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Canada’s women’s 3×3 basketball team has picked up right where it left off. The two-time defending Women’s Series champions won the first stop of the 2024 campaign on Wednesday in Springfield, Mass., capping the title with a 20-18 victory over the U.S. CBC | Sports News
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Pasteurized milk includes remnants of H5N1 bird flu, U.S. officials say
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that it has found bird flu virus particles in some samples of pasteurized milk. CBC | World News
Read More »Countdown to TikTok crackdown: Popular app could see U.S. ban in 9 months
One of the world’s most popular social platforms — wildly popular with young people — risks becoming a high-profile casualty of the cold-war sequel developing between China and the United States. Now a new bill offers the app’s Chinese-based parent company two choices. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. government agrees to $138.7M settlement over FBI’s botching of Larry Nassar allegations
The U.S. Justice Department announced a $ 138.7-million US settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. prepares to rush $1B in military aid to Ukraine
Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, heading for a vote on final passage days after the House of Representatives abruptly ended a months-long stalemate and approved the assistance in a rare Saturday session. CBC | World News
Read More »Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza roil some U.S. campuses
Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war in Gaza continued to reverberate through U.S. university campuses. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. closer to potential TikTok ban after House vote
An overwhelming majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favour of legislation that would force an ultimatum on TikTok’s parent company, which is partly Chinese owned, to sell within a year or face an outright ban. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. House passes aid for Ukraine and Israel, with legislation now headed to Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $ 95 billion US in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session, with Democrats and Republicans joining together after months of political turmoil over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine is suddenly close to getting a big new supply of U.S. weapons
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Read More »Tesla recalling Cybertrucks in U.S. for faulty accelerator pedal
Tesla is recalling 3,878 Cybertrucks to fix an accelerator pedal pad that could come loose and get lodged in the interior trim, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. CBC | World News
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