The attack marks the first U.S.-acknowledged targeting by the Houthis since America and allied nations began strikes Friday on the rebels following weeks of assaults on shipping in the Red Sea. CBC | World News
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Houthis vow ‘strong’ response as U.S. launches new strike in Yemen
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Read More »U.S. Justice Department authorizes death penalty for 1st time in Biden term, for Buffalo mass shooter
U.S. federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, they said in a court filing Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Democracy to be put to the test in host of 2024 elections — headlined by U.S.
There will be dozens of elections around the world in 2024, with an influential think-tank ranking the U.S. political system, and how it holds up after the result of the Nov. 5 vote, as the top global risk for 2024. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. SEC has not approved bitcoin ETFs, says social media account was compromised
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says that a social media post saying it had approved a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund was false and its account had been compromised. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. secretary of state tells Israeli leaders that creation of Palestinian state is key to lasting stability
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Israeli leaders to avoid harming civilians as it presses its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and told them the creation of a Palestinian state was key to a long-term solution. Even as he spoke, fighting was intense in south and central parts of the enclave. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. aviation agency probing whether bolts were missing in Alaska Airlines door panel blowout
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Read More »U.S. shoots for 1st lunar landing in 50 years, this time with private companies leading the way
A robotic lander built by a private company was bound for the moon on Monday in an attempt to make the first U.S. lunar soft landing in more than half a century, after launching into space aboard a new rocket that was the result of a joint venture from Boeing and Lockheed Martin. CBC | World News
Read More »Biden, other key U.S. officials were kept in the dark about defence secretary’s hospitalization
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin remained in the hospital on Sunday as more details emerged about key decision-makers, even President Joe Biden, being kept in the dark for days that the Pentagon chief had been in the intensive care unit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. diplomacy visit hopes to calm tensions as Israel-Hamas war enters 4th month
The Israeli military signalled that it has wrapped up major combat in northern Gaza, saying it has completed dismantling Hamas’s military infrastructure there as the war against the militant group entered its fourth month Sunday. CBC | World News
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