Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Gaza rockets, Israeli air strikes accompany Israel-Gulf pacts

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Militants in Gaza fired rockets at Israel and Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Palestinian enclave in an explosive backdrop to the signing of pacts for formal ties between Israel and two Gulf Arab countries.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-air-strikes-israel-1.5725824?cmp=rss

U.S. President Donald Trump denies downplaying virus, casts doubt on mask usage

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Fielding compelling questions about voters' real-world problems, U.S. President Donald Trump denied during a televised town hall that he had played down the threat of the coronavirus earlier this year, although there is an audio recording of him stating he did just that.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-coronavirus-town-hall-1.5725809?cmp=rss

Backup driver charged in fatal autonomous Uber vehicle crash

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A backup driver has been charged with negligent homicide following a 2018 crash that killed a 49-year-old woman in a Phoenix suburb. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board found the driver failed to monitor the road and was watching television at the time of the crash.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/back-up-driver-charged-arizona-uber-crash-1.5725651?cmp=rss

Dramatic aerial footage shows raging fires in L.A. County

Dramatic aerial footage shows raging fires in L.A. County

Flames tower over the tree canopy as California wildfires inch their way toward the historic Mount Wilson Observatory.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dramatic-aerial-footage-shows-raging-fires-in-l-a-county-1.5725565?cmp=rss

Israel, 2 Gulf nations seal new accords at White House ceremony, angering Palestinians

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Declaring it "the dawn of a new Middle East," U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday presided over the signing of historic diplomatic pacts between Israel and two Gulf Arab nations that he hopes will lead to a new order in the Mideast and cast him as a peacemaker at the height of his re-election campaign.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-uae-white-house-1.5720266?cmp=rss

Restaurant in Seoul using robot to serve customers

Restaurant in Seoul using robot to serve customers

A restaurant in South Korea has found a new way to safely serve customers in the COVID-19 era. 'Aglio Kim' is an AI robot capable of delivering food to up to four tables at once while communicating in both Korean and English.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/restaurant-in-seoul-using-robot-to-serve-customers-1.5724933?cmp=rss

World Series to be played entirely in Arlington as MLB moves to bubbles for post-season

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The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers' new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players' association, the first time the sport's championship will be played entirely at one site since 1944.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb-baseball-world-series-arlington-bubble-1.5724911?cmp=rss

U.S. reacts angrily to losing WTO ruling on China tariffs

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A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion US worth of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating Beijing even if the United States has all but incapacitated the WTO's ability to hand down a final, binding verdict.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wto-china-tariffs-us-1.5724881?cmp=rss

Biodiversity bright spots offer hope despite failure to meet UN goals

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All the world's governments have fallen short on pledges made a decade ago to protect wildlife, though cases of conservation show that the destruction of nature can be slowed, and even reversed, according to a UN report published on Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/un-biodiversity-report-1.5724835?cmp=rss

Louisville expected to pay civil settlement to family of shooting victim Breonna Taylor

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The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Associated Press has learned.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ky-louisville-taylor-settlement-1.5724511?cmp=rss

Maine officials connect 5 coronavirus deaths to a wedding reception

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At least five people have died in connection to a coronavirus outbreak that continues to sicken people in Maine following a wedding reception held over the summer that violated state virus guidelines, public health authorities said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/maine-wedding-coronavirus-spread-1.5724638?cmp=rss

Canadian security firm GardaWorld launches $5B hostile takeover bid of Britain's G4S

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GardaWorld, the world's largest privately owned security company, said Monday it was making a cash offer worth $5.2 billion for G4S, a London-based rival that has rejected or ignored the Canadian company's previous approaches.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/garda-1.5724415?cmp=rss

Slow-moving Hurricane Sally expected to drench Alabama, Mississippi

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Hurricane Sally, a plodding storm with winds of 137 kilometres per hour, crept toward the northern Gulf Coast early Tuesday as forecasters warned of potentially deadly storm surges and flash floods with up to two feet of rain and the possibility of tornadoes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-sally-tuesday-1.5724347?cmp=rss

Former British MP Charlie Elphicke sentenced to prison for sexual assaults

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A former lawmaker from Britain's governing Conservative Party was sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two women.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-elphicke-sentence-1.5724383?cmp=rss

Alexei Navalny seen for 1st time since poisoning, in picture with family

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany on Tuesday, looking gaunt but alert and saying that he was happy to be breathing on his own finally after being poisoned with a nerve agent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/navalny-hospital-picture-berlin-1.5724335?cmp=rss

Boat capsizes near Libya; 2 dozen migrants presumed dead

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The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed dead.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/capsize-migrants-libya-1.5724306?cmp=rss

Why most Canadians support the Canada-U.S. border closure, despite the costs

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Canadian support for keeping the border closed to Americans remains strong, despite a decline in new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and a decimated tourism industry in Canada.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-u-s-border-closure-support-mayors-tourism-trump-1.5722974?cmp=rss

Experts call on Canadian universities to close off China's access to sensitive research

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Three Canadian universities are among the most active in the world when it comes to collaborative work with Chinese researchers. Now, some are calling on post-secondary institutions to take steps to keep the Chinese military away from Canadian science.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canada-universities-research-waterloo-military-technology-1.5723846?cmp=rss