Monday, January 20, 2020

'The Super Bowl for the Second Amendment': Gun rights advocates rally in Virginia

USA-GUNS/RALLY

Several thousand activists — mostly white and male, many armed and some with messages of support for President Donald Trump - mobilized in Virginia's capital for an annual rally they characterized as more urgent after recent state Democrat plans to pass gun-control legislation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/virginia-gun-rights-rally-1.5432969?cmp=rss

Hundreds of Central American migrants cross river into Mexico

Mexico Central America Migrants

Hundreds of Central American migrants waded across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico Monday in a new test of U.S. President Donald Trump's Central America strategy to keep them away from the U.S. border.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/migrant-caravan-crosses-into-mexico-1.5433707?cmp=rss

SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in successful astronaut escape test

SPACE-EXPLORATION/SPACEX

SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in the next few months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/spacex-crew-capsule-escape-1.5433125?cmp=rss

Puerto Ricans demand answers after discovery of disaster aid in warehouse

Puerto Rico Quake Protest

Dozens of demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the governor's mansion in Puerto Rico's capital to demand the resignation of the U.S. territory's governor and protest the recent discovery of apparently forgotten disaster supplies amid ongoing earthquakes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/puerto-rico-warehouse-controversy-1.5433597?cmp=rss

Trump legal team calls impeachment 'dangerous perversion' of Constitution in legal brief

Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did "absolutely nothing wrong," calling the impeachment case against him flimsy and a "dangerous perversion of the Constitution."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impeachment-legal-brief-1.5433243?cmp=rss

Canadian gold coin heist: Prosecutors seek lengthy prison terms for accused

Germany Museum Heist

German prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms for four men accused of staging the brazen theft of a 100 kg Canadian gold coin that disappeared from a Berlin museum almost three years ago.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/berlin-gold-coin-heist-prosecutors-1.5433102?cmp=rss

China confirms human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus

flu china hubei patient

Human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, the head of a Chinese government expert team says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-human-to-human-1.5433187?cmp=rss

Norway's coalition government loses right-wing party after ISIS widow is repatriated

CORRECTION Norway Oil

The populist Progress Party pulled out of Norway's centre-right governing coalition Monday over the decision to repatriate an ISIS-linked woman and her two children from a detention camp in Syria.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norway-isis-widow-1.5433182?cmp=rss

Malaysia sends back 150 containers of trash, says it won't be world's rubbish bin

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Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the environment minister warning on Monday that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin of the world can "dream on."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysia-sends-back-150-containers-of-trash-1.5433003?cmp=rss

World's richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6B combined: Oxfam

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The world's richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam said on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rich-poor-oxfam-report-divide-1.5432930?cmp=rss

Iran considers dual nationals on downed Ukrainian plane to be Iranians: TV report

Iran Plane Crash

Iran considers dual nationals aboard a Ukrainian plane that was shot down accidentally this month to be Iranian citizens, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/iran-considers-dual-nationals-on-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-be-iranians-tv-report-1.5432918?cmp=rss

What you need to know about Trump's impeachment trial

Trump

On Dec. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He now faces the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. Here's what you need to know:



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-impeachment-trial-1.5429169?cmp=rss