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More than 3,100 events are being organized in communities large and small across all 50 states on Saturday in the latest No Kings protests, with demonstrations also planned internationally, including in Canada. CBC | World News
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U.S. to hold off bombing Iran’s energy plants for another 10 days, Trump says
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Read More »U.S. attack on alleged drug boat kills 4 in Caribbean Sea, military says
The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo
Young health-care providers at Havana’s Cardiology Institute describe a double-whammy of desperation in their work and private lives. They’re anxious about what the future holds since a U.S. oil embargo in January led to dramatic fuel shortages in Cuba, along with soaring food prices and nationwide power outages. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. offers plan for a ceasefire, but Iran says Washington in no position to negotiate
Iran has received an American 15-point plan for a ceasefire for the Iran war through intermediaries from Pakistan, officials in Islamabad said Wednesday. The proposal was sent even as Washington began to move paratroopers to the Middle East to back up a contingent of Marines already heading there. CBC | World News
Read More »Plane crash investigators held up by airport delays as partial U.S. shutdown continues
Specialists investigating the Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia Airport that killed two pilots were held up by delays at other airports Monday, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, as a partial U.S. government shutdown is causing security delays across the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Record-breaking heat dome growing to cover nearly the entire U.S.
A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States. After breaking March records in 14 states with temperatures as high as 44.4 C, it’s now widening and may become the most expansive heat dome ever. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran targets Israel and Gulf Arab states even as Trump says U.S. is in talks to end war
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Read More »U.S. to pay French company $1B to scrap offshore wind projects
The Trump administration will pay $ 1 billion to a France’s TotalEnergies to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Senate approves Markwayne Mullin as next head of Homeland Security
The U.S. Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary late Monday, approving President Donald Trump’s nominee to take over the embattled department after the firing of Kristi Noem. CBC | World News
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