Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Fox News settles with family of Seth Rich, slain Democratic National Committee staffer

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Fox News has reached a settlement with slain Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich's parents, who alleged in a lawsuit that the cable news company exploited their son's death in stories and commentary and falsely suggested he leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fox-news-seth-rich-settlement-1.5815008?cmp=rss

Beyoncé leads 2021 Grammy nominations, The Weeknd is shut out

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The first batch of nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards was revealed during a livestream held Tuesday by the Recording Academy's interim president and CEO, Harvey Mason Jr.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/grammys-nominations-2021-1.5814222?cmp=rss

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty, admits to role in deadly opioid epidemic

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Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally admitting its role in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths over the past two decades.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/purdue-opioid-epidemic-guilty-1.5814318?cmp=rss

More charges filed over Beirut port explosion, including against Hezbollah's reported point man

Lebanon Explosion

A Lebanese prosecutor filed charges on Tuesday against current and former customs officials over the massive blast at Beirut's port in August, including a former customs chief who was reportedly the point man for the militant Hezbollah group at the facility.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/more-charges-beirut-port-explosion-1.5814498?cmp=rss

Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

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Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the U.S. presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by U.S. President Donald Trump, state officials said Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pennsylvania-certifies-biden-winner-us-election-1.5814158?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday

BC COVID UPDATE NOV 23 2020

B.C.'s top doctor says the province is facing its "most challenging" period of the pandemic to date as hospitalizations climb and transmission in long-term care increases.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-covid-canada-world-november-24-1.5813766?cmp=rss

Ghislaine Maxwell quarantined after jail staff member tests positive for COVID-19

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Ghislaine Maxwell has been quarantined after staff tested positive for coronavirus at the jail where she is awaiting trial on charges she aided late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of girls, U.S. prosecutors said in a letter on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ghislaine-maxwell-quarantine-coronavirus-1.5813829?cmp=rss

China blasts off on mission to collect moon rocks

China Moon Mission

China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon's surface for the first time in more than 40 years — an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/china-moon-mission-1.5813803?cmp=rss

What an Australian-style push against Chinese interference might look like

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A motion brought by CPC foreign affairs critic Michael Chong, which passed Parliament last week, gives the government 30 days to come up with a plan — like Australia's — to fight foreign (Chinese) interference and influence campaigns. What might that look like and will it come to pass?



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canada-australia-espionage-1.5813364?cmp=rss

NATO holds its breath as Trump plans for January withdrawal from Afghanistan

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The NATO principle of one-for-all and all-for-one was the reason it — and by extension Canada — went into Afghanistan, but that assumption is being sorely tested by a U.S. administration that is in a hurry to wind things up.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nato-afghanistan-mission-us-1.5813583?cmp=rss

Canada has turned back 4,400 asylum seekers in 5 years

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Canada has turned away more than 4,400 asylum seekers at the U.S. border since 2016, including some who were hoping to find refuge here at the height of this year’s global pandemic, according to newly released government figures.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/asylum-seekers-canada-us-trump-pandemic-1.5813211?cmp=rss

David Dinkins, New York City's 1st Black mayor, dies at 93

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David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a race riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dinkins-nyc-deatd-1.5813749?cmp=rss