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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University and is seeking to deport him after deeming him a harm to U.S. foreign policy, the student’s lawyer said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
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Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north
5 years after COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds are set to start north for migration season. CBC | World News
Read More »Should Canada ease its 100% tariff on electric vehicles from China amid trade war with U.S.?
Canada’s trade war with the United States has some economists questioning whether the federal government should ease or lift its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, a move some say could spur EV purchases and deliver a blow to Elon Musk’s Tesla. CBC | World News
Read More »Grad student who fled U.S. says claims about her alleged support of Hamas are ‘absurd’
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Read More »U.S. officials cracking down on people trying to bring valuable eggs across the border
Officials made 3,254 egg-related seizures in January and February 2025, according to new data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That’s more than twice as many egg seizures compared to the 1,508 events the same two months a year ago. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump floats idea of U.S. taking control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that they had a constructive call about moving toward a partial ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, with the White House suggesting the U.S. could take control of Ukrainian “electrical supply and nuclear power plants” to ensure their security. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin
Several U.S. national security agencies have halted work on a co-ordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. federal workers clamp down on their communications in climate of DOGE-induced fear
Federal workers with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the first government department targeted by DOGE, have locked down their credit, shut off their Alexas and turned to the secure, encrypted Signal app for communications — just as they’d operate in foreign, autocratic countries. CBC | World News
Read More »Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a ‘political prisoner’ after U.S. immigration arrest
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his detention. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
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