Seoul mayor left note saying 'sorry' as South Korea mourns

A will left by late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon says he feels "sorry to all people" and asks his body to be cremated.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mayor-seoul-note-death-1.5644552?cmp=rss

Police investigation finds Black man found hanging in California was suicide

A police investigation concluded the cause of death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was suicide, authorities said Thursday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hanging-california-suicide-robert-fuller-1.5644013?cmp=rss

Canada joins international group of 22 countries to protect oceans

Canada has joined an international group of nearly two dozen other countries working to protect the world's oceans. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-joins-global-ocean-alliance-1.5644005?cmp=rss

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in prison after photos show him flouting home confinement

In a statement to The Associated Press Thursday, the Bureau of Prisons said Cohen had "refused the conditions of his home confinement" and as a result, had been returned to a prison facility.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/michael-cohen-trump-lawyer-back-in-prison-1.5643814?cmp=rss

U.S. sanctions Chinese officials over human rights abuses

The United States has imposed sanctions on Chinese officials, including a member of the country's powerful Politburo, accusing them of serious human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sanctions-china-officials-human-rights-xinjiang-1.5643735?cmp=rss

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon found dead following massive search

The body of Park Won-soon, the missing mayor of Seoul, South Korea's capital, was found in northern Seoul early Friday, more than seven hours after police launched a massive search for him.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/seoul-mayor-park-won-soon-found-dead-1.5643389?cmp=rss

U.S. town prints its own wooden money in move to revive local economy sickened by COVID-19

With the coronavirus pandemic plunging the economy into a recession, decimating small businesses and causing job losses across the country, a small town in Washington state is trying out an innovative way to help residents weather the storm.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tenino-covid-economy-1.5643409?cmp=rss

Tesla's soaring stock has Elon Musk nearing another $1.8B US payday

Tesla Inc.'s blistering stock rally is putting CEO Elon Musk in reach of a payday potentially worth $1.8 billion US, his second jackpot from the electric carmaker in about two months.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesla-elon-musk-1.5643136?cmp=rss

WHO sets up panel to review handling of COVID-19 pandemic

The World Health Organization said on Thursday that it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response by governments.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-health-organization-review-panel-coronavirus-1.5643107?cmp=rss

Polynesian and South American people met, interbred many centuries ago

Centuries before Europeans reached the Americas, two groups of people separated by 6,800 kilometres of ocean met, exchanged sweet potatoes — and interbred, a new study confirms.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/polynesians-south-americans-1.5643074?cmp=rss

Coronavirus cases continue to surge across U.S.

The United States confirmed more than 58,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the biggest increase ever reported by a country in a single day. Here's what's happening in the U.S. and around the world.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-july-9-covid-19-1.5643045?cmp=rss

Glee actress Naya Rivera feared drowned at California lake

Authorities say former Glee star Naya Rivera is missing and being searched for at Lake Piru in Southern California, with her young son being found alone on a boat the actress rented.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/calif-glee-rivera-search-1.5643075?cmp=rss

Supreme Court expected to make long-awaited ruling on Trump financial records

The United States Supreme Court is expected to deliver opinions this morning on whether Congress and the Manhattan district attorney can see President Donald Trump's taxes and other financial records, which the president has fought hard to keep private.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sc-ruling-trump-mazars-1.5643080?cmp=rss

Facebook takes down accounts tied to Roger Stone, others amid civil rights audit findings

Facebook on Wednesday said it has removed dozens of accounts linked to the hate group Proud Boys, to U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone and to employees of Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, among others.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/facebook-civil-rights-audit-hate-speech-bias-takedown-proud-boys-roger-stone-1.5642311?cmp=rss

Trump wants schools reopened. He's getting rare support from virus experts

Donald Trump’s call to reopen schools is winning rare support from a group that’s included some of the U.S. president’s harshest critics: public health experts. There are caveats, however.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-schools-reopened-coronavirus-1.5642569?cmp=rss

Heavy rain hits scenic central Japan, more damage in south

Flooding and mudslides have stranded hundreds of people in scenic hot springs and hiking areas in central Japan

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-rain-flood-mudslides-1.5643033?cmp=rss

Canadian barley exports surging on booming demand from China for beer

Canadian barley farmers are the unintended beneficiaries of a diplomatic spat a world away, as exports of their product to the Chinese market are picking up.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-china-barley-1.5640327?cmp=rss