24 killed in attack on drug rehab centre in Mexico

Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation centre in Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-rehab-centre-shooting-1.5634618?cmp=rss

Statue of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson removed in Virginia

A massive statue of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson has been removed from Richmond, Va.'s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday, just hours after the mayor ordered the removal of all Confederate statues from city land.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/statue-confederate-gen-stonewall-jackson-removed-virginia-1.5634572?cmp=rss

Russian voters agree to let Putin seek 2 more terms

Russian voters approved changes to their country's constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to potentially hold power until 2036, but the weeklong plebiscite was tarnished by widespread reports of pressure on voters and other irregularities.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-vote-constitutional-amendments-1.5634401?cmp=rss

U.S. warns firms of human rights abuse risks in China's Xinjiang province

The United States on Wednesday issued an advisory warning U.S. companies about the risks they face from maintaining supply chains associated with human rights abuses in China's western Xinjiang province.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-warns-firms-human-rights-abuse-risks-china-xinjiang-province-1.5634262?cmp=rss

Military deployed in Ethiopian capital after more than 50 killed in protests over musician's assassination

The military was deployed in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday, as armed gangs roamed neighbourhoods in a second day of unrest that has claimed more than 50 lives and deepened political divisions in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's political heartland.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/military-deployed-ethiopian-capital-over-50-killed-protests-musician-s-assassination-1.5634161?cmp=rss

U.S. trade ambassador promises enforcement of new North American trade deal

The new North American trade agreement is officially the law of the land, and the Trump administration is vowing to ensure that Canada, Mexico and the United States live up to their obligations.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lighthizer-usmca-trade-deal-1.5634092?cmp=rss

'I love this country': Brazilian cowboy nears end of epic horse ride in Calgary

Filipe Masetti Leite stops for a break from another long day in the saddle on his year-long trek encountering bugs, bears, buffalo and bad weather.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/brazilian-cowboy-nears-end-of-epic-horse-ride-in-calgary-1.5634126?cmp=rss

Seattle mayor orders 'occupied' protest area cleared by police

Seattle police converged on the city's "occupied" protest zone early Wednesday after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order for protesters to vacate the area.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/seattle-protest-camp-police-mayor-1.5634083?cmp=rss

Netanyahu ally confirms delays in West Bank annexation plan

A confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the Israeli leader's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would not start on Wednesday, the original target date, as the British prime minister made an extraordinary appeal to Israel to call off the plan.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/netanyahu-ally-confirms-delays-west-bank-annexation-plan-1.5634055?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Wednesday

An international disaster relief organization reported Tuesday the first confirmed case of COVID-19 among migrants living in a tent encampment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Here's what's happening with the novel coronavirus around the world.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-july-1-covid-19-1.5634034?cmp=rss

Reopening the Canada-U.S. border will be a long, piecemeal process

The Donald Trump era began in 2015 with a promise to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Five years later, the Trump era may end with citizens in much of the rest of the world — Canadians, in particular — insisting on a virtual wall between themselves and the United States.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-u-s-border-pandemic-covid-coronavirus-1.5633650?cmp=rss

What you need to know about China's new national security law for Hong Kong

China's national security law for Hong Kong has sparked fears that Beijing continues to encroach on Hong Kong's autonomy while curtailing a number of its freedoms. CBC explains what the new law is about and some of the concerns surrounding its passage.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-hong-kong-national-security-law-1.5633277?cmp=rss

In a world economy reshaped by a virus, the new North American trade deal takes effect

As negotiators shook hands on the revised North American free trade agreement, they couldn’t have foreseen the fundamental upheaval their countries would soon be facing thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. If the Trudeau government is looking to celebrate something this Canada Day, it may be the relative security of the status quo that was more or less preserved in the talks.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nafta-pandemic-covid-coronavirus-trade-1.5633548?cmp=rss