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More pandas will be headed to the U.S., China’s Xi suggests
Chinese President Xi Jinping signalled Wednesday that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.” CBC | World News
Read More »Scathing ethics report concludes embattled U.S. lawmaker George Santos ‘cannot be trusted’
The U.S. House ethics committee in a scathing report says it has amassed “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking by Rep. George Santos of New York that has been sent to the U.S. Justice Department, concluding flatly that the Republican “cannot be trusted” after a months-long investigation into his conduct. CBC | World News
Read More »Starbucks workers across U.S. set to walk off the job Thursday to protest work conditions
Workers at hundreds of Starbucks stores began walking off their jobs during a key promotional event on Thursday, demanding improved staffing and schedules, the Workers United said on social media platform X. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Stand your butt up,’ U.S. senator shouts at union leader during heated committee showdown
A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in the room. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. inflation rate eases to 3.2%, lower than anticipated
The U.S. inflation rate increased at a 3.2 per cent annual pace last month, lower than September’s level of 3.7 per cent and lower than economists were expecting. CBC | World News
Read More »Tim Scott abruptly quits race to be Republican U.S. presidential nominee
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of the Iowa caucuses. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s women’s hockey team falls to Hughes-led U.S. in Rivalry Series
Gabbie Hughes scored twice and the United States women’s national hockey team improved to 2-0 in its Rivalry Series with a 5-2 win over Canada on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Xi to meet Biden on U.S. soil: 5 things to watch for at tense superpower summit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will be on U.S. soil next week. He’ll meet with U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time since a spectacular blowout. The goal now: to stabilize relations with a rocky year ahead. Can they? Here are five clues to watch for. CBC | World News
Read More »Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s trades with U.S. Treasury disrupted by hackers
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s (ICBC) U.S. arm was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted trades in the U.S. Treasury market on Thursday, the latest in a string of victims ransom-demanding hackers have claimed this year. CBC | World News
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