Sunday, July 12, 2020

Washington NFL team to retire nickname on Monday: reports

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The Washington Redskins plan to announce Monday that they will retire their controversial team nickname, multiple outlets reported Sunday night.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/washington-to-retire-redskins-name-monday-1.5647131?cmp=rss

11 injured in fire aboard ship at California naval base

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Eleven people suffered minor injuries after an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego, military officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fire-navy-ship-san-diego-1.5647005?cmp=rss

Iran blames missile strike that downed Ukrainian airliner on bad communication, poor alignment

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Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing 176 people, including 57 Canadians.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-missile-plane-downing-1.5646771?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Sunday

SPAIN-POLITICS/BASQUE-ELECTION

Voters in northern Spain wore face masks and used hand sanitizer gel before entering polling stations on Sunday as Galicia and the Basque Country held regional elections while fighting localized outbreaks of COVID-19.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-july-12-covid-19-1.5646735?cmp=rss

Bollywood's Bachchan family hit by coronavirus

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/INDIA-BACHCHAN

Three generations of Bollywood's Bachchan family were hit by the coronavirus as former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter on Sunday joined her father-in-law Amitabh and husband Abhishek in testing positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-coronavirus-bollywood-actors-1.5646742?cmp=rss

Poland holds momentous, tight presidential election runoff

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Voting started Sunday in Poland's close presidential election runoff between the conservative incumbent, President Andrzej Duda, and liberal, pro-European Union Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/poland-presidential-election-1.5646730?cmp=rss

As permafrost melts under intense heat, Russia's Siberia burns — again

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It's hotter than ever in northern Russia and the implications for the earth's climate are significant. Currently, 1.77 million hectares of land is burning with expectations that the total fire area could eventually surpass the 17 million hectares that burned in 2019.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/siberia-burning-climate-change-russia-1.5645428?cmp=rss

Why Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest could turn up the heat on Prince Andrew

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When British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in New Hampshire on charges related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it cast renewed attention on a royal friend to them both: Prince Andrew.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/royal-fascinator-prince-andrew-ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-1.5644861?cmp=rss