Saturday, March 7, 2020

About 30 still trapped after Chinese coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses

Virus Outbreak China Hotel Collapse

About 30 people remained trapped early on Sunday after a five-storey hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the southeast Chinese port city of Quanzhou, state media said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-coronavirus-hotel-collapse-1.5489886?cmp=rss

Migrants try to tear down Turkey-Greece border fence

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A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/migrants-greece-border-fence-1.5489902?cmp=rss

Canada's politicians have stayed mostly silent about a wave of anti-Muslim violence in India

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Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne called his Indian counterpart this week about a recent wave of sectarian attacks which many blame on the Indian government's anti-Muslim legislation and rhetoric. But the Liberal government, and most other Canadian politicians, have been shy about criticizing the Modi government.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-india-modi-1.5484349?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: Here's what's happening around the world Saturday

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Fifteen Americans have been quarantined in a hotel in Bethlehem as part of precautions against the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Italy has reported its biggest one-day surge in deaths from COVID-19.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/covid-19-coronavirus-march-7-1.5489784?cmp=rss

'We are not animals': Refugees caught between Turkey and Greece have nowhere to turn

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Turkey's invitation to migrants to make their way into Greece has been widely seen as a provocation aimed at the European Union. For refugees who made their way to the border, it was another cruelty.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/greece-turkey-syria-refugees-1.5488845?cmp=rss