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How legal pot went down in Canada

Cannabis users celebrate legalisation at Trinity Bellwoods Park in downtown Toronto

Cannabis-users celebrated across Canada on the first day of marijuana legalisation in the country.

Former USA Gymnastics head arrested

Steve Penny had been indicted for evidence tampering in the Larry Nassar sexual abuse investigation.

US search for daughter of murdered couple

The FBI and Wisconsin police are looking for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, whose parents were shot dead.

eBay acts over Amazon 'seller recruitment'

  • 17 October 2018
  • From the section Business

Trump to pull US out of postal treaty

  • 18 October 2018
  • From the section Business

US: China 'not a currency manipulator'

  • 18 October 2018
  • From the section Business

Features & Analysis

The big US election issue that's not Trump

How California is changing the US

  • 16 October 2018
  • From the section Business
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Should Canada's pot convicts get amnesty?

'White supremacists forced me to quit my job'

Anthony Zurcher North America reporter

The most surprising candidates in US mid-terms

Would you eat slaughter-free meat?

Our experts

Is this the most successful month of the Trump presidency?

Rising approval ratings, campaign promises kept... the president is in a good moment but divisions persist.

16 October 2018
Nick Bryant New York correspondent

Kiah Morris: Vermont's only black woman lawmaker on why she quit

Kiah Morris, Vermont's only black woman legislator, on why she left public service after death threats.

16 October 2018
Anthony Zurcher North America reporter

The truth about false assault accusations by women

We should be sceptical of the notion that women lie about sexual abuse, says BBC's Katty Kay.

18 September 2018
Katty Kay Presenter, BBC World News

From 'alternative facts' to rewriting history in Trump's White House

The Trump administration has crossed a line in truth and transparency, the BBC's Jon Sopel says.

25 July 2018
Jon Sopel North America editor

Business

Trump calls Fed 'my biggest threat'

  • 16 October 2018
  • From the section Business

Netflix soars on record subscriber total

  • 16 October 2018
  • From the section Business

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies

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