Prime Minister Stephen Harper will raise the crisis in Syria on his trip to China, a top Canadian government official says, a day after China joined Russia in vetoing a UN Security Council resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down.

Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth Super Bowl title.

The City of Toronto and the union representing 6,000 of its outside workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract to avert a work stoppage.

Iran has vowed to retaliate against any country whose territory is used by 'enemies' of the Islamic state to launch a military strike against its soil.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a byelection for March 12 in Toronto-Danforth riding of the late NDP leader Jack Layton, who died last August from cancer.

Mark's Work Wearhouse has pulled Caterpillar-brand boots off the shelves of its London, Ont.,-area stores in support of hundreds of local Electro-Motive workers who are losing their jobs.

London's Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest travel hub, cancelled half its daily flights on Sunday as European countries coped with an unusually heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures.

The Brazilian government has deployed 2,000 army troops in the northeastern province of Bahia after murders more than doubled when a third of the area's police force went on strike.

One of two Princess cruise ships that had to undergo a complete disinfection when passengers and crew were hit with the norovirus has already embarked on its next cruise.

Queen Elizabeth marked her Diamond Jubilee on Monday with a message thanking all those who had supported her over her 60-year reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite to stop funds and arms shipments to President Bashar Assad's regime.

Madonna positioned herself as the queen of a new generation of pop stars at the Super Bowl halftime show — complete with throne — but didn't have complete control of her show.