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Canada World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

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API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 226940,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4637a933c77345c8bbdaf96bb5c83ede",
            "title": "China bans export of dual-use items to Japan amid tensions over Taiwan",
            "description": "Japan calls for the ban’s withdrawal, calling the measures ‘absolutely unacceptable’ and ‘deeply regrettable’.",
            "content": "China has unveiled new export controls on Japan amid elevated tensions over Taiwan, prompting a rebuke by Tokyo.\nChina’s Ministry of Commerce said it had banned so-called dual-use items, with military applications, in light of Japan’s “erroneous” and... [2468 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/7/china-bans-export-of-dual-use-items-to-japan-amid-tensions-over-taiwan",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025-06-04T061223Z_987027873_RC2HVEAZ055D_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-RAREEARTHS-1767759005_65010f-1767759190.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&quality=80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T05:29:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a17a58b5f8a12d22d2a67fa65b782031",
            "title": "La plupart des voyageurs québécois maintiennent leurs plans",
            "description": "Après avoir capturé le président du Venezuela, Donald Trump a prédit la « chute » de Cuba. Ces menaces ont incité certains voyageurs québécois à annuler leur séjour là-bas, mais la plupart d’entre eux maintiennent leurs projets de vacances dans l’île des Caraïbes.",
            "content": "Après avoir capturé le président du Venezuela, Donald Trump a prédit la « chute » de Cuba. Ces menaces ont incité certains voyageurs québécois à annuler leur séjour là-bas, mais la plupart d’entre eux maintiennent leurs projets de vacances dans l’île... [4358 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca/international/caraibes/2026-01-07/propos-de-donald-trump-sur-cuba/la-plupart-des-voyageurs-quebecois-maintiennent-leurs-plans.php",
            "image": "https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/45f051e4504a37dea865fb98d1ee08d6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "9929f9b2d4820f4ed54220376fab7d4c",
                "name": "La Presse",
                "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "80273f2aefd2b7a528f0e04b72ce4b4f",
            "title": "Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who sold secrets to the Soviets, dies aged 84",
            "description": "The double agent compromised more than 100 operations and betrayed more than 30 agents spying for the West.",
            "content": "Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer who became one of America's most damaging double agents, has died aged 84.\nThe former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Monday at the Federal Correction... [3398 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0n29395j3o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/90b1/live/65cb12b0-eb6f-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-07T02:54:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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