Los Angeles Dodgers to face Tampa Bay Rays in World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Atlanta 4-3 in Game 7 of NLCS and will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb-playoffs-atlanta-los-angeles-dodgers-game-7-1.5767357?cmp=rss

Thai anti-government protesters carry on despite police warnings

Thousands of mainly young Thais were back on the streets of Bangkok on Sunday for a fifth straight day of protests demanding sweeping political change, with demonstrations also taking place at several other locations around the country.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thailand-protests-police-warnings-1.5766802?cmp=rss

Nigerians protesting anti-police brutality bring Lagos to standstill

Nigerians are calling for police reform and an end to police brutality and corruption.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigerians-protesting-anti-police-brutality-bring-lagos-to-standstill-1.5767274?cmp=rss

Facebook, Twitter under fire for suppressing Hunter Biden story

Tech reporter Kara Swisher says social media companies were under pressure to deal with misinformation, but their latest attempt has backfired.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/facebook-twitter-under-fire-for-suppressing-hunter-biden-story-1.5767185?cmp=rss

Demonstrators across France rally in tribute to beheaded teacher

France's prime minister joined demonstrators on Sunday who rallied together across the country in tribute to a history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad with his class.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-beheading-teacher-tribute-rallies-1.5767284?cmp=rss

Bolivia's vote a high-stakes presidential redo amid COVID-19 pandemic

Bolivians voted Sunday in a high-stakes presidential election meant to end a year of political turmoil — a vote that could bring a return of socialism at a time when it is struggling with a raging pandemic and protests over last year's annulled ballot.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bolivia-election-pandemic-1.5767023?cmp=rss

United Nations arms embargo on Iran expires despite objections of U.S.

A decade-long UN arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons, such as tanks and fighter jets, expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States, which insists the ban remains in place.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-arms-embargo-expire-1.5767144?cmp=rss

Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat in Israeli hospital after COVID-19 condition worsens

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Israel on Sunday for treatment of a worsening case of COVID-19, the Palestine Liberation Organization said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saeb-erekat-israel-hospital-covid-19-1.5767075?cmp=rss

Car bombing in western Afghanistan kills 13, wounds 120

A suicide car bombing on Sunday killed at least 13 people and wounded around 120 others in Afghanistan's western Ghor province, officials said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-car-bombing-1.5767060?cmp=rss

Vietnam army barracks hit by landslide; 22 personnel missing

A landslide in central Vietnam on Sunday buried at least 22 army personnel, just a week after another landslide killed 13 as heavy rains continued to pound the region, state media reported.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vietnam-landslide-1.5767028?cmp=rss

Armenia, Azerbaijan report violations of new ceasefire

Despite a second attempt at a ceasefire, Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations Sunday of violating the new truce in their destructive conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/azerbaijan-armenia-attack-ceasefire-1.5767032?cmp=rss