Mediacom world news portal
U.S. President Donald Trump is applying severe economic pressure to an already-strained Cuba mired in a food and power crisis. Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is choosing now to cut off the country’s oil supply, and why, for Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, it’s also personal. CBC | World News
Read More »Tag Archives: U.S.
As tensions simmer between U.S. and Iran, Iraq is feeling the heat
Of the many proxy battlegrounds between Iran and the U.S., Iraq is one of the most overlooked, at least outside the Middle East. But U.S. reaction to the reappearance on the political scene of former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki — a candidate for the job once more — is a sharp reminder of the tightrope Iraq walks between the two. ...
Read More »Trump is set to scrap a longstanding legal basis for U.S. climate action. Here’s what that could mean
The Trump administration is expected this week to rescind a legal opinion that has guided emissions controls in the U.S. since the Obama era, withdrawing the so-called endangerment finding of the Environmental Protection Agency. CBC | World News
Read More »Some Greenlandic Inuit say work on independence from Denmark will come amidst fight against U.S. threats
Over the decades, Greenland has gained more autonomy from the Kingdom of Denmark. But recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump about taking over Greenland has brought the autonomous territory closer to the country that colonized it. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. speed skating star Jordan Stolz lowers Olympic mark in 1,000m gold-medal performance
Jordan Stolz of the United States needed to hold off on celebrating until another speed skater got the chance for a re-skate, then soon enough was able to smile while leaning forward to receive his gold for winning the men’s 1,000 metres at the Milan-Cortina Games in an Olympic-record one minute 6.28 seconds. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. House poised to vote against Trump’s tariffs on Canada
The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote Wednesday on a resolution against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods, and there’s evidence that enough Republicans have grown tired of the trade war that the vote could pass. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada blanked by U.S. in Olympic women’s hockey seeding game
A disjointed Canadian women’s hockey team fell 5-0 to the United States in Olympic women’s hockey Tuesday. Canada was minus captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who sustained a lower-body injury in the previous night’s 5-1 win over the Czechs. Brianne Jenner wore the captain’s ‘C’ in Poulin’s absence. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Quad God’ Malinin flips into top spot for U.S. after men’s short program
Ilia Malinin of the United States currently sits in the gold-medal position after the men’s figure skating short program qualification round on Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘What we are experiencing is not humane’ — Cubans struggle as U.S. chokes oil supply
Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspended service to the island and are ferrying tourists back home. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada vows to learn from 7th consecutive loss to U.S., but time is running out
The Canadians generated few high-danger shots against the Americans, who they’re likely to see again in the final. CBC | Sports News
Read More »