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Dick Cheney, powerful and polarizing U.S. vice-president to George W. Bush, dead at 84
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice-presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine receives more Patriot defence systems, but Tomahawks from U.S. not coming soon
Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defence systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members in the latest nighttime attack. CBC | World News
Read More »‘There’s no due process’: ICU nurse, army veteran among U.S. citizens caught in ICE dragnet
Two U.S. citizens whose forceful arrests by ICE were caught on video say federal agents violated their constitutional rights. As backlash against the administration’s escalating immigration raids grows, more than 170 U.S. citizens have been detained by immigration officers since Trump reclaimed the presidency. CBC | World News
Read More »Whether the target is drugs or Maduro, U.S. could be hindering its own military with deadly boat strikes
An anonymous Pentagon employee and a retired air force colonel are expressing concerns this week that the U.S. focus on alleged drug-carrying boats in waters near Latin America could affect American military might around the world, and serve as a precedent for other countries. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump says U.S. will start testing nuclear weapons again
U.S. President Donald Trump, ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, said he has instructed the Department of Defence to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons on an “equal basis” with other nuclear powers. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. says it has destroyed another alleged drug ship in Pacific, killing all on board
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that the country’s military carried out another strike on a boat he said was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing all four people aboard. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario’s trade representative, witnesses say
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Read More »U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats kill 14 people in Pacific waters, defence secretary says
Three strikes conducted by the U.S. military on boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed 14 people and left one survivor, U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, alleging those on board were drug traffickers. CBC | World News
Read More »Trade deal or no trade deal, China still holds crucial minerals leverage over U.S.
China still has substantial leverage over the U.S. in its dominance of the rare earth minerals market, despite the two countries agreeing to a framework trade deal days before a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. CBC | World News
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