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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Arab Gulf states reported new missile and drone attacks on Sunday after Iran threatened to widen …
Read More »He fled B.C. in 2015. Now he’s been connected to 2 suspected biolabs in the United States
When Jesse Jia-Bei Zhu left British Columbia in 2015, the 62-year-old had a six-month jail sentence and a multimillion-dollar B.C. Supreme Court judgment hanging over his head — fallout from his thwarted plans for global domination of the lucrative bull semen industry. Nearly a decade later, the wily entrepreneur’s name …
Read More »Minnesota, other states reject Trump administration requests for private voter information
The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by U.S. government officers have increased scrutiny of the immigration blitz on the streets of Minneapolis, but it was in a local courtroom on Monday where a federal judge raised a skeptical eye toward the Trump administration’s overall pressure campaign on …
Read More »Canada removes Syria from list of terror-sponsoring states
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The federal government has removed Syria from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, almost a year after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Syria …
Read More »Walmart recalls frozen shrimp in 13 U.S. states over risk of radioactivity
Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 U.S. states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart to pull three lots of Great Value brand frozen shrimp from stores after federal officials detected Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, …
Read More »Deal or no deal, Mark Carney has to manage a new relationship with the United States
A week after the latest deadline to somehow resolve the trade war that Donald Trump has launched against Canada — and with Canadian officials now looking ahead to a full renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement — many things remain unclear. But when Mark Carney spoke to reporters in British Columbia on Tuesday, he …
Read More »20 states sue Trump administration over release of private Medicaid data to Homeland Security
The Trump administration violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to deportation officials last month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged on Tuesday, saying he and 19 other state attorneys general have sued over the move. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s advisers ordered …
Read More »Saudis agree to billions in U.S. investment as Trump begins Gulf states trip
U.S. President Donald Trump secured economic commitments from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a tour of Gulf states aimed at drumming up investments. The two countries signed a nearly $142-billion US defence agreement, part of a …
Read More »New Jersey wildfire could become state’s largest in 2 decades
16 hours ago News Duration 1:00 A fast-moving wildfire in eastern New Jersey has consumed about 4,650 hectares in less than 24 hours and is expected to grow before forecasted rain later this week, officials said Wednesday. No injuries have been reported so far in the blaze, which could become …
Read More »‘Time for you to abandon the United States’: Asylum seekers who used app being told to leave
Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States by using an online appointment app have been told to leave the country “immediately,” officials said Monday. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected. More than 900,000 people were allowed in the country using the CBP One …
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