Canada lost to Argentina in the Copa America semifinals Tuesday. But soccer journalist John Molinaro says even getting that far is “a big shot in the arm” for the sport’s fortunes in this country, and the fans who love it.

Is there any water in Africa? Are there houses? Those are the kinds of questions that Nigerian influencer Charity Ekezie was getting on her TikTok videos, so she decided to reply — with a healthy dose of sarcasm.

The hotter things get, the more people blast the air conditioning — but more AC means more emissions warming the planet. Guest host Mark Kelley teases out this tricky conundrum, and asks why the technology that keeps us cool isn’t more energy efficient.

U.S. President Joe Biden says he’s not going anywhere, despite mounting calls for him to step aside and let someone else contest November’s presidential election. We talk to Democrats on both sides of the debate, and look at what picking a new candidate might look like.

Canadian sprinter Christopher Morales Williams set a 400-metre world record earlier this year, but a technicality meant it wasn’t ratified. Unfazed, the 19-year-old says it’s motivated him to go and break that record all over again. He talks to guest host Mark Kelley about taking that determination to the Paris Olympics, and how he combats nerves and nausea before a big race.

A left-wing alliance has beaten Marine Le Pen’s far-right party into third place in France’s snap election, according to exit polls. But with no party winning a majority and the prospect of a hung parliament, what turbulence lies ahead?

Andrea Robin Skinner, daughter of Canadian author Alice Munro, told the Toronto Star she was sexually abused by her stepfather as a child, but her mother chose to support her husband. Guest host Mark Kelley talks to Star reporter Deborah Dundas; and Maria Barcelos, who works with survivors of sexual abuse.

The Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the U.K., ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Can new Prime Minister Keir Starmer bring about the change the electorate has demanded?

Earlier this year, more than a trillion cicadas from two separate broods emerged together for the first time since 1803. In May, we spoke to one very excited entomologist — and heard the love song he wrote to the insects.

Boeing's Starliner test mission reached the International Space Station a month ago — but its return has been delayed indefinitely. We hear why NASA insists its astronauts aren’t stranded, and what it’s going to take to bring them back to Earth.