Friday, January 24, 2020

U.S. House investigators given tape of Trump calling for ambassador's ouster

USA-TRUMP/IMPEACHMENT

An associate of Rudy Giuliani has provided congressional investigators with a recording of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he wanted to get rid of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, whose ouster emerged as an issue in the president's impeachment, his attorney told The Associated Press on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impeachment-tape-ambassador-1.5440479?cmp=rss

Earthquake in eastern Turkey kills at least 18, injures hundreds

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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 500 and leaving some 30 trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings, Turkish officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/earthquake-eastern-turkey-1.5440232?cmp=rss

Democrats say Trump 'got caught' on Ukraine during final arguments at impeachment trial

Trump Impeachment

Democratic House prosecutors launched their final arguments Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, arguing the president will persist in abusing the power of his office ahead of the 2020 election unless Congress intervenes to remove him from office.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impeachment-trial-democrats-final-arguments-1.5439716?cmp=rss

Trump becomes 1st U.S. president to attend March for Life anti-abortion rally

Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump called it a "profound honour" to attend an annual anti-abortion gathering in Washington on Friday — a dramatic shift from his stance two decades ago, when he once said that he was "pro-choice in every respect."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-anti-abortion-rally-1.5439548?cmp=rss

34 U.S. soldiers sustained brain injuries from Iran's strike, Pentagon says

Paratrooper Training Exercise

The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month's Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops have returned to their military duties.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pentagon-soldiers-brain-injuries-1.5439526?cmp=rss

Why didn't accusers abandon Weinstein? Expert to weigh in

Sexual Misconduct Weinstein

A forensic psychiatrist is due to testify Friday at ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's rape trial. One of the prosecutors says it's hoped the testimony will dispel "myths" about how victims behave during and after sexual assaults.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/weinstein-trial-sex-crimes-expert-1.5438883?cmp=rss

Trump impeachment: Democrats hope relentless barrage of evidence and oratory whets appetite for more witnesses

USA-TRUMP/IMPEACHMENT

Democrats are in their final day of presenting arguments in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump but hope their relentless barrage of testimony and constitutional rhetoric was convincing enough to buy them more time to make their case later in the trial.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/impeachment-democrats-case-so-far-1.5438816?cmp=rss

Anti-U.S. protest in Baghdad falls short of million-strong turnout called for by Shia cleric

Iraq US Protest

Thousands of people heeded a prominent Shia cleric's call for protests demanding that U.S. troops leave Iraq, while neighbouring demonstrators rallied against the Iraqi government.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iraq-anti-us-demonstrations-baghdad-1.5438812?cmp=rss

Holocaust survivor in famous Auschwitz liberation photo says rising anti-Semitism 'scares me'

Holocaust survivor Miriam Ziegler

Toronto resident Miriam Ziegler is going back to Auschwitz to honour those who did not make it out — and to remind the world what unchecked hate can do.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/holocaust-survivor-in-famous-auschwitz-liberation-photo-says-rising-anti-semitism-scares-me-1.5429798?cmp=rss

'Historic day for international justice': UN Rohingya ruling brings glimmer of hope

MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/WORLD COURT-FILE

The International Court of Justice's public rebuke of Myanmar for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims may be a turning point turn for the moribund international justice  system.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/icj-rohingya-ruling-1.5438557?cmp=rss