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U.S. President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that the United States and Iran were poised to begin direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, but a senior Iranian official said any negotiations would be indirect with Oman acting as intermediary. CBC | World News
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U.S. government ordered to bring back Maryland resident after ‘wholly lawless’ deportation
The U.S. government’s decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be ‘wholly lawless,’ a federal judge wrote Sunday, as questions are also increasing over the criminality of Venezuelan men deported to the same prison. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump calls his tariffs economic ‘medicine’ after trillions wiped out from U.S. stock market
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said foreign governments would have to pay “a lot of money” to lift sweeping tariffs that he characterized as “medicine,” as financial markets indicated another week of steep losses could be in store. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. health secretary heads to Texas after 2nd unvaccinated child dies of measles-related illness
A Texas county is the epicentre of a measles outbreak that started in late January and continues to swell, with nearly 500 cases in the state alone. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. set to significantly hike softwood lumber duties against Canada
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Read More »Zelenskyy condemns ‘weak’ reaction of U.S. ambassador after deadly Russian missile strike
The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Lesotho puzzled by whopping U.S. tariff rate, which could decimate its economy
Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy. CBC | World News
Read More »As U.S. tariffs upend the world order, Canadian companies are in Germany boosting trade ties
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Read More »After path of U.S. sprinter Kenny Bednarek led to Olympic silver, he searches for gold
The path of sprinter Kenny Bednarek has been far from easy or conventional. Plenty of uphill climbs, too. CBC | Sports News
Read More »China slaps 34% retaliatory tariff on the U.S., says Trump’s levy ‘seriously violates’ world trade rules
China announced Friday that it will impose a 34 per cent tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” slate of double-digit tariffs. CBC | World News
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