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A gathering of countries in Rome this week agreed on a plan to generate $ 200 billion US in finance a year by 2030 to halt and begin to reverse the destruction of the natural world. CBC | World News
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U.S. health agencies joined WHO’s flu meeting despite Trump’s plan to pull out
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration took part in a World Health Organization meeting to discuss flu vaccine composition, an official at the UN agency said on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in U.S. federal cuts
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees, including meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in the National Weather Service, were fired on Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said. CBC | World News
Read More »Andrew Tate, brother Tristan in U.S. after leaving Romania amid rape, trafficking charges
Internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate, charged with human trafficking in Romania in one of two investigations, left the country and flew to Florida on Thursday. Florida’s governor said he only learned of their impending arrival through media coverage. CBC | World News
Read More »Did ‘Trump take egg?’ A meme hatches from consumer frustration as U.S. egg prices soar
As egg prices are predicted to jump 41 per cent this year, and U.S. President Donald Trump breaks his campaign promise to bring down food costs on Day 1, people online are posting photos of staggering egg prices and empty shelves with a simple three words. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada races to revive Commonwealth ties with its U.S. relationship on shaky ground
The Canada-U.S. relationship is at its lowest point in more than a century with U.S. President Donald Trump’s near-daily threats to ruin the Canadian economy and undermine the country’s sovereignty. That has Canada looking to strengthen its other friendships. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine confirms ‘preliminary’ agreement on mineral resources with U.S.
Ukraine said on Wednesday it had reached a “preliminary” deal to hand revenue from some of its mineral resources to the United States, before an expected trip to Washington by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Paying for every meal in packed Canadian restaurant, U.S. couple apologizes for Trump politics
“Everyone was cheering” after an American couple dining at a Windsor, Ont., restaurant on Saturday stood up, apologized for what U.S. President Donald Trump is doing, and paid for everyone’s lunch, according to the co-owner of Toast, a local restaurant. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump says Zelenskyy wants to sign minerals deal in U.S., as reports suggest draft agreement reached
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Read More »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
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