Leaders of the European Union and India announced a wide-ranging trade agreement on Tuesday, which came after nearly two decades of on-and-off negotiations that became increasingly urgent in the last six months after stiff tariffs were imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. CBC | World News
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Canadian swim star Ilya Kharun says he’ll now compete for U.S.
Swimmer Ilya Kharun, one of Canada’s most promising athletes in the pool, has decided to compete for the United States. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Massive winter storm across U.S. brings snow, frigid temperatures, widespread power outages
Forecasters said snow, sleet, freezing rain and dangerously frigid temperatures would sweep the eastern two-thirds of the United States on Sunday and into the week. CBC | World News
Read More »As U.S. moves ships toward Iran, Revolutionary Guard commander warns his force has its ‘finger on the trigger’
Nournews, a news outlet close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported on its Telegram channel that the commander, Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, warned the United States and Israel “to avoid any miscalculation.” CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands of flights cancelled across U.S. as major winter storm hits
The U.S. National Weather Service forecast warns of widespread heavy snow and a band of catastrophic ice stretching from east Texas to North Carolina. CBC | World News
Read More »2 dead after U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific
The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. CBC | World News
Read More »Jack Smith, a potential target of the U.S. president, defends indictment of Trump over 2020 election
Jack Smith, the former special counsel who filed indictments against U.S. President Donald Trump in two separate cases that never went to trial, condemned “false and misleading narratives” in his first public congressional testimony regarding his investigation. CBC | World News
Read More »TikTok parent company finalizes deal to keep video-sharing app operating in the U.S.
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, finalized a deal on Thursday to set up a majority American-owned joint venture company that will avoid a U.S. ban on the popular video-sharing app used by more than 200 million Americans. CBC | World News
Read More »Mexico’s president says it was ‘sovereign decision’ to send cartel members to U.S.
Mexico sent 37 cartel members to the United States at the request of the U.S. Justice Department, with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum saying Wednesday that it was a “sovereign decision” by her government. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump nixes tariff threat in push for U.S. control of Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s cancelling his tariff threat on several European nations in his push for U.S. control of Greenland, after coming to terms with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on a “framework of a future deal” on Arctic security. CBC | World News
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