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.

3y 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 to block immigrants unable to pay for healthcare

The US will block the entry of immigrants without health insurance or the ability to pay for medical bills, President Donald Trump reveals.

5y ago

Cuba decries US Castro ban at UN

Cuba slammed the United States at the United Nations Saturday for barring former president Raul Castro and his family from entering the

5y ago

‘Our country is at stake’

President Donald Trump, the target of an impeachment inquiry over alleged abuse of power, warned supporters Saturday that “our country is at stake like never before.”

5y ago

Trump’s bid to detain migrant kids blocked

A federal judge in California on Friday blocked a bid by the Trump administration that would have allowed for undocumented migrant

5y ago

White House restricted access to Putin, MBS transcripts: report

The White House restricted access to the transcripts of US President Donald Trump’s calls containing sensitive conversations with his

5y ago

‘They are threatened by us’

Teenage activist Greta Thunberg hit back at critics including US President Donald Trump on Friday, saying their mockery of children

5y ago

‘Howdy, Modi!’

Donald Trump yesterday headed to Houston, Texas, to join a major rally of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans, but the US

5y ago

Trump ‘a serial abuser’

Joe Biden accused Donald Trump of “an overwhelming abuse of power” and called for an investigation into accusations the US leader

5y ago

‘Nothing was wrong’

US President Donald Trump lashed back at his critics yesterday, as questions swirled in the latest scandal to hit his extraordinarily

5y ago

US, El Salvador sign asylum agreement

The United States and El Salvador reached an agreement Friday aimed at curbing illegal migration, opening the door for the US to

5y ago