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Superbugs could kill 39 million people by 2050. Here's what Canadian survivors, doctors say should change

September 28 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

World leaders called superbugs, which are resistant to antibiotics, "an urgent global health threat" this week. Here's what patients and doctors say should change.

Gunshots, threats ... and bureaucracy? The latest menace to the U.S. election

September 28 , 2024 at 04:00:31 a.m. EDT • :

Experts count at least 14 threats to the U.S. presidential election, a sign of volatile new times. There's one gaining attention: the chance that some of America's 3,000-plus counties could refuse to certify, notably Georgia's. What's going on? And how real is this threat?

Chinese students in Canada say they've been targeted by Beijing's campaign of fear

September 28 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing of targeting them and their families back in China with online threats and harassment — part of a campaign to crack down on anti-government dissent abroad.

What's real? How CBC News verifies video and images

September 28 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The CBC News promise of accuracy means we must work hard to verify the "who, what, where and when" of any content we didn't capture ourselves.

At least 44 dead across 5 states, as Hurricane Helene rips through southeastern U.S.

September 26 , 2024 at 03:47:27 p.m. EDT • :

Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 44 people, snapping towering oaks like twigs and tearing apart homes as rescue crews launched desperate missions to save people from floodwaters.

September 28 , 2024 at 04:38:41 a.m. EDT • :

WATCH | OceanGate submersible implosion hearings cast CEO as greedy, reckless

September 27 , 2024 at 04:35:08 p.m. EDT • :

Ottawa reserving commercial airline seats to get Canadians out of Lebanon

September 27 , 2024 at 05:00:53 p.m. EDT • :

Family of man who died in RCMP chase say he's not 'just another dead Indian at the hands of the police'

September 27 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Dreams of studying in Canada fade for students in India

September 27 , 2024 at 09:33:35 a.m. EDT • :

Masterful, scene-stealing actor Maggie Smith dead at 89

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