Actor James Garner dies aged 86
Craig TaylorJames Garner, the US star of hit TV series The Rockford Files and Maverick and films including The Great Escape, dies aged 86. BBC News – US & Canada
US & Canada News
Higher earthquake risk for eastern US
A new US geological survey indicates one-third of the nation is at a higher risk of earthquakes, with 16 states in increased peril. BBC News – US & Canada
Microsoft set to axe 18,000 jobs
Microsoft will cut up to 18,000 jobs marking the deepest cuts in the technology firm’s 39-year history. BBC News – US & Canada
Activist released by US border patrol
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, an undocumented immigrant, is released by border agents in Texas after hours in custody. BBC News – US & Canada
US loses trade spat to China, India
The World Trade Organisation finds the United States violated trade rules when it imposed tariffs on a range of products from China and India, including solar panels. BBC News – US & Canada
China businessman ‘hacked US firms’
US officials charge a Chinese businessman with hacking into the systems of Boeing and other large defence contractors to steal military data. BBC News – US & Canada