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Alphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures — including possibly selling Android — to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday. CBC | World News
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U.S. Embassy in Kyiv shuts down after warning of potentially ‘significant’ Russian air attack
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said it has received warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on Wednesday and would be closed as a precaution. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. House Speaker sounds support for barring trans congressional rep from women’s bathrooms in U.S. Capitol
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson signalled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first openly transgender person to be elected to the U.S. Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump picks Howard Lutnick as U.S. commerce secretary nominee
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Read More »Ukraine can fire U.S. missiles into Russia. The Kremlin changes its nuke policy. Is this what everyone feared?
Russia has changed its nuclear doctrine in response to the U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to fire American-made ballistic missiles deeper into Russia. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump isn’t yet U.S. president, but his plans for the war in Ukraine loom large over G20
The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, which begins Monday, is already impacted by ever-evolving geopolitical events, regardless of host Brazil’s official theme of fighting hunger, poverty and inequality. CBC | World News
Read More »In major reversal, Biden reportedly OKs use of U.S. arms by Ukraine to strike inside Russia
The move, widely reported in the U.S. but not confirmed by the White House or State Department, follows months of pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow Ukraine’s military to use U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel misses deadline to let more aid into Gaza, but U.S. maintains support
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours — including 11 in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said — as the country missed a deadline set by Washington to allow more humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave. CBC | World News
Read More »Republicans win 218 U.S. House seats, giving Donald Trump and party control of government
Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House of Representatives, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside president-elect Donald Trump. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s digital services tax set for a reckoning with U.S.
The fight over Canada’s controversial digital services tax may escalate this week, as a deadline looms for the Biden administration to decide whether to proceed with dispute arbitration under the revised North American trade deal amid retaliation threats from Donald Trump’s next administration. CBC | World News
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