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

US lawmakers clash on Iran intelligence before briefing

US lawmakers clashed Monday over intelligence on Iran, with an ally of President Donald Trump accusing Tehran of provocations that

5y ago

Trump loses lawsuit

A US judge on Monday ruled in favor of a US House of Representatives committee seeking President Donald Trump’s financial records

5y ago

Trump should be impeached

Republican lawmaker Justin Amash said Saturday that he believed Donald Trump has engaged in “impeachable conduct,” becoming the

5y ago

US backs Israel 100pc

President Donald Trump assured Israel on Sunday that it has Washington’s full support after the Jewish state led waves of retaliatory

6y ago

US sends carrier to warn Iran

The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East in a “clear and unmistakable”

6y ago

Puigdemont allowed to run for EU polls

Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 after a secession attempt, can contest EU polls this month, a

6y ago

Fresh tension grips Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban yesterday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a

6y ago

Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen heads to US prison

After dramatic appeals and testimony in Congress, Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen was due to report to jail

6y ago

‘Russia must get out’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed Sunday for Russia to get out of Venezuela, while his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov,

6y ago

US oil sanctions take effect on Venezuela

US sanctions came into effect yesterday to block Venezuela’s economic lifeline of oil exports, in what Washington hopes will be a major blow in its fledgling campaign to topple leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

6y ago