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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to this year’s presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for his actions leading to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. CBC | World News
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Canada’s women’s soccer team to face U.S. in Gold Cup semifinals
Canada will have to get past the United States to make it to the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup final. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. military planes airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza
U.S. officials said military C-130 cargo planes on Saturday dropped food in pallets over Gaza, two days after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during an encounter with Israeli troops amid the war with Hamas. CBC | World News
Read More »Former U.S. diplomat admits secretly working as Cuban agent for decades
A former career U.S. diplomat said in court Thursday that he will plead guilty to charges of serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades, bringing a lightning fast resolution to a case prosecutors described as one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. senators want answers about a $50 pharma donation in Canada
A group of Republican lawmakers in the U.S. are demanding answers from Pfizer over a financial contribution in Canada — an allegedly minor one. It went to a group promoting medically-assisted death. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court will decide if Trump can be prosecuted in 2020 election interference case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former U.S. president Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution. CBC | World News
Read More »France to enshrine abortion in its constitution in response to rollback of rights in U.S.
France’s Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, clearing a key hurdle for legislation promised by President Emmanuel Macron in response to a rollback in abortion rights in the United States. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. airman who set himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in apparent act of protest has died
A U.S. military service member who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington over the weekend, in an apparent act of protest against Israeli military action in Gaza, has died, local police said on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. ambassador says ‘world is watching’ Canada’s military spending
David Cohen, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, praised the country’s “very significant” military contributions on a variety of fronts, including purchases of new equipment and its activity around Ukraine, the Arctic and NORAD. But he also applied some pressure when it comes to military spending. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian rugby 7s women top U.S. to reach semifinals in Vancouver, men remain winless
Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team booked its place in the semifinals of the HSBC SVNS Series stop at Vancouver’s B.C. Place. CBC | Sports News
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