Migrant caravan: Detained Guatemalan boy dies at Mexico-US border
Craig TaylorThe eight-year-old migrant boy from Guatemala was trying to cross the border from Mexico. BBC News – US & Canada
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Trump says Fed is ‘the only problem’ of US economy
The president’s salvo came as his own treasury secretary scrambles to calm nervous investors. BBC News – US & Canada
US envoy Brett McGurk quits over Trump Syria pullout
Brett McGurk resigns over President Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria. BBC News – US & Canada
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court judge has cancer surgery
The 85-year-old liberal US Supreme Court judge had two malignant nodules successfully removed. BBC News – US & Canada
Fed raises rates despite Trump opposition
The US central bank raises interest rates again despite pressure from the US president. BBC News – US & Canada
Cuban Baseball Players Can Now join MLB Teams Legally
Some good news for Sports fans and baseball ones in particular. The MLB (Americas Major League Baseball association) and Cuba’s Baseball Federation have reached a deal to allow Cuban players to join US teams without the previous rigmarole. Previously players wanting to sign with MLB teams had to defect – effectively claiming asylum in the…