US & World

Israeli forensic services concluded that remains handed over by Hamas on Tuesday were not those of the last two hostages in Gaza, the office of Israel’s prime minister said. Hamas say it’s searching for a body of a hostage in northern Gaza, along with a team from the Red Cross. …

Health insurance is about to get a lot more expensive for millions of Americans, and that’s posing a political challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump. Premiums will more than double unless Congress extends Affordable Care Act subsidies. Health insurance could be about to get a lot more expensive for millions …

CBC News has learned new details about the purchase last year of a rare Mercedes-Benz supercar, recently seized by the FBI amid its investigation into Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding. The 2002 CLK-GTR Roadster was acquired for $11.9 million US by Wedding’s alleged money launderer. Rare supercar was bought by Toronto …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the United States. Trump’s contemptuous description of the entire immigrant community is the latest …

‘OVER THE LINE.’ Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro dances during a rally in Caracas on Tuesday, Manila time. Venezuela does not want ‘a slave’s peace,’ Maduro told thousands of supporters during a rally, referring to a US military deployment he said has been ‘testing’ his country for 22 weeks. In Washington, …

President Putin and his foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov [Getty Images] Russia’s Vladimir Putin hosted US negotiators at the Kremlin on Tuesday for five hours of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov said the discussions – held behind closed doors with US envoy Steve …

As Canada’s trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico faces a crucial review, many U.S. industries are urging the Trump administration to preserve the agreement and to stop putting tariffs on imports from its northern and southern neighbours. Manufacturers praise Trump for signing agreement in his first term, urge him …

The U.S. Congress is poised to give the Trump administration’s military strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats more scrutiny than at any point since the start of the operation off the South American coast. Republicans, Democrats concerned about reports of lethal strike ordered on shipwrecked survivors. The U.S. Congress is …

Authorities in California asked the public for tips on Sunday in finding the person responsible for a shooting a day earlier that left four people dead, three of them children, at a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton and wounded many more. Police asking public for help in …

Recovery and aid efforts are underway in parts of Southeast Asia and South Asia where the full number of dead and missing are not yet known after heavy rains and flooding left a devastating toll in the past week. Sri Lanka authorities say rescuers still searching for 370 missing people. …