 | | | | | | Hello, these are your top stories for Thursday, July 31, 2025.
Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | |  | | | | July 31 , 2025 at 03:04:34 p.m. EDT • : | | American singer Justin Timberlake says he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease and is coping with health issues that have affected him physically and mentally. | | Read more | |  | | | | July 31 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Video game developers are speaking out after thousands of games and other digital artworks were hidden or removed entirely from two popular PC games stores. They say many of the vanished titles were unnecessarily censored. | | Read more | |  | | | | July 30 , 2025 at 06:34:09 p.m. EDT • : | | The rumour mill is in overdrive this week as former prime minister Justin Trudeau was spotted dining out with pop star Katy Perry in Montreal — two nights before showing up at her concert there. It's unclear whether the encounters were friendly or romantic, but when it comes to the press buzz, it may not really matter. | | Read more | | |  | | | | July 29 , 2025 at 05:08:53 p.m. EDT • : | | Revered Hollywood director Christopher Nolan's next summer blockbuster won't hit theatres until July 17, 2026 and it's already setting records — and courting controversy for filming scenes in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which Morocco has occupied for the past 50 years. | | Read more | |  | | | | July 29 , 2025 at 01:20:25 p.m. EDT • : | | International pop superstar Katy Perry and former prime minister Justin Trudeau were spotted together Monday night at a restaurant in the city's Plateau neighbourhood, an encounter that caused a "roar" online. | | Read more | | | |  | | | July 28 , 2025 at 08:18:34 p.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | July 28 , 2025 at 01:14:32 p.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | July 28 , 2025 at 11:50:12 a.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | July 28 , 2025 at 01:08:40 a.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | July 26 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | |  | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | | |
