STORIES BY DAN WILLIAMS

• US singer Christine Welch finds her voice in Mandarin
• El Paso residents dispute claims about benefits from border wall
• Chicago Auto Show: Trucks stage comeback in US
• Chicago Auto Show opens, and trucks steal the show
• General Motors to layoff over 4,000 staff as part of wider restructuring plan
• Carmakers show off vehicles with latest tech at Chicago Auto Show
• Patriots fans enjoy victory over Rams 13-3 in Super Bowl LIII
• NFL Super Bowl gaining popularity across international audiences
• Atlanta prepares for Super Bowl LIII (53)
• Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou appears in court in Canada as US seeks extradition
• Canadian ambassador McCallum fired for Huawei CFO extradition remark
• Carmakers look for new techniques to get rid of that “new car smell”
• Chinese car makers edging into US markets despite trade war
• Poverty Proofing: Effective measure or futile solution for widening wealth gap?
• Detroit Auto Show: Global carmakers ramp up electric car production
• Tariffs in spotlight at Detroit auto show
• Detroit auto show opens amid US-China trade dispute
• Several major automakers skipping 2019 Detroit auto show
• Cannabis industry grows in Canada after legalization of recreational marijuana
• Chinatown changing in Vancouver
• Detention of Huawei CFO may endanger Beijing-Ottawa trade deal
• Workers fight to save General Motors plant in Canada – along with their jobs
• Ongoing US-China tensions and talks leave crops to rot
• Toronto unveils first overseas monument to commemorate the Nanjing Massacre of 1937
• Farmers in US Midwest start to see climate change impacts
• US retail struggles as consumer landscape changes
• Democrats make gains in US Midwest in midterm elections
• US farmers struggling from trade war still back Trump and his party
• WTO members meet to discuss reforming the trade body but US, China absent
• US-China trade war sows seeds of concern for American farmers at harvest time
• US, China excluded from talks to revamp trade group
• US state synonymous with auto industry looks to drive innovation
• US canning industry takes tough hit from aluminum tariffs
• Newspaper in US state of Iowa becomes part of the US-China story
• New trade deal in North America gives farmers hope for safer markets
• Retaliatory tariffs strip US scrap metal industry profits
• ‘Americans for Free Trade’ hold town hall to raise awareness of tariff issues
• US tariffs dominate discussions at International Manufacturing Show
• Escalating trade tensions upset American farmers
• New ‘active shooter’ insurance policies for US schools
• Funeral for the ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin held in Detroit
• Large American company warns of layoffs if US-China trade war continues
• Farmers gather in Iowa on backdrop of US-China trade war
• Trade Tensions: Retaliatory EU tariffs a kidney punch to Wisconsin farm
• Firefighters in California build containment lines to help suppress wildfire
• ‘Our families are making a sacrifice too’: Crews battle California wildfires
• California wildfires could burn until September
• US newspapers fight to survive paper tariff
• ‘Gaming Disorder’ added to WHO’s list of mental health conditions
• Vigils held for the 17 victims of Missouri ‘duck boat’ accident