Friday, January 8, 2021

North Korea's Kim threatens to expand nuclear program, citing 'hostile' U.S. policy

North Korea Party Congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal and develop more sophisticated atomic weapons systems, saying the fate of relations with the United States depends on whether it abandons its hostile policy, state media reported Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-kim-jong-un-nuclear-program-hostile-us-policy-1.5867004?cmp=rss

Dominion Voting Systems sues Trump lawyer for $1.3B in defamation lawsuit over election-rigging claims

1229684243

Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion US for Powell's "wild accusations" that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dominion-voting-systems-defamation-lawsuit-sidney-powell-1.5866815?cmp=rss

West Virginia lawmaker among dozens of people newly charged over Capitol siege

APTOPIX Electoral College Protests

A West Virginia state lawmaker has been charged with entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself with rioters, the Justice Department announced Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/capitol-charges-1.5866533?cmp=rss

Biden to release more coronavirus vaccine supply, rather than holding 2nd doses

1230252554

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden will release most available COVID-19 vaccine doses to speed delivery to more people, a reversal of the Trump administration policy, his office says



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-1.5866255?cmp=rss

Democrats weigh another Trump impeachment bid

USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-SUPPORTERS

Congressional Democrats on Friday were weighing impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time after his supporters, inflamed by his false claims of election fraud, stormed the U.S. Capitol.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-democrats-trump-impeachment-1.5865921?cmp=rss

2020 ties with 2016 as world's hottest year on record

USA/

Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/copernicus-hottest-year-1.5865911?cmp=rss

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants, study suggests

Covid Vaccinations, Toronto

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pfizer-biontech-vaccine-appears-effective-against-mutation-in-new-coronavirus-variants-study-suggests-1.5865885?cmp=rss

U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs last month as COVID-19 refuses to release its grip on economy

Economy Jobs Report

U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/us-jobs-december-1.5865941?cmp=rss

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shots can be given up to 6 weeks apart, WHO says

COVID Ont Vaccine 20210107

World Health Organization experts on Friday issued recommendations that the interval between administration of two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus can be extended to up to six weeks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/who-vaccine-interval-recommendation-1.5865889?cmp=rss

How loved-ones are honouring the memory of those killed in Iran's Flight 752 air disaster

PS752 victims

Family and friends of victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 describe their legacies, and how cherished memories continue to be held close.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/iran-flight-752-memorials-1.5863022?cmp=rss

Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian cleric who inspired Bali bombings, freed from prison

INDONESIA-CRIME/BASHIR

A convicted firebrand cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists walked free from an Indonesian prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bashir-freed-bali-1.5865846?cmp=rss