Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher jailed for raping student, dies at 58

Mary Kay Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted for raping him, has died.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/letourneau-teacher-jailed-rape-1.5641550?cmp=rss

Netherlands police arrest 6 after makeshift 'torture chamber' uncovered

Dutch police arrested six men after discovering sea containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison and sound-proofed "torture chamber" complete with a dentist's chair, tools including pliers and scalpels and handcuffs, a high-ranking officer announced Tuesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/netherlands-torture-chamber-arrests-1.5641236?cmp=rss

UN-backed experts point to new war crimes in Syria conflict

Investigators commissioned by the UN's top human rights body say Syrian government forces and their Russian allies bombarded civilian sites in Idlib province indiscriminately, while rebels tortured and executed civilians in recent months, acts amounting to war crimes on both sides.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-war-crime-un-idlib-1.5640817?cmp=rss

France's Rodin Museum sells bronzes to weather coronavirus crisis

Unlike other museums thumped by the coronavirus pandemic, Paris' Rodin Museum might have an ace up its sleeve to help see it through the crisis: It can sell limited-edition versions of the French sculptor's masterpieces.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rodin-museum-bronzes-sale-1.5640730?cmp=rss

U.S. Supreme Court deals blow to Keystone XL pipeline project

The Keystone XL pipeline — which the Alberta government has backed to the tune of billions as a crucial project to help get oilsands' crude to Gulf Coast refineries — has been handed another setback by the U.S. Supreme Court.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/u-s-supreme-court-keystone-xl-oil-pipeline-tc-energy-alberta-1.5640227?cmp=rss

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Jair Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil on Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-bolsonaro-coronavirus-1.5640391?cmp=rss

Deutsche Bank fined $150M US for failing to monitor Jeffrey Epstein transactions

Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to pay $150 million US in penalties to settle charges by a New York state regulator that the bank had "significant" compliance failures in its relationship with late financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/deutsche-penalty-epstein-transactions-1.5640121?cmp=rss

Siberian temperatures hit June record, wildfires spread

Temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared to a record average for June amid a heat wave that is stoking some of the worst wildfires the region has ever known, European Union data shows.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/siberia-record-heat-june-1.5640153?cmp=rss

Enormous monument to Confederate general removed in Richmond, Virginia

Work crews began taking down an enormous monument to Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart on Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia, as the Confederacy's former capital removes symbols of oppression in response to protests against police brutality and racism.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/richmond-virginia-remove-enormous-monument-confederate-general-1.5640311?cmp=rss

Johnny Depp testifies in libel trial, claims Amber Heard assaulted him

Johnny Depp gave evidence in a London court on Tuesday, denying claims that he hit ex-wife Amber Heard and accusing her of assaulting him and depicting him as a "monster."

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/depp-libel-heard-london-1.5640212?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Tuesday

Australia's southeastern state of Victoria had some of the nation's toughest pandemic measures and was among the most reluctant to lift its restrictions when the worst of its outbreak seemed to have passed. But Melbourne is now buckling down with more extreme and divisive measures that have ignited anger. Here is what's happening in Australia and around the world.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-july-7-covid-19-1.5640074?cmp=rss

Foreign students in U.S. could face deportation if their coursework is entirely online

Foreign students in the United States, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, will have to leave the country if their classes are all taught online this fall or transfer to another school with in-person instruction, a government agency said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-ice-foreign-students-online-courses-1.5640128?cmp=rss

U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Pompeo says

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, suggesting it shared information with the Chinese government, a charge the company denied.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tiktok-mike-pompeo-china-social-media-1.5640174?cmp=rss

Russia opens criminal case against activist for failing to declare dual Canadian citizenship

Russian investigators on Tuesday opened a criminal case against Pyotr Verzilov, an anti-Kremlin activist and associate of the Pussy Riot punk group, for having allegedly failed to declare his dual Canadian citizenship.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-criminal-case-activist-failing-declare-canadian-dual-nationality-1.5640138?cmp=rss

Russia detains ex-journalist, now aide to space agency chief, on treason charges

Russian authorities on Tuesday detained a former journalist who works as an aide to the head of Russia's space agency and accused him of state treason, Roscosmos said, a charge that could see him jailed for up to two decades if found guilty.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ivan-safronov-treason-detention-1.5640112?cmp=rss

North Korea says it has 'no intention' of resuming in-person talks with U.S.

North Korea on Tuesday said it has no immediate intent to resume a dialogue with the United States as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun arrived in South Korea for discussions on stalled nuclear diplomacy.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-south-korea-us-relations-1.5640103?cmp=rss

Australia's second largest city heads back into coronavirus lockdown

Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australia's second biggest city on Tuesday, confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks, as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/melbourne-lockdown-coronavirus-1.5640066?cmp=rss

TikTok to leave Hong Kong as security law raises worries

TikTok says it will stop operations in Hong Kong after the city enacted a sweeping national security law last week

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tik-tok-hong-kong-security-law-1.5640060?cmp=rss