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Felix Auger-Aliassime has withdrawn from Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup tie due to fatigue, Tennis Canada announced Saturday. CBC | Sports News
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Aryna Sabalenka retains U.S. Open title with straight-sets win over Amanda Anisimova
Aryna Sabalenka did not make many mistakes — well, until near the end — despite not sacrificing any power, and outplayed Amanda Anisimova for a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory in the U.S. Open final Saturday, making her the first woman to win the tournament in consecutive years since Serena Williams more than a decade ago. CBC | Sports News
Read More »South Korean president vows support for Koreans arrested in U.S. immigration raid
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered all-out efforts on Saturday to swiftly respond to the arrests of hundreds of the country’s citizens in a U.S. immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor car battery factory. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s Auger-Aliassime eliminated by top-ranked Sinner in U.S. Open semifinal
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime’s U.S. Open dream run ended in disappointment at the hands of the No. 1 player in the world. The Montreal native gave a valiant effort but lost 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Italian Jannik Sinner in the semifinal on Friday night in New York. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Dabrowski, partner Routliffe claim U.S. Open women’s doubles title
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand partner Erin Routliffe captured their second career U.S. Open women’s double title Friday afternoon, beating top seeds Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-4. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. labour market weakens with little job growth and rising unemployment
The U.S. economy added 22,000 new jobs in August while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent. Job growth has stalled, with economists blaming U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs and an immigration crackdown that has reduced the labour pool. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. secretary of state asked if drug boats from allied countries could ever face ‘unilateral execution’
U.S. officials have yet to cite the legal authority that justified Tuesday’s airstrike on an alleged Venezuelan drug smuggling boat in international waters, as criticism mounts from legal experts. CBC | World News
Read More »Work paused at Hyundai’s U.S. site after hundreds of workers detained in raid
Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor facility being built in Georgia have been detained in a major raid by U.S. authorities, forcing a pause in the construction of a car battery factory that is part of a major investment in the state by the Korean automaker. CBC | World News
Read More »Dabrowski in final, Auger-Aliassime vs. Sinner on big day for Canada at U.S. Open
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe — a Canadian who lives in Montreal but represents her native New Zealand — play in the women’s doubles final this afternoon before Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime plays in the men’s singles semifinals at prime time. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Are China, India and Russia banding together against the U.S.? | About That
An economic summit in China is highlighting a significant warming between Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Andrew Chang explains what each leader stands to gain from an emerging alliance that comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s global tariffs and negotiating tactics upend the world order we’ve come to know. Images provided ...
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