Saturday, January 18, 2020

Trump, Democrats offer duelling arguments ahead of Senate impeachment trial

Trump

Donald Trump's Saturday answer to the Senate's formal impeachment summons calls the two articles of impeachment passed by the House last month "a dangerous attack on the right of the American people to freely choose their president."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impeachment-defence-1.5432304?cmp=rss

Prince Harry and Meghan give up royal titles, public funding

Britain Royals Prince Harry

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will no longer be working members of the Royal Family and will, therefore, no longer use royal titles, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harry-meghan-lose-royal-titles-1.5432208?cmp=rss

Lebanon police fire tear gas, water cannons at protesters amid Beirut riots

APTOPIX Lebanon Protests

Riot police fired tear gas and sprayed water cannons near parliament in Lebanon's capital Saturday to disperse thousands of protesters after riots broke out during a march against the ruling elite amid a severe economic crisis.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-protests-1.5431739?cmp=rss

Protests close Louvre museum in Paris amid pension strikes

France Strikes

Dozens of protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre museum and forced the famous Paris landmark to close Friday while they denounced the French government's plans to overhaul the pension system.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/pension-protests-shut-down-louvre-1.5432132?cmp=rss

Iran sending black boxes of downed plane to Ukraine, report says

Iran Plane Crash

Iran is sending to Ukraine the black boxes of the Ukrainian passenger plane that its military accidentally shot down this month, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-ukraine-plane-crash-black-boxes-1.5432118?cmp=rss

China reports 4 more cases of new strain of coronavirus

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China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing rising concern globally that a disease health officials do not yet fully understand could spread during a key holiday period.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/thailand-china-coronavirus-1.5432108?cmp=rss

Philippine volcano simmers, officials brace for long crisis

PHILIPPINES-VOLCANO/EVACUEES

Philippine officials said Saturday they're bracing for a long crisis whether the Taal volcano erupts more disastrously or simmers precariously for weeks or months, as massive numbers of displaced villagers languish in emergency shelters.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taal-volcano-philippines-1.5432093?cmp=rss

40 days of strikes show French fondness for revolution over reform

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Public-sector strikes in France have gone on for more than a month, and they hinge on the government's proposal to raise the age of retirement. Germany instituted something similar with next to no resistance, writes Don Murray.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/40-days-of-strikes-show-french-fondness-for-revolution-over-reform-1.5430839?cmp=rss

Rescue underway for South Koreans missing in Nepal avalanche

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Seven trekkers, including four South Koreans, are missing in Nepal's northwest Himalayan region after an avalanche hit their trail.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nepal-avalanche-missing-south-koreans-1.5432030?cmp=rss