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Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. But the 25-year-old biathlete from Greenland is facing an extra level of anxiety as U.S. President Donald Trump keeps saying he wants to take over her country.
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The UN Security Council is hosting an emergency meeting to discuss deadly protests in Iran at the request of the United States, even as U.S. President Donald Trump left unclear what actions he would take against the Islamic Republic. Iran told the meeting that any act of aggression would be met with a "decisive, proportionate and lawful response."
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a high-stakes encounter that could affect how Trump seeks to shape the South American country's political future.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he had been told that killings in Iran's crackdown on protests were easing and that he believed there was no current plan for large-scale executions, adopting a wait‑and‑see posture after earlier threatening intervention. Iranian state media on Thursday reported that a 26-year-old man arrested during protests in...
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At a time when U.S. politics appears to be more deeply polarized than ever, you might think American voters would feel even more firmly attached to either the Republican or Democratic party. But new Gallup polling of more than 15,000 U.S. adults suggests something different.
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U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have barred U.S. President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without authorization from Congress, after the Republican president pressured party members who had supported it.
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The Trump administration is weighing military intervention in Iran as the regime continues its bloody crackdown on protesters across the country. Andrew Chang explains why some experts believe the U.S. may try to exploit a window of opportunity to strike an already vulnerable Iran.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images
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Renee Nicole Good's family is accusing U.S. federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother as she attempted to follow agents' instructions, and said Wednesday they have hired the same law firm that represented George Floyd's family to press for answers and accountability.
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"Give the champ a stamp”.That was the call from a board member at the Muhammad Ali Center, according to the legendary boxer's widow, Lonnie Ali.To her, it only made sense, given her late husband once joked that he should be turned into a postage stamp "because that's the only way I'll ever get licked.” Now, ten years after his death—and just...
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U.S. President Donald Trump raised his middle finger and appeared to direct profanity toward a factory worker who expressed criticism of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy while touring a Michigan auto plant on Tuesday, video circulating online showed.
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The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.
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Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis,...
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With the internet down in Iran, accurately reflecting the demonstrations from abroad has been difficult. But with the return of some communications on Tuesday, The Associated Press was able to make contact with people in the country who were witnessing and taking part in the protests.
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Tensions have grown between Washington, Denmark and Greenland this month as U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have continued to push the narrative that Greenland should belong to the U.S. They've led to a flurry of meetings and talks this week.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to some 1,100 Somalis in the U.S., administration officials said on Tuesday, the latest restrictive move targeting Somali immigrants.
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Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts as Moscow's invasion of its neighbour approaches the four-year mark.
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A suspect in an arson fire at a synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan decades ago admitted to targeting the historic institution because it's a Jewish house of worship and confessed what he had done to his father, who turned him in to authorities after observing burn marks on his son's ankles, hands and face, the FBI said Monday.
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President Donald Trump said the U.S. may meet Iranian officials and was in contact with the opposition, as he weighed a range of strong responses including military options to escalating unrest posing one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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CBC News obtained more than a dozen wiretap recordings from a two-year Colombian federal police investigation into a multinational drug-smuggling organization based out of Colombia. The organization moved cocaine to the U.S., Europe, Asia and northern Africa by air using human drug mules and by sea through shipping containers.
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Reza Pahlavi has sought to speak as an Iranian leader despite living outside the country since protests against the clerical regime erupted late last month. Here is a closer look at the 65-year-old exiled son of royalty, whose support within Iran is open to question.
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When Prince William took his son, Prince George, to help at a homeless shelter recently, he was continuing George's cautious but deliberate introduction to the public side of his royal life ahead while also offering a reminder of the influence William's mother, Diana, had on his own upbringing.
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The U.S. attack on Venezuela has shifted the ground for the various guerrilla groups operating across the borderlands with Colombia, raising fears of possible betrayal by Venezuelan regime officials, while opening the door to a wider conflict should U.S. boots ever hit the ground, local security experts say.
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Another round of protests were planned for Friday in Minneapolis over the killing of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during the Trump administration's latest crackdown on a major city, a day after federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Ore.
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Further information emerged Thursday about the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement officer who allegedly shot and killed a woman inside her vehicle in Minneapolis. The information was revealed after federal officials shared details about the ICE officer that closely those in court documents from another incident in June.
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Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable.
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People in Iran's capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after the country's exiled crown prince called for a mass demonstration, witnesses said, a new escalation in the protests that have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic. Internet access and telephone lines in Iran cut out immediately after the...
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Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said, hours after the military said it had hit the site of a failed militant rocket launch, the latest violence to jeopardize the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
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The United States could oversee Venezuela and control its oil revenue for years, President Donald Trump said in a newly published interview published. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a vote Thursday that could rebuke Trump, though he is likely to veto the measure if it passes.
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When Marco Rubio took the lectern at Mar-a-Lago shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the country had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, it was the culmination of a decade of effort from the secretary of state and a clear sign that he had emerged as a leading voice within the Trump administration.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions following his instructions for his administration to review participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those affiliated with the United Nations, according to a White House...
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Residents and admirers applauded the funeral convoy as Brigitte Bardot's coffin was being carried through the narrow streets of Saint-Tropez. Once one of the world's most photographed women, she had long called the French Riviera resort her refuge from the celebrity that made her a household name.
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Following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, global attention has shifted to the White House's next move in the region. To understand the stakes of this transition, here are six charts that illustrate the scale and significance of Venezuela's oil reserves.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela's oil worldwide.
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The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a new slate of dietary guidelines that recommends Americans eat more protein and less sugar than previously advised and that consumers avoid highly processed foods to achieve a healthy diet.
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Questioned over the weekend about how the U.S. government will take over governing Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instead shifted the focus to the U.S. blockade of sanctioned oil tankers. CBC News looks at the origins of the blockade, what it entails, whether it's considered legal and just how effective it is.
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Lego has unveiled new high-tech "smart bricks” it says will bring its classic toys to life with lights, sound and interactive movement. But one expert on early learning says the innovation may lessen the potential for imagination that makes Lego a good toy for children's development.
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The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor recorded videos saying he had been planning the attack for at least six semesters, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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With the U.S. now claiming control of Venezuela, Donald Trump says oil companies will rush in to build up the infrastructure and earn huge profits. But Venezuela has a history of seizing American assets and kicking U.S. companies out, leaving the future of the oil industry uncertain.
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