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Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday. CBC | World News
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Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dead at 100
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Read More »Matt Gaetz paid thousands for drugs and sex, U.S. House panel finds
The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was a member of Congress. CBC | World News
Read More »Panama president hits back at Trump over canal U.S. takeover comments
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage. The comments drew a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Trump suddenly cares about the U.S. debt ceiling
As the U.S. Congress scrambled to come up with a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown Friday, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump insisted that a debt ceiling increase be included in any such deal, then went a step further by seeking to suspend or eliminate the debt limit before he takes office. Here’s why. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. drops $10M bounty for HTS leader after ‘very productive’ diplomat meeting in Damascus
Senior U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus on Friday met with Syria’s de-facto new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and held a “good” and “very productive” meeting with him about Syria’s political transition and decided to remove a bounty on his head. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. House passes bill to avoid government shutdown, sends it to Senate for approval
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying president-elect Donald Trump’s demand to also greenlight trillions of dollars in new debt. CBC | World News
Read More »Breaking down the escalating U.S. bird flu situation
Here’s what you need to know about California officials declaring a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump-backed spending bill fails to pass, leaving U.S. government shutdown a looming possibility
A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the U.S. president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel. CBC | World News
Read More »Amazon workers strike at seven U.S. locations, alleging unfair treatment
Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they say is the retailing giant’s unfair treatment of its employees. CBC | World News
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