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Trump administration puts thousands of workers on leave, cutting U.S. jobs at foreign aid agency
The Trump administration said Sunday that it was placing all but a fraction of staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave worldwide and eliminating at least 1,600 U.S.-based jobs. CBC | World News
Read More »Elon Musk vows to fire U.S. federal workers who fail to report what they’ve accomplished in past week
The threat, issued in a post on the social media site X, was made just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump posted on his own social media network Truth Social that DOGE should get more aggressive in its attempts to downsize and reshape the federal workforce. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine, Russia, U.S.: What does each side want? | About That
U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to end the war in Ukraine, but exactly how that could unfold is up for debate. Andrew Chang breaks down what Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. all want from a resolution, and how conflicting interests make their goals incompatible. Images provided by Getty Images, Reuters and The Canadian Press. (4:50 Credit: CNN/YouTube; 4:50 ...
Read More »Chantal Kreviazuk changes O Canada lyrics at hockey game against U.S. to protest Trump
Chantal Kreviazuk, the Grammy-award winning singer from Winnipeg, changed the lyrics to O Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off game against the United States on Thursday to sing “that only us command” instead of “in all of us command.” CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. keeps pressure on Zelenskyy to share Ukrainian minerals
Kyiv faces sustained pressure from high-ranking U.S. officials to agree to a resource-sharing deal that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has judged is not in his country’s interest, under terms Washington has presented. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada, U.S. ready for 4 Nations final with political tensions high off the ice
It’s against a tense political backdrop that Canada and the U.S. will play Thursday’s final of the 4 Nations Face-Off — the biggest men’s international hockey game between the rivals since the 2010 Olympic final. CBC | Sports News
Read More »An ‘Iron Dome’ for North America? Talk heats up about Canada joining U.S. missile defence
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Read More »Trump proposes U.S. auto tariffs could be ‘in the neighbourhood’ of 25%
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he intends to impose auto tariffs “in the neighbourhood of 25 per cent” and similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, the latest in a series of measures threatening to upend international trade. CBC | World News
Read More »Quinn Hughes added to U.S. 4 Nations roster, may replace injured D-man McAvoy in final
Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is heading to Boston to join the United States as a potential injury replacement for defenceman Charlie McAvoy in Thursday’s 4 Nations Face-Off final against Canada, head coach Mike Sullivan told reporters Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
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