Browsing Category
US & World
Russia Covid Tests Naomi Osaka: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
10. And finally, a beached barge sparks joy.
In November, a fierce rainstorm ripped a barge from its moorings and deposited it near a park in Vancouver. For months, efforts to free it have failed bu…
Biden Predicts Russia Will Invade Ukraine
If any Russian military forces move across the Ukrainian border, thats a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe and united response from the United States and our allies, she said …
Biden Predicts Russia WIll Invade Ukraine
And on the central promise he made during the 2020 campaign to shut down the pandemic that has upended school, work and social life in the country for two years Mr. Biden has struggled to respond to …
Michigan governor urges Canada to reopen key bridge resolve blockade – Reuters Canada
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday called on Canada to reopen a key bridge to traffic that has been snarled by large protests by truckers.
Whitmer urged Ca…
Canada Declares National Emergency to End Trucker Protests
New details about the source of millions of dollars supporting the Canadian trucker convoy suggest many of the larger donors are wealthy Canadians, though one of the biggest contributions was made in…
4 Dead in Brutal Cold at U.S. Border Are Believed to Be Human Smuggling Victims
The bodies were found after U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped Steve Shand, 47, of Florida, on Wednesday, while he was driving a 15-passenger van less than one mile south of the Canadian border in a r…
Mikaela Shiffrin Skis for Final Solo Gold in Beijing
After competing for the United States in the previous two Winter Games, Gus Kenworthy is skiing for Britain in Beijing.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
He has competed in the Winter Games twic…
US and Canada Square Off for the Gold Medal in Women’s Hockey
It was a respite that kept the game scoreless for only 35 more seconds, when, after Canada won a face-off, Sarah Nurse took a pass from Claire Thompson, spun and scored, the puck rattling into the ri…
Pandemic border protests strand cattle and car parts snarling Canada-U.S. trade – Reuters…
OTTAWA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Protests in Canada against vaccine mandates have disrupted two key U.S. border crossings, and are snarling hundreds of millions of dollars daily of trade, ranging from cattl…
As Blockade at U.S.-Canada Border Continues Protests Expand Globally
Police officers patrolling in Ottawa on Tuesday.Credit...Patrick Doyle/Reuters
Police officers were swarmed by protesters in Ottawa Monday, though none were badly injured, Steve Bell, Ottawas deputy…