Friday, October 2, 2020

Harvey Weinstein charged with more rapes in California

Sexual Misconduct-Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two more women, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/weinstein-charged-california-1.5748384?cmp=rss

In rare move, Breonna Taylor grand jury proceedings released

GLOBAL-RACE/PROTESTS-DENVER

Hours of grand jury proceedings were made public Friday in the case of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting by police in Louisville, Ky., a rare release of such material.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-proceedings-recording-released-1.5748050?cmp=rss

Melania Trump praises care at U.S. detention centres in recordings

USA-TRUMP/MELANIA

First lady Melania Trump expressed support for the care that migrant children separated from their families received in U.S. detention centres, suggesting the facilities were better than what they had at home with their parents, in a series of recordings that aired Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-first-lady-melania-trump-detention-centres-recordings-1.5747729?cmp=rss

Shares, oil prices sink after Trump tests positive for coronavirus

Financial Market Trump

U.S. stock futures and many overseas stock indices fell Friday after President Donald Trump said he and his wife, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the new coronavirus.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stocks-market-donald-trump-coronavirus-1.5747592?cmp=rss

Federal government settles lawsuit over deadly suicide attack on Kabul embassy

Britain Gurkhas Royals

The federal government has quietly settled a lawsuit filed by survivors and family members in the wake of a suicide bombing outside the Canadian embassy in Kabul four years ago that killed 15 Nepalese Gurkhas and Indian private security contractors, CBC News has learned.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kabul-embassy-bombing-gurkha-canada-lawsuit-1.5746806?cmp=rss

U.S. President Donald Trump, Melania Trump test positive for coronavirus

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-TRUMP

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hope-hicks-trump-positive-covid-19-1.5747343?cmp=rss