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A 60-year-old U.S. citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at Jinyintan Hospital in China’s Wuhan on Thursday, a U.S. embassy spokesperson in Beijing said on Saturday, in what appeared to be the first death of an American from the outbreak. CBC | World News
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More than 130 migrants killed after U.S. deports them to El Salvador, human rights group says
More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013, the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday, as it stressed the danger migrants face under the Trump administration’s hardening immigration policy. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. steps up warnings to Russia over actions in Syria
The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy, saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of an agreement and was also helping escalate the conflict in the northwestern province of Idlib. CBC | World News
Read More »Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media ahead of 2020 U.S. election
Twitter said on Tuesday it would start applying a label to tweets containing synthetic or deceptively edited forms of media, as social media platforms brace for a potential onslaught of misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election. CBC | World News
Read More »Victoria Bach scores OT winner as Canada defeats U.S. on home ice in Victoria
Victoria Bach scored the overtime winner Monday in a thriller that saw Canada’s women’s national hockey team defeat the United States 3-2 in Game 3 of the Rivalry Series. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. declares public health emergency, entry restrictions as 7th coronavirus case confirmed
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an order that will temporarily bar entry to the U.S. of foreign nationals, other than immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, who have travelled in China within the last 14 days. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. senators vote against hearing witnesses at Trump impeachment trial
U.S. senators voted against calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial on Friday, paving the way for an expected acquittal by the Republican-majority Senate. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. border patrol finds longest-ever smuggling tunnel on southwest border
U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than 1.2 kilometres from an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico, to the San Diego area. The tunnel is longer than 14 American football fields. CBC | World News
Read More »U.K. will let Huawei play role in building 5G networks, defying U.S. pressure
Britain’s move to give Huawei a role in building its 5G networks leaves Canada as the only country in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network that hasn’t made a decision on the Chinese telecom giant. CBC | World News
Read More »‘There haven’t been any duels lately’: Unspooling the arcane rules and rituals of the U.S. Senate chamber
The U.S. Senate has been in the spotlight these past two weeks as the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump unfolds. We take a closer look at some of the unusual traditions and rules that surround this American institution with former Senate historian Don Ritchie. CBC | World News
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