Friday, December 11, 2020

Singer FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf, alleging abusive relationship

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Singer FKA twigs filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Shia LaBeouf was physically and emotionally abusive during their relationship from 2018 to 2019, saying her experience was part of a pattern of terrorizing women for the 34-year-old actor.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/fka-twigs-shia-labeouf-lawsuit-1.5838744?cmp=rss

Multiple people injured as car drives into protesters in New York City

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Several people were injured when a car drove into a street protest in midtown Manhattan on Friday, the New York City Police Department said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/black-lives-matter-protesters-new-york-city-car-plow-injuries-1.5838722?cmp=rss

In latest legal defeat, Trump loses bid to throw out more than 221,000 Wisconsin votes

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U.S. President Donald Trump lost a Wisconsin lawsuit Friday seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, the latest in a string of legal defeats.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-lawsuit-wisconsin-defeat-1.5838403?cmp=rss

White House presses FDA chief to approve vaccine or face possible firing

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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Friday pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day or face possible firing, two administration officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/white-house-fda-approve-vaccine-firing-1.5838509?cmp=rss

Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps, alarming UN officials

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In a development the United Nations calls "disturbing," Ethiopia on Friday said it is returning thousands of Eritrean refugees who ran from camps in its Tigray region as war swept through, putting them on buses back to the border area of the two countries.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ethiopia-returns-eritrea-refugees-1.5837314?cmp=rss

Sanofi-GSK COVID-19 vaccine delayed after disappointing trials

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Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline said on Friday they will test their potential COVID-19 vaccine further after clinical trials showed an insufficient immune response in older people, delaying its potential launch until the end of next year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sanofi-gsk-vaccine-covid19-trial-1.5837249?cmp=rss

Tipping point? Experts say the Paris agreement changed the climate on climate

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Five years after it was passed, the Paris agreement may finally be changing the climate on climate change, experts and advocates say.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/paris-5-year-anniversary-1.5837265?cmp=rss

What's behind the farmers' protests that are blocking highways in India

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Tens of thousands of farmers in India have been blockading main highways around New Delhi for two weeks — part of a much wider two-month-long protest by farmers across the country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/farmers-protests-india-1.5836313?cmp=rss

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named Time's 'Person of the Year'

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were jointly named Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year" on Thursday, chosen from a list of finalists that included the man Biden vanquished at the polls - President Donald Trump.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/time-honour-biden-harris-1.5837193?cmp=rss

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law: reports

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Hong Kong democracy activist  and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's  national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign  forces and endangering national security, local media reported  on Friday, citing unnamed sources.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lai-charged-hongkong-1.5837177?cmp=rss