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 lottery jackpot hits $1.6 billion

Scores of American lottery players were disappointed they hadn't become an overnight billionaire yesterday -- but they'll get another

6y ago

Assange sues Ecuador for violating 'rights, freedom'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sued the Ecuador government on Friday for violating his "fundamental rights" and limiting his access to the outside world while in asylum at its London embassy.

6y ago

US indicts Russian woman

The US government on Friday charged a Russian national with playing a key financial role in a Kremlin-backed plan to conduct

6y ago

Trump-Kim summit likely 'early next yr'

The next summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely to happen early next

6y ago

Bolton heads to Russia amid fears US leaving nuke treaty

US National Security Advisor John Bolton was to meet in Moscow with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, amid reports that

6y ago

'He's my guy'

US President Donald Trump on Thursday praised a US congressman who assaulted a reporter, making light of the attack.

6y ago

US downgrades main Palestinian mission

The United States downgraded its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians on Thursday, placing it under the authority of the US embassy to Israel.

6y ago

US strike in Somalia 'killed 60 militants'

The United States conducted its largest air strike in nearly two years against militants in Somalia, killing about 60 Al-Shabaab fighters, the US military said Tuesday. The strike took place Friday in the Harardhere area along the central coast of the Horn of Africa country.

6y ago

US sanctions paramilitary force in Iran

The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on an Iranian paramilitary group along with a network of businesses that were providing it financing, as part of Washington's campaign of maximum economic pressure against Tehran.

6y ago

Canada now world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace

Canada is now the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began in Newfoundland.

6y ago