Sunday, January 26, 2020

Iraq PM condemns rocket attack at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

Iraq US Troops

Five Katyusha rockets crashed into a riverbank near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone without causing any injuries or serious damage, a statement from U.S. Joint Operations Command said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iraq-rocket-attack-us-embassy-baghdad-1.5441147?cmp=rss

Canadian Forces sending plane, crew to help fight Australia wildfires

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The plane and crew are to transport fire retardant from the U.S., free up Australian airlift capacity and take images of fires from the air to measure them and predict how they might spread.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-forces-plane-crew-australia-wildfires-1.5432787?cmp=rss

In China, people wonder how open government is being over coronavirus

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The 2003 SARS outbreak left 44 Canadians dead, but it wasn’t documented on social media. That’s because Facebook, Twitter and YouTube didn’t exist back then.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/theweekly/in-china-people-wonder-how-open-government-is-being-over-coronavirus-1.5441061?cmp=rss

Turkish teams hunt for quake survivors as death toll hits 38

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Working against the clock in freezing temperatures, Turkish rescue teams pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country's east.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/earthquake-eastern-turkey-aftershocks-1.5441015?cmp=rss

Iraqi security forces clash with protesters in Baghdad, other cities

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Iraqi security forces firing tear gas and live bullets clashed with anti-government protesters in central Baghdad and other cities on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iraq-protest-baghdad-1.5440894?cmp=rss

China coronavirus ability to spread increasing, health minister says

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China's health minister says the ability of a new strain of coronavirus to spread in his country appears to be getting stronger and infections could continue to rise. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-china-wuhan-buses-1.5440899?cmp=rss

U.K. will set out EU trade objectives next month

Britain Brexit

Britain will set out more details about its objectives for a free trade deal with the European Union next month after the country leaves the bloc on Jan. 31, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brexit-negotiations-after-january-1.5440897?cmp=rss

How 3D holograms and AI are preserving Holocaust survivors' stories

Max Eisen

Canadian Max Eisen has had his memories of what happened to him and his family during the Holocaust archived using an interactive system powered by artificial intelligence.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/holocaust-survivor-hologram-1.5436430?cmp=rss