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Republican Mike Johnson re-elected as U.S. House Speaker after dramatic vote
Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won re-election Friday to the U.S. House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. beats Canada 4-1 on New Year’s Eve at world juniors
Canada, which is looking to build on its record 20 gold medals after a disastrous fifth-place showing at last year’s tournament, finished third in the pool and will face the Czech Republic in Thursday’s quarterfinals. The Americans get Switzerland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. launches airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen
Yemen’s Houthi spokesperson, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Make our country proud’: Canada, U.S. set for New Year’s Eve clash at world juniors
Canada and the United States will face off on Tuesday night as the rivals meet again in the world junior hockey championship at what should be an electric Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. CBC | Sports News
Read More »China hacked U.S. Treasury Department to access workstations and documents, agency says
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
Read More »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
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