those missing in the country’s deadliest coal mine explosion in recent years that killed at least 82 people.

An Associated Press reporter witnessed police and security guarding the entrance to the mining facility located in Qinyuan county in the city of Changzhi as emergency vehicles were on site.

Hundreds of emergency responders and medical personnel were sent to help with rescue efforts, state media reported.

EDMONTON — Hundreds of people in red-and-white clothing waved Canadian flags, cheered as honking cars passed by and sang “O Canada” at a launch event for a campaign aiming to stop Alberta from quitting Confederation.

Thomas Lukaszuk, Alberta’s former deputy premier, said his Forever Canadian campaign will see him and hundreds of volunteers zigzagging from the province’s north to the south in his “Unity Bus” to encourage Albertans to vote for staying in Canada in an October referendum.

“I will be on

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service shot a person near the White House on Saturday, and a bystander also was shot, a law enforcement official said.

Both individuals were said to be in critical condition, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.

Journalists working at the White House on Saturday reported hearing a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the press briefing room.

On X, the Secret Service said

Five teenagers have been charged as part of a stolen vehicle investigation in which the province’s police watchdog has invoked its mandate.

The Mississauga detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police was called to a highway service centre on Highway 401 south of Guelph just before 9 p.m. on Friday following reports of a stolen vehicle.

Investigators say the vehicle fled the scene and was involved in a crash with another vehicle on the highway. Three people in the second vehicle were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

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VANCOUVER — China’s foreign minister will visit Canada next week to meet with his Canadian counterpart, the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister in 10 years.

The Ottawa visit will take place May 28-30.

Wang Yi and Anita Anand will discuss the recently updated Canada-China Strategic Partnership, including trade and investment and global security, among other issues, says a statement released by Anand’s office on Friday.

In January 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Beijing with Anand

Rain hammered the pavement at Humber Polytechnic’s Lakeshore Campus on Saturday morning, soaking jerseys and splashing across a giant soccer pitch.

But the weather barely registered once the whistle blew and 254 players locked themselves into position for what became the world’s largest game of human foosball.

Before kickoff, Guinness World Records adjudicator Chloe McCarthy gathered participants near the sidelines with a warning: there was almost no margin for error.

“The minimum number of participants to get this record is 251,” she told

Police in Peel Region have identified a man wanted in a fatal stabbing in Mississauga.

Investigators say two men became involved in a physical altercation in a parking lot in the Agnes Street and Hurontario Street area near Dundas Street East just after 12 p.m. on May 19. When police arrived, they found a man suffering from stab wounds, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man has been identified as 32-year-old Chay Wilson.

Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for

A new U.S. policy requiring most foreigners to apply for green cards from their home countries may cause long waits and complications for Canadians living in the U.S. seeking permanent residency, Canadian immigration lawyers say.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that foreigners living in the States on temporary visas, such as students, workers or visitors, must go through consular services in their home countries to apply instead of doing so inside the U.S., with some exceptions.

USCIS spokesperson Zach