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World·Updated Typhoon Krathon made landfall Thursday in Taiwan’s major port city of Kaohsiung, bringing torrential rains and fierce winds to the island’s south. Trees were brought down by high winds and roads were flooded, prompting the closure of schools and businesses. Krathon made landfall in the industrial Siaogang district ofContinue Reading

The secret mission to rescue Afghanistan’s last female politicians | ExclusiveThey were encouraged to get into politics by Western governments. Now, Afghanistan’s female politicians are enemies of the Taliban. CBC’s Adrienne Arsenault gets an exclusive look at the secret mission to get them to safety in Canada and the surprisingContinue Reading

World Melania Trump writes in her upcoming memoir that a woman has the right to an abortion, The Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday, while her husband, Donald Trump, backs the ability for U.S. states to restrict the procedure. Guardian newspaper cites statements from her forthcoming memoirThomson Reuters · Posted: OctContinue Reading

World U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-U.S. vice-president Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a court filing made public on Wednesday. Court filing includes allegation Trump told family memberContinue Reading

World Hundreds of mourners gathered in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday for the funeral of a Palestinian man from Gaza, who was the sole fatality in Iran’s missile attack against Israel a day earlier. Man, 38, killed in occupied West Bank is only known victim of Iranian barrage on IsraelContinue Reading

American politics, beyond Donald Trump. For nearly 90 minutes, viewers were granted a potential glimpse of it in Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate. And it’s not just the gracious banter and arm-slapping post-debate bonhommie between Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz, whose genteel exchanges were like a throwback to a bygoneContinue Reading

World Palestinians in Khan Younis cheered as Iranian missiles were fired at Israel hours after Israeli airstrikes in the enclave killed at least 38 people on Tuesday, according to CBC’s videographer inside Gaza. Latest Gaza attacks also come as Israeli forces begin Lebanon ground incursion Sara Jabakhanji · CBC News · Posted: Oct 01, 2024 9:10Continue Reading

World Dockworkers along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike on Tuesday, halting the flow of about half the nation’s ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labour contract broke down over wages. Strike affects 36 ports that handle range of goods from bananas to clothing to carsThomson Reuters · Posted: Oct 01,Continue Reading

World Vice-presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance are set to appear in their first and only televised debate in the 2024 U.S. election campaign.  Watch Vance and Walz in their first and only face-to-face showdown live on CBCNews.caCBC News · Posted: Oct 01, 2024 4:00 AMContinue Reading