North America

North America

Nathaniel Veltman, accused of murdering Canadian Muslim family, to face terrorism charges

A Canadian man who is accused of deliberately running over a Muslim family with his truck, killing four of them, now faces terrorism charges in addition to those for murder, prosecutors said on Monday.

3y ago

20 killed as Mexico City rail overpass collapses

Twenty people were killed, including children, and 49 were hospitalised when a railway overpass collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night.

4y ago

Mexican president defends 10-foot barriers to wall off women protesters

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador today said a metallic barrier to wall off the presidential palace ahead of a planned women’s march on International Women’s Day was to avoid provocation and protect historic buildings from vandalism.

4y ago

Canada's parliament passes motion saying China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide

Canada’s parliament passed a non-binding motion on Monday saying China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region constitutes genocide, putting pressure on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to follow suit.

4y ago

Three Bangladeshi students die in Canada road crash

Three students from Bangladesh died yesterday morning in a car crash south of Arborg, Manitoba in Canada, reports CBC News Canada.

4y ago

Mexico’s president says he’s tested positive for COVID-19

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.

4y ago

A new chapter opens in US politics: Vice-president Harris

Vice-president Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation’s second-highest office.

4y ago

Biden sworn in as US president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as president of the United States, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans.

4y ago

‘Mars direct’

President Donald Trump welcomed surviving Apollo 11 crew members Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the White House Friday,

5y ago

Humanity’s first step on moon

Fifty years ago, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans in history to set foot on the Moon, an

5y ago

Trump offers to mediate

US President Donald Trump said Friday he remained at the ready to help South Korea and Japan solve their lingering dispute over

5y ago

‘It’s our America’

Former first lady Michelle Obama added her voice Friday to the Democratic outcry following President Donald Trump’s attack on four

5y ago

‘El Chapo’ lands in US jail

Fallen Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was locked up Friday at the ADX federal maximum security prison in the US state of

5y ago

US, Russia to discuss nuclear arms limits in Geneva today

Representatives from the United States and Russia are set to meet in Geneva today to explore the concept of a new accord limiting

5y ago

World hunger affects 821m

More than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year, the United Nations reported Monday -- the third year in a row

5y ago

India halts space mission

The US$142 millions Chandrayaan-2 mission was a prestigious one as it aimed to make India as the fourth nation in the world to land

5y ago

US migrants in fear

US authorities launched small-scale operations seeking to arrest undocumented immigrants over the weekend in an apparent start to

5y ago

Trump ditched Iran deal ‘to spite Obama’: report

Britain’s ambassador to Washington believed US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal because it was associated

5y ago