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The United States has given Cuba a list of 15 of its diplomats that must leave the U.S. within seven days. CBC | World News
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Police seek clues to Las Vegas mass shooting, bloodiest in modern U.S. history
Police sought clues on Tuesday to explain why a retiree with a penchant for gambling but no criminal record set up a sniper’s nest in a highrise Las Vegas hotel and poured gunfire onto a concert below, slaying dozens of people before killing himself. CBC | World News
Read More »Las Vegas Strip massacre latest in grim list of U.S. mass shootings
At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 wounded when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. CBC | World News
Read More »Images from the scene of the Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest in U.S. modern times
A mass shooting in Las Vegas targeting concertgoers gathered for the last night of a popular country music festival has left at least 50 people dead. Here are some images from the scene. CBC | World News
Read More »Trial begins for accused in Benghazi attack that killed U.S. ambassador, 3 others
A trial of the suspected mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks will unfold this week in a federal courtroom in Washington, three years after he was captured by U.S. special forces in Libya and brought to the U.S. on a 13-day trip aboard a navy ship. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. pulling non-essential staff from Cuba after ‘specific attacks’
Senior U.S. officials say the United States is pulling roughly 60 per cent of its staff out of Cuba and warning American travellers not to visit due to “specific attacks” that have harmed U.S. diplomats. CBC | World News
Read More »At U.S. air base south of Seoul, training missions take on new urgency after Trump’s UN threats
Preparing for an attack from North Korea is part of the daily routine at the Kunsan U.S. air base south of Seoul. But the flight manoeuvres and simulated land invasions have taken on new urgency in the wake of the recent tit-for-tat verbal standoff between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. white families 10 times wealthier than black families, Federal Reserve finds
While most American families grew richer between 2013 and 2016, the wealthiest households pulled even further ahead, worsening the nation’s massive disparities in wealth and income. Median wealth for white families was $ 171,000, 10 times that for blacks and roughly eight times that for Latinos. CBC | World News
Read More »Kelly Knight Craft sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Kelly Knight Craft is sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Canada by Vice-President Mike Pence. Following the ceremony, she said that “friends don’t always always agree, which is also true of allies and trading partners.” CBC | World News
Read More »Jenniffer González: Thank Pitbull For Private Plane To Move Cancer Patients From Puerto Rico To U.S. For Chemo
Pitbull – a rapper also known as “Mr. Worldwide” to his fans – is gaining plenty of praise online. According to the New York Daily News, Pitbull is helping people suffering from cancer in Puerto Rico get out of the storm-ravaged land in order to get treatment in the U.S. by sending his own private plane to Puerto Rico. Armando ...
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