U.S. army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a Taliban captive for five years after abandoning his post in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and misbehaviour-before-the-enemy charges that could put him in prison for life. CBC | World News
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U.S. will continue talks with North Korea ‘until the first bomb drops,’ Tillerson says
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that President Donald Trump had instructed him to continue diplomatic efforts to calm rising tensions with North Korea, saying “those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops.” CBC | World News
Read More »Congress will ‘stand up’ to Trump if he tries to end NAFTA, U.S. lawmaker says
While the prospect of NAFTA’s demise may be causing some hand wringing as Canada, the United States and Mexico renegotiate the trade deal, Brian Higgins, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives says NAFTA won’t go down without a fight in Congress. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. tables NAFTA’s ‘poison pill’ with auto sector demands
The U.S.’s NAFTA negotiating team has formally presented its proposed changes to the auto sector, starting what’s likely to be the most contentious rounds of renegotiations, CBC News has learned. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. and Israel to withdraw from UN’s cultural, educational agency
The United States and Israel announce they are quitting UNESCO after Washington accused the UN’s cultural agency of anti-Israeli bias. CBC | World News
Read More »China and U.S. ‘neck and neck’ in foreign assistance spending
New data on more than 4,300 projects in 150 countries indicate China’s foreign aid contributions have almost matched those of the world’s largest foreign aid donor, the United States. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S., Turkey suspend bilateral non-immigrant visa services
The U.S. said Sunday it was suspending non-immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in Turkey following the arrest of a consulate employee, prompting Turkey to halt visa services in the U.S. CBC | World News
Read More »Weakened Nate brings flooding, power outages to U.S. Gulf Coast
Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly, sparing the region from the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. CBC | World News
Read More »Hurricane Nate makes 2nd landfall in U.S., downgraded to tropical storm
Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi’s coast outside Biloxi, Miss., early Sunday, after hitting Louisiana Saturday night. The storm has flooded parts of coastal Alabama. CBC | World News
Read More »Hurricane Nate moving toward U.S. Gulf Coast after deadly flooding in Central America
Hurricane Nate is expected to make landfall near New Orleans late Saturday, after drenching Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras, leaving at least 21 people dead. CBC | World News
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