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Iraq’s military condemned overnight U.S. airstrikes on Friday, saying they had killed six people and describing them as a violation of sovereignty and a targeted aggression against the nation’s formal armed forces. CBC | World News
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U.S. carries out retaliatory attacks in Iraq after attack on military base
The United States is carrying out retaliatory strikes in Iraq in response to a rocket attack on Wednesday that killed two U.S. troops and a British service member at a base north of Baghdad, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump authorizes military response to attack on U.S. soldiers in Iraq
U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesday’s rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member, the Pentagon said on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. women hide soccer federation logo against Japan in apparent protest
The increasingly bitter dispute between American women’s national soccer team and the U.S. Soccer Federation spilled onto the field Wednesday night when players wore their warm-up jerseys inside out in an apparent protest before their 3-1 victory over Japan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Coronavirus: Italy passes 10,000 infections as clusters spur worry in U.S.
Expanding clusters of the new virus are being eyed warily on multiple continents as the outbreak reshapes everything from the U.S. presidential race to the Pope’s travel schedule. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. political leaders deal with fallout — and self-quarantine — in face of coronavirus outbreak
As fears about the coronavirus outbreak roiled financial markets, U.S. political leaders grappled Monday with a public health and economic maelstrom — as well as concerns for their own safety. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump defends U.S. COVID-19 response, calls Wash. governor ‘a snake’ in scattershot CDC visit
U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday turned into a scattershot defence of his administration’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, veering into political score-settling, exaggerations and talk harking back to his impeachment. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. refuses entry to more than 100 people from Canada as a result of coronavirus measures
Testifying before a U.S. congressional committee, an American official revealed that more than 100 people from Canada have been denied entry as a result of recent travel to China. One senator warned that the border must never be “hermetically” sealed, because it would devastate trade and wreck the economy. CBC | World News
Read More »Afghanistan war crimes case should proceed, ICC says, including allegations U.S. faces
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court gave the green light Thursday for prosecutors to open an investigation targeting the Taliban, Afghan forces and U.S. military and CIA personnel for war crimes and crimes against humanity. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. death toll from the coronavirus rises to 11
Federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home at the centre of an outbreak of the new coronavirus as the U.S. death toll climbed to 11, including the first fatality outside Washington state. CBC | World News
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