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A court in New Mexico has ordered social media giant Meta to pay $US567 million to address harms to young people caused by its platforms. University of Toronto associate professor Evan Light joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to talk about the impact of the ruling.

B.C.’s new health minister is promising to shake things up in the province. Ravi Kahlon’s first order of business was to cancel an overdose prevention site in Vancouver and he says there are more changes to come. Jordan Armstrong has more.

The Southern Community Food Security Society in Raymond, Alta., is closing the doors to both its food bank and thrift store, after Alberta Health Services ordered a shutdown earlier this month. Justin Sibbet reports.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday that former prime minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said, meeting a longstanding demand of his party and family, who had raised concerns about his health.

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and four others seriously wounded in an explosion in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli military. Israel blamed Hezbollah for what it called a ceasefire violation and launched retaliatory strikes in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s health ministry said the strikes killed at least one person and wounded 12 others in the...

Aerial footage captured a large wildfire burning along England’s Suffolk coast after it broke out overnight on Wednesday. A major incident was declared by the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service on Wednesday, with roughly 70 firefighters responding to the fire at Dunwich Heath. Evacuation orders began shortly after as a precautionary measure.

A foul-smelling construction site in Pointe-Saint-Charles has been ordered to stop work by Quebec public health officials after potentially harmful contaminants were discovered in the soil. As Brayden Jagger Haines reports, while residents welcome the intervention, many say they remain frustrated by the persistent odours.

At least 20 flights heading to the U.S. from Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport were delayed or cancelled Wednesday morning due to a mysterious smell that temporarily shut down U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations. Montreal’s fire department confirmed that there was no health risk to passengers, and the smell was later identified as varnish...

Authorities in India forcibly transferred activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital in New Delhi, in compliance with the court’s order, police said on Saturday, after his health deteriorated during a 20-day hunger strike.

West Nile virus is something to watch for this time of year, and new warnings south of the border have put the issue back into the spotlight. Health reporter Katherine Ward has more on symptoms to watch for, and how to keep yourself safe.

A B.C. man will be crossing borders all for a good cause. George watson is going to depart Coquitlam monday morning, riding to Los Angeles and back all on his electric unicycle to help raise funding for men’s mental health and suicide prevention. george watson joins us live on Global News Morning Weekend BC.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster after a new case of the New World screwworm. Late Friday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it’s temporarily closing the border to Texas livestock to prevent the parasite’s introduction and protect animal health. The screwworm fly lays its eggs in the open...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster after a new case of the New World screwworm. Late Friday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it’s temporarily closing the border to Texas livestock to prevent the parasite’s introduction and protect animal health. The screwworm fly lays its eggs in the open...

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to help with efforts against the ongoing Ebola outbreak. Medical teams in the region continue to face extreme difficulties with the response including equipment shortages, regional conflicts, and local burial rites. Candice Cole has this story and...

WE Seniors is a charitable non-profit that has supported healthy, active aging families across the Greater Edmonton Region for 48 years. ‘Older, Bolder, Better’ is the 29th annual Seniors Week event bringing together seniors and their social networks. Haidong Liang with WE Seniors shared details with Global News Morning.

Concerns that the Ebola virus has arrived in Canada were proven unfounded on Friday when results came back negative from a suspected case. The U.S. diverted a Detroit-bound flight to Montreal on Wednesday over worries someone had come into contact with the deadly virus. Canada’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, announced on Friday that...

Passengers who were not affected by an outbreak of norovirus have been allowed to disembark a British cruise ship off the coast of France. More than 1,700 people were originally ordered to remain on the vessel after the death of a 92-year-old passenger. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for May...

Four Canadians who were stranded on a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship were finally back on home soil Sunday. They touched down on a repatriation flight in Bagotville, Que., in the afternoon before being flown to an undisclosed location in British Columbia where they will self-isolate for at least 21 days. Health officials say they are not...

Four Canadians who were stranded on a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship were finally back on home soil Sunday. They touched down on a repatriation flight in Bagotville, Que., in the afternoon before being flown to an undisclosed location in British Columbia where they will self-isolate for at least 21 days. Health officials say they are not...

A major Canadian pharmacy chain is removing energy drinks from its Quebec and New Brunswick locations over growing calls to ban the products for children. The decision comes after Quebec’s order of pharmacists joined the growing movement to have energy drinks restricted to people aged 16 and under. Katherine Ward has this story and more...