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According to Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News, three-quarters of Canadians are comfortable travelling within Canada while only half say the same for international travel.

The White House expresses "deep concern" for jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is on a hunger strike and began refusing water to coincide with the COP27 climate summit. "We have been in high level communication with the Egyptian government on this case, we have deep concern about it, we would like to see him freed," US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells reporters during a press conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE

Huge crowds of Sikh pilgrims join a procession in Pakistan's Punjab province to celebrate the 553rd birth anniversary of their spiritual leader, Guru Nanak.

Almost two years after seizing power, Myanmar military has been unable to crush "People's Defence Force" militias that have sprung up to fight the coup, but many are forced into risky trial-and-error operations to churn out their own rockets, mines and mortars.

Images show police and soldiers searching through debris following a strike on a residential area of Eastern Ukraine's Kramatorsk on Tuesday. The head of the Donetsk administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, wrote on Telegram that 'enemy fire' had hit the city wounding a young boy. He called on locals to evacuate.

In the east, an artillery commander in the Ukrainian army's 93rd Brigade barks out the order to fire to his crew, who cover their ears as the field gun blasts out yet another salvo. The unit's task is simple: to relentlessly batter the Russian army's positions near Bakhmut with their massive USSR-era cannon.

Ghanaian environmental activist Chibeze Ezekiel has won recognition for steering his nation away from coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, and campaigning for clean energy as a pathway to development. Africa needs more funding to build the "technology to develop renewable or clean energy," he says, a demand echoed by developing countries at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Demonstrators take to the streets to demand an end to fossil fuel funding at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre in Egypt, where this year's COP27 climate conference is taking place.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky created the trend by wearing khaki outfits in every setting since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February. In the eight months of war, his people have followed his sartorial lead.

Ukrainians in Mykolaiv, the largest city near the Kherson front, say they cannot believe Russians are really withdrawing troops from Kherson. "It is impossible to believe in this" says one local as Russian generals ordered their troops to abandon their main southern bastion and other positions on the west bank of the Dnipro River. Wednesday's televised announcement capped weeks of creeping progress by Ukraine's forces toward the biggest city -- and only regional capital -- Russia had captured in the war.

South Africa's first "green school" aims to raise a new generation of environmentally-conscious citizens, fostering children's creativity and resilience in the face of climate disruption. Founder Alba Brandt says she came up with the idea in 2017 after spending six months at a similar initiative in Bali, Indonesia.

After an unprecedented postponement due to the weather, the 138 sailors taking part in the Route du Rhum set off from Saint-Malo to attack the Atlantic Ocean, for a solo crossing to Guadeloupe, which the fastest should complete in a record time of six days.

Belgian anti-terror investigators take over the investigation into a fatal knife attack on a Brussels police officer, according to the federal prosecutor's office.

A man was detained on Wednesday after eggs were thrown at King Charles and Camilla, his wife and queen consort, from a jeering crowd, as the royals carried out an engagement in York, England.

Sean Penn handed one of his Oscars to Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting in Kyiv, in footage released by the Ukrainian president on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Facebook's parent company Meta announced this week it would be laying off 11,000 people, about 13 per cent of its workforce, as it continues to face faltering revenue and broader problems in the technology industry.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis easily kept his seat in the U.S. midterms, fueling speculation of his potential run for president in 2024.

Hurricane Nicole weakened into a tropical storm on Thursday shortly after making landfall in Florida, barreling ashore with a brew of heavy downpours and fierce winds, destroying homes along the state's coastline.

China is warning the U.S. should stop distorting the "one-China" principle, ahead of the planned G20 summit in which U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet.

A faulty automatic engine throttle system that was not properly monitored by pilots led to the deadly January 2021 crash of a Sriwijaya 737-500 jet, a final report by Indonesia's air accident investigator said on Thursday.