Friday, November 27, 2020

Sarah Fuller set to make history by suiting up for Vanderbilt men's football team

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Women's soccer player Sarah Fuller will don a football uniform Saturday for Vanderbilt and is poised to become the first woman to play in a Power 5 game when the Commodores visit Missouri.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/sarah-fuller-first-woman-mens-football-vanderbilt-1.5820120?cmp=rss

Indian farmers continue protest against new laws as police allow them into capital

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Thousands of angry Indian farmers protesting against new agricultural laws were allowed to enter the national capital late Friday after they clashed with police who had blocked them at the outskirts of the city.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-farmers-protest-new-laws-1.5819943?cmp=rss

Taiwan lawmakers throw pig guts, punches in parliament debate on U.S. pork

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Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of U.S. pork and beef.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taiwan-parliament-pork-brawl-1.5819250?cmp=rss

U.K. regulator to assess AstraZeneca's vaccine candidate amid trial questions

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Britain asked its drug regulator on Friday to assess AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for a possible rollout, while the Philippines and Thailand secured millions of doses.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/astra-zeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trial-questions-1.5819138?cmp=rss

Iranian state TV says scientist tied to nuclear program has been killed

Iran Nuclear

An Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s was killed in a shootout Friday, state television said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-nuclear-scientist-reports-1.5818990?cmp=rss

Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to host 18 test events

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The postponed Tokyo Olympics are getting a kickstart. Local organizers on Friday announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/tokyo-olympics-test-events-1.5818954?cmp=rss

U.S. congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to join Jagmeet Singh for online gaming session Friday

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The leader of the New Democrats has thrown down the gauntlet to the stateside politician known as AOC, and Canada-U.S. relations may never be the same.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/among-us-sing-aoc-1.5818907?cmp=rss

Ethiopian PM rejects Tigray conflict talks in African Union meeting

ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT/DEBRETSION

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant Tigray region Friday, but said he was willing to speak to representatives "operating legally" there during his meeting with three African Union special envoys.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ethiopia-tigray-abiy-ahmed-1.5818916?cmp=rss

South Korea says it foiled North Korea attempt to hack its COVID-19 vaccine makers

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SOUTHKOREA

South Korea's intelligence agency foiled North Korean attempts to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines, lawmakers said on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/northkorea-hack-vaccine-1.5818845?cmp=rss

How the legal troubles of a former French president could be a blueprint for Trump's

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Donald Trump is reputed not to read much, and he certainly won’t want to read about the trial of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former right-wing French president. Sarkozy’s troubles after leaving office in 2012 hint at a blueprint for the outgoing U.S. president’s legal future. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/nicolas-sarkozy-donald-trump-1.5816230?cmp=rss