Saturday, February 8, 2020

Lulu Wang's film The Farewell wins top prize at Independent Spirit Awards

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The Spirit Awards honour independent films made for under $20 million US. Many of the nominees were women and actors or directors of colour, while just one of the actors nominated for an Oscar is non-white.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/independent-spirit-awards-2020-1.5457409?cmp=rss

'We're definitely not prepared': Africa braces for coronavirus

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The new strain of coronavirus that has spread across China has yet to be confirmed in Africa, but some health workers on the ground warn they are not ready to handle an outbreak.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-fears-in-africa-1.5457133?cmp=rss

Buttigieg is up, Biden is down in post-Iowa polls — and that has big implications

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Post-Iowa gains in the polls for Pete Buttigieg limit Joe Biden's chances of winning the Democratic nomination.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-democrats-newhampshire-1.5456016?cmp=rss

Soldier in Thailand shoots multiple people, police say

Breaking News

Police in northeastern Thailand say a soldier has shot multiple people, killing at least 10. Authorities are now trying to arrest the man at a shopping centre.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thailand-mall-shooting-1.5457086?cmp=rss

Irish vote may end Varadkar's spell as PM as Sinn Fein surges

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Irish voters look likely to dump Prime Minister Leo Varadkar from power on Saturday in an election that could alter the political landscape with a surge by Sinn Fein, which has struck a chord among younger voters.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ireland-election-leo-varadkar-1.5457077?cmp=rss

Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA

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Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian, was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said. He was 91.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/comedian-orson-bean-dies-car-accident-1.5457075?cmp=rss

5 Britons contract coronavirus at French ski resort

HEALTH PNEUMONIA

Five British nationals including a child have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in France, after staying in the same ski chalet and coming into contact with a person who had been in Singapore, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-briton-france-1.5457069?cmp=rss