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The father of 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing in the popular Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana while on spring break with friends, said he has asked authorities to widen their investigation. Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 at a beach …
Read More »U.S. and Ukraine meet in Saudi Arabia after failed White House talks, drone attack on Russia
U.S. and Ukrainian delegations began meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Kyiv’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, two weeks after a disastrous meeting between the two countries’ leaders at the White House — and hours after a Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region. Officials in Moscow said Russian air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones, …
Read More »Trump says U.S. will double steel, aluminum tariffs in reponse to Ontario’s electricity levy
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll intensify tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in response to Ontario imposing a surcharge on electricity flowing south of the border. In a post to his Truth Social platform Tuesday morning, Trump said he’s instructed his administration to double tariffs on steel and aluminum to …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for 2SLGBTQ+ children. The conservative-led court is taking up the case amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military …
Read More »Quebec judge rules 2 should face U.S. extradition in human smuggling river deaths
A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled two people from Akwesasne should face extradition to the U.S., where they face charges related to a human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River that ended in the drowning deaths of nine people on March 29, 2023. Justice Gregory Moore said the federal …
Read More »U.S. guilty plea for woman caught on video with Romanian-Canadian family who died on smuggling run
A woman captured on the parking lot camera of the Super 8 motel in Cornwall, Ont., picking up a Romanian-Canadian family days before their deaths on a human smuggling run pleaded guilty Thursday before a U.S. Federal Court to five counts of alien smuggling. Janet Terrance admitted to picking up …
Read More »He served in the U.S. military for 20 years, only to get fired from Veteran Affairs by email
As It Happens6:36He served in the U.S. military for 20 years, only to get fired from Veteran Affairs by email After 20 years in the U.S. military, including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Luke Graziani was proud to serve his country again by working for the Department of Veterans Affairs. …
Read More »Russia bombards Ukraine’s energy grid after Zelenskyy says his team will hold talks with U.S.
Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure in their latest drone and missile attack, Ukraine’s energy minister said on Friday. Regional officials from the northeastern city of Kharkiv to the western city of Ternopil reported damage to energy and other infrastructure. Eight people were injured in Kharkiv and two …
Read More »Markets waver, fall again as U.S. tariffs against Canada, Mexico go into effect
Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street on Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, with a brief bounce-back in technology stocks failing to reverse overall losses amid shaky global markets. Just after midnight, the U.S. imposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and …
Read More »Canada, U.S. offered Uyghurs in Thailand asylum before their deportation to China: sources
Canada and the United States offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week. Thailand has defended the deportation, which came despite calls from United Nations human rights …
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