The United Nations has sounded the alarm over the energy crisis in Cuba after it was cut off by the Trump administration from fuel supplied by Venezuela.

A shooting at a school in British Columbia has left eight dead, while two more people were killed at a nearby home believed to be linked to the incident.

Canadian officials and business leaders have condemned Trump’s threat to postpone the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.

Russia pledges to provide “all possible assistance” to Cuba as the United States intensifies its illegal blockade of oil supplies to the Caribbean country.

Cuba has suspended airline refueling due to US-imposed sanctions and pressure that have disrupted the island’s oil supplies.

Canada must make “any sacrifice necessary” to protect its independence as US expansionist pressure intensifies, former Prime Minister Harper says.

Russia denounces the United States’ “unacceptable” economic and military pressure on Cuba as the administration of US President Donald Trump moves to cut off oil shipments to the Caribbean country.