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Why the Chinese Communist Party's largest annual gathering matters
As China’s biggest political meetings of the year kick off on Wednesday, the world’s second-largest economy will deliver policy announcements and economic targets amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a contracting domestic economy. Source link
Trump administration gives up legal battle to impose executive order on 4 law firms
The U.S. Justice Department has dropped a legal bid to revive President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting four prominent law firms over their past ‌legal work, diversity policies and political ties. Source link
Why Trump still needs to sell Iran war to U.S. voters
U.S. President Donald Trump has given Americans a short list of his objectives in attacking Iran, but when it comes to the justification for launching the war and how the conflict is expected to play out, he and his team are sending mixed messages. Source link
What to know about flights to and from the Middle East as war erupts in Iran
Air travel in the Middle East appears to be resuming after being suspended since Saturday amid airstrikes on Iran by the U.S. and Israel and the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory attacks on other countries in the region. Source link
Khamenei may be dead, but fear persists among many now fleeing Iran into Turkey
For the past two days, CBC News has been speaking with Iranians who have recently fleed the country, including those who were at the border, and those who had relocated to the Turkish city of Van, which is 100 kilometres away. Source link
All about the Strait of Hormuz and what's at stake if the key global oil supply route is disrupted by war
Oil prices jumped Monday as the widening war in Iran disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how important the passageway is to the world’s oil supply. Source link
U.S. House committee posts videos of Clintons answering questions about Epstein
Videos of former U.S. president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton answering questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Monday by a House committee investigating the late financier. Source link
At least 153 dead after strike on girls school, Iran says
At least 153 people, including children, have been killed after a reported strike on a school in southern Iran. Iranian officials there blame the United States and Israel, while the U.S. military says it is reviewing the reports, and Israel’s military says it is not aware of any IDF operations in the area. Source link
South Bow plan to revive parts of Keystone XL needs Trump approval, U.S. oil pipeline links
A proposal to revive parts of the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline could increase Canada’s crude exports to the U.S. by more than 12 per cent, if it gets a green light from U.S. President Donald Trump and additional links to U.S. refining hubs are built. Source link