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The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day. CBC | World News
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U.S. stock markets tumble after Trump says he’s raising China tariffs to 100%
Stocks fell sharply on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their biggest one-day percentage declines since April 10, while Treasury yields dropped and the U.S. dollar weakened as comments by U.S. President Donald Trump reignited worries over a U.S.-China trade war. CBC | World News
Read More »Why U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats have Canada ‘between a rock and a hard place’
Canada’s Department of National Defence says it will continue a longstanding operation with the U.S. Coast Guard to capture drug smugglers in the Caribbean, despite a string of deadly U.S. airstrikes in the region. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump wants to be 5th U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize. There are obstacles
Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to a win a Nobel Peace Prize to burnish his already significant legacy as a U.S. president, and a lasting peace that ends the war in Gaza could be a consideration for the committee that determines the prize winner. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. launches Tesla probe following more crashes involving full self-driving feature
U.S. federal auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s full self-driving technology after dozens of incidents in which its vehicles ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and injuring people. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents
The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more freely operate on Canadian soil. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump hints Mideast deal is ‘very close’ as senior figures from U.S. and Israel join peace talks
The most promising effort yet to end the war in Gaza was bolstered as senior figures from Israel and the United States joined the negotiations on Wednesday after Hamas handed over its lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed in a swap. CBC | World News
Read More »Scientists based in Australia, Japan and U.S. awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of metal-organic frameworks,” the award-giving body said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned in support of U.S. public TV stations
Thirty paintings by Ross, whose TV show The Joy of Painting aired on public TV stations in the 1980s and 90s, will be auctioned off with proceeds going to stations that use content from distributor American Public Television. The idea is to help stations in need with licensing fees. CBC | World News
Read More »An air traffic control tower was unstaffed. Is this the U.S. gov. shutdown breaking point?
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