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New book by economist Thomas Piketty is an endorsement of the need for ideological change, but the “socialist” label may be frightening people conditioned by years of Cold War rhetoric. CBC | World News
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Canadian women’s soccer team falls to U.S. in Olympic qualifying championship final
The U.S. continued its mastery over Canada on Sunday, winning the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship 3-0 on second-half goals by Lynn Williams, Lindsey Horan and Megan Rapinoe. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. politics may be in a state at the moment – but Canadians can’t afford to be smug about it
Canada’s institutions seem designed to resist some of the corrosive forces undermining politics in the United States. That’s a good thing – but it’s no excuse for complacency. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 5 dead in southeastern U.S. as a result of storm system
More than 300,000 homes and businesses were without power early Friday as a weather system blamed for five deaths in the South moved into the northeastern United States. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. citizen dead from coronavirus in Wuhan, says U.S. Embassy in Beijing
A 60-year-old U.S. citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at Jinyintan Hospital in China’s Wuhan on Thursday, a U.S. embassy spokesperson in Beijing said on Saturday, in what appeared to be the first death of an American from the outbreak. CBC | World News
Read More »More than 130 migrants killed after U.S. deports them to El Salvador, human rights group says
More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013, the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday, as it stressed the danger migrants face under the Trump administration’s hardening immigration policy. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. steps up warnings to Russia over actions in Syria
The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy, saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of an agreement and was also helping escalate the conflict in the northwestern province of Idlib. CBC | World News
Read More »Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media ahead of 2020 U.S. election
Twitter said on Tuesday it would start applying a label to tweets containing synthetic or deceptively edited forms of media, as social media platforms brace for a potential onslaught of misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election. CBC | World News
Read More »Victoria Bach scores OT winner as Canada defeats U.S. on home ice in Victoria
Victoria Bach scored the overtime winner Monday in a thriller that saw Canada’s women’s national hockey team defeat the United States 3-2 in Game 3 of the Rivalry Series. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. declares public health emergency, entry restrictions as 7th coronavirus case confirmed
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an order that will temporarily bar entry to the U.S. of foreign nationals, other than immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, who have travelled in China within the last 14 days. CBC | World News
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