Monday, May 11, 2020

Families of Flight 752 victims call on airlines to stay out of Iranian airspace

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The families of those who died in the destruction of Flight 752 are calling on European and international airlines to call off any talks with the Iranian government on resuming flights in the country's airspace until Tehran fully cooperates with the investigation and punishes those behind the attack.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/flight-752-iran-tehran-1.5565356?cmp=rss

Elon Musk restarts Tesla factory in California in violation of lockdown order

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter Monday that the company has restarted its California factory in violation of local government orders.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musk-reopens-tesla-factory-1.5565269?cmp=rss

Scheer backs Liberals' push to see Taiwan included in WHO pandemic talks

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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is backing the Liberal government's efforts to include Taiwan in the World Health Organization's discussions on COVID-19, a position that China opposes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/taiwan-scheer-include-who-1.5564885?cmp=rss

Some areas outside New York City ready to reopen this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo says several regions of upstate New York that have shown progress in taming the coronavirus outbreak are ready to gradually restart economic activity by the end of the week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-york-reopen-1.5564714?cmp=rss

Venezuela's Juan Guaido lets go adviser who plotted with Canadian-born mercenary

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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has accepted the resignation of his Miami-based adviser Juan Rendon, his press team said on Monday, after Rendon acknowledged discussions with a U.S security firm to topple President Nicolas Maduro.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-guaido-rendron-goudreau-1.5564758?cmp=rss

Pakistan's markets teem with customers as lockdown restrictions eased

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Markets across Pakistan were teeming on Monday after opening up for the first time in over a month as the country began to lift its lockdown despite a rise in the rate of coronavirus infections.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-coronavirus-lockdown-1.5564464?cmp=rss

Chinese officials hope new COVID-19 cases in Wuhan are isolated

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Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the city was lifted a month ago, stoking concerns of a wider resurgence of the disease.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-coronavirus-monday-1.5564255?cmp=rss

Spain, France ease coronavirus restrictions

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Spain and France both took steps Monday to loosen the tight restrictions that the countries imposed to try to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-spain-coronavirus-1.5564179?cmp=rss

Russian coronavirus deaths surpass 2,000, Putin expected to address lockdown measures

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A new surge in coronavirus cases took Russia's tally past those in Italy and Britain on Monday, making it the third-highest in the world just hours before President Vladimir Putin was due to issue an update on the situation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-putin-coronavirus-monday-1.5564200?cmp=rss

Jerry Stiller, comedian and Seinfeld actor, dies at 92

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Comedy veteran Jerry Stiller, who launched his career opposite wife Anne Meara in the 1950s and re-emerged four decades later as the hysterically high-strung Frank Costanza on the smash television show Seinfeld, died at 92, his son Ben Stiller announced Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jerry-stiller-obituary-1.5564136?cmp=rss

Iranian warship hit by missile in training accident, killing 19 sailors

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The Iranian army says a missile strike on a naval vessel taking part in an exercise in the Gulf of Oman has killed 19 sailors and wounded 15.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-navy-missile-1.5564120?cmp=rss

Russian Arctic military exercise draws awe and concern

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Russian troops recently conducted a high-altitude parachute drop and military exercise in the High Arctic. It's a feat that has drawn both concern and admiration in western defence and diplomatic circles, with some wondering how to interpret Moscow's Far North ambitions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russian-arctic-training-1.5563691?cmp=rss