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According to The Guardian, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin openly dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg‘s calls for fossil fuel divestment, commenting that she was ill-informed. Following the 17-year-old’s speech on ending fossil fuel investment and subsidies for the industry, Mnuchin took the mic at a press conference. He began by pretending ...
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U.S. border officers were told to target Iranian-born travellers, officer alleges in email
U.S. officers working at multiple Canada-U.S. border crossings were instructed to target and interrogate Iranian-born travellers earlier this month, said a U.S. border officer in an email obtained by CBC News. U.S. border authorities denied detaining Iranian-born travellers. CBC | World News
Read More »As U.S. threatens retaliation over digital taxes, Canada waits for OECD talks
As the U.S. continues to threaten other countries with retaliation if they proceed with a digital services tax, Canada’s trade minister says the question of how to ensure profitable search engines, social media platforms and online retailers pay their fair share can only be tackled on a multilateral basis. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump lauds U.S. economy at Davos as trial set to begin in Washington
Thousands of kilometres from his Washington impeachment trial, U.S. President Donald Trump took centre stage at Davos to tout the success of the American economy, while criticizing the U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. to screen passengers for new China coronavirus at 3 airports
Thailand has found a second case of a new Chinese coronavirus, a 74-year-old woman from China’s central city of Wuhan. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Senators sworn in as impeachment procedures against Trump begin
The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was sworn in Thursday at the Senate to preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, then immediately swore in the entire Senate body with an oath to ensure “impartial justice” as jurors for just the third such proceeding in U.S. history. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine opens probe into possible surveillance of U.S. ambassador
Ukrainian police say they have opened an investigation into the possibility the former U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance before she was recalled from her post. CBC | World News
Read More »House prosecutors for U.S. Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump to be named
The House is set to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a landmark trial on whether the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are grounds for his removal. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. imposes more sanctions on Iran after attack on military bases; Iran calls punishment ‘symbolic’
The Trump administration on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran following this week’s missile strikes by the Islamic Republic on U.S. bases in Iraq. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. government civil rights watchdog investigating Canadian border stops
U.S. congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says she’s confirmed the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Liberties is investigating reports of Iranian-Americans being stopped and questioned last weekend at the border between Washington State and B.C. CBC | World News
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