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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

Trump promises to reduce US drug prices to world’s lowest

US President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration is working on an executive order to reduce US drug prices to match the

5y ago

US demands El Chapo forfeit $12.7b in drug money

Prosecutors on Friday said they were seeking $12.7 billion from convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, based on a

5y ago

Bezos finalizes divorce with $38b settlement

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos finalized their divorce Friday to the tune of a $38-billion settlement, Bloomberg News

5y ago

Gunmen kill 18 in Niger camp attack

Eighteen soldiers were killed when “terrorists” struck an army camp in western Niger, the government said yesterday, adding the US and

5y ago

Trump calls Afghanistan ‘Harvard of terrorists’

President Donald Trump says he wants to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan but will leave a strong intelligence presence, branding

5y ago

Trump-Kim meet raises hope for peace

Pope Francis yesterday praised the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said he hoped

5y ago

Publicity stunt or leap for peace?

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s meeting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone produced a barrage of headlines and images, but left

5y ago

Trump to meet Xi, Putin, Modi at G20

President Donald Trump will meet an array of world leaders on the sidelines of this week’s G20 summit in Japan, including China’s Xi

5y ago

Heat kills 7 migrants at US-Mexico border

Authorities in Texas reported seven migrant deaths on Monday, including those of a woman, two babies and a toddler, showing the

5y ago

Pompeo starts India visit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will tackle a host of delicate issues when he gets into New Delhi yesterday for talks with Indian

5y ago