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The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the U.S. organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury determined Friday. CBC | World News
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U.S. announces 500 new sanctions targeting Russia over Navalny death, Ukraine war
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Read More »Panda diplomacy not over as China set to send 2 giant pandas to U.S. this year
China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after a recalling nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos as relations soured between the two nations. CBC | World News
Read More »Privately owned Odysseus lander makes first U.S. moon touchdown in half-century
A private lander touched down on the moon Thursday but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first U.S. spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years. CBC | World News
Read More »Assange went ‘way beyond’ journalism, U.S. says at his last-ditch extradition appeal
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should face espionage charges in the United States because he put innocent lives at risk and went beyond journalism in his bid to solicit, steal and indiscriminately publish classified U.S. government documents, lawyers for the American government argued Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. proposes new UN Security Council draft resolution supporting temporary ceasefire in Gaza
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Read More »Canada’s defence minister says others must step up to help Ukraine with U.S. aid in limbo
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Read More »Byelection win fuels ongoing U.S. debate: Are Democrats in better shape than polls suggest?
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Read More »Why some aging spies won’t walk out of U.S. prisons, long after the Cold War
Thirty years after the arrest of Aldrich Ames, the double agent remains in a U.S. prison. Analysts say the fallout from such stinging betrayals can jeopardize national security and put lives at risk — all factors that play into determining why some spies, like Ames, remain locked up indefinitely. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. reaction to Navalny death: ‘Putin is responsible’
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