Colombian superstar Shakira gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night, an event that the city’s mayor said drew two million people to one of the world’s most iconic waterfronts.

The walls of a corridor that once linked two theatres in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii hold hundreds of inscriptions made by residents before Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago. An international research team is now using a very modern technique to bring them to life.

In 2021, a 12-year-old died while in the care of a Burlington, Ont., couple who are now charged with his murder. For the first time, the boy’s mother is sharing her perspective with CBC Hamilton, saying she wants people to understand that her family is “not just a case or story.”

Fernanda Rodriguez got a shocking call from her father when she was just nine — a call that opened her eyes to the many challenges her father faced when it came to alcoholism and depression. As she grew older, she was able to see that he persevered through difficulties to be present for her as much as he could be.

The Artemis II lunar mission is over, and NASA is already looking ahead, planning to put astronauts on the surface of the moon by 2028. But there are a lot of hurdles that need to be cleared before that happens.

Jerome Blake of Kelowna, B.C., favoured his right leg while pulling up in the second leg of the men’s 4×100-metre final, then hobbled to hand the baton to Brendon Rodney as Canada placed seventh in the eight-team field in 40.06 seconds on Sunday at the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.

Mark Carney is expected to spend the bulk of his few hours in Armenia engaging with European leaders, but experts say he has momentum to build ties with Yerevan and the rest of the Caucasus as well, something first undertaken by Trudeau.