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Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco undergoes 3-month cleaning at Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment," the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the Vatic...
Feb 02, 2026 A visitor kneels in front of the Last Judgement fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel in Rome, May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
Activists urge RCMP to solicit evidence of Canadians involved in Iran atrocities
Human rights activists say the RCMP should collect reports from members of the public on possible major crimes committed by Canadians on behalf of the Iranian regime. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for H...
Feb 02, 2026 Protesters march in support of regime change in Iran during a demonstration in Toronto, on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
Iran summons EU ambassadors to protest Revolutionary Guard being listed as a terror group
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran said Monday that it had summoned all of the European Union's ambassadors in the country to protest the bloc's listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as...
Feb 02, 2026 Women, one flashing a victory hand gesture, cross a street under a huge banner showing hands firmly holding Iranian national flags as a sign of patriotism, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Estée Lauder fined $750k for using 'forever chemicals' in some eyeliners
Cosmetics company Este Lauder has been fined $750,000 after federal agents found it was using "forever chemicals" in some of its eyeliner products. The company pleaded guilty to two counts of violatin...
Feb 02, 2026 In this file photo made May 3, 2011, Estee Lauder products are displayed for sale at a mall in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
British politician Peter Mandelson faces pressure to quit House of Lords over Jeffrey Epstein ties
LONDON (AP) - A year ago, Peter Mandelson was Britain's ambassador to Washington, the latest high-profile post in a rocky but consequential political career. Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein cost him t...
Feb 02, 2026 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, talks with Britain's ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP, file)
Teens face first-degree murder charges in First Nations double homicide
Prosecutors say two teens apprehended last week in connection with a double homicide in a First Nations community in northern Quebec are facing first-degree murder charges. A spokeswoman for the Crown...
Feb 02, 2026 A Sûreté du Québec logo is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Canadians sitting on $2 billion in uncashed federal cheques: Documents
Canadians have left some $2 billion in funds on the table by not cashing millions of paper cheques mailed out by federal government departments. Documents tabled recently in Parliament reveal Ottawa i...
Feb 02, 2026 A Canada Revenue Agency sign in Ottawa is shown on Monday, March 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Ottawa's plans for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 5 years, PBO says
The federal government's plan to increase the GST credit and offer a one-time payment to Canadians will cost Ottawa an estimated $12.4 billion over five years. The Office of the Parliamentary Budget O...
Feb 02, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney attends a media event at a grocery store in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
EU's foreign policy chief says a Europe-wide army could be 'extremely dangerous'
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday rejected calls for a Europe-wide army, warning that it could be "extremely dangerous" as the bloc considers ways to provide it...
Feb 02, 2026
Pierre Poilievre endorsed as Conservative leader by nearly 88 per cent of delegates
CALGARY - Pierre Poilievre's position as Conservative leader was cemented Friday after 87.4 per cent of delegates voted in a mandatory leadership review to keep him at the helm of their party. The vot...
Jan 31, 2026 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to delegates at the Conservative party convention on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Quebec City. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot)
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