After delays, WHO experts to arrive in China Thursday for virus origins probe, says Beijing

China says a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive Thursday for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-who-covid-19-1.5868235?cmp=rss

Trump golf course stripped of 2022 PGA Championship after U.S. Capitol siege

The PGA of America cut ties to U.S. President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/pga-championship-leaving-trump-national-in-2022-1.5868196?cmp=rss

NBA postpones Celtics-Heat game over COVID-19 related concerns

Sunday's game between Boston and Miami was postponed because of contact tracing concerns within the Heat, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/celtics-heat-postponed-jan-10-covid-19-1.5868113?cmp=rss

2nd Republican senator urges Trump to resign as impeachment looms

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey on Sunday joined Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in calling for Trump to "resign and go away as soon as possible" after a violent mob of his supporters broke into the Capitol on Wednesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/republican-senators-trump-resign-impeachment-1.5867961?cmp=rss

Indonesia locates black boxes of plane that crashed into sea with 62 onboard

Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital, Jakarta, as human body parts and pieces of the plane were retrieved.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/indonesia-plane-crash-black-boxes-located-1.5867839?cmp=rss

COVID-19 cases rise just months ahead of Olympics, Tokyo residents at odds with whether Games should proceed

Back in the early 1960s, most Japanese were initially opposed to hosting the Olympics, but ultimately came to cherish the symbolism of the event. More than a half-century later, the population appeared ready to back staging the Summer Games again, only to have a pandemic derail the event and flip public opinion in the process.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/olympics-tokyo-2021-covid-cases-rise-residents-struggle-hosting-games-1.5863477?cmp=rss

Canadian foreign minister joins allies in criticizing Hong Kong mass arrests

The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, Great Britain and Canada have issued a joint statement expressing "serious concern" about the arrest of 55 democracy activists and supporters in Hong Kong last week.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/foreign-ministers-statement-hong-kong-arrests-canada-1.5867774?cmp=rss

Pakistan hit by massive power outage, restoration efforts underway, minister says

A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness overnight, the energy minister said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-massive-power-outage-1.5867777?cmp=rss

Experts question whether COVID-19 curfews work. But France may have had some luck

Quebec has become the first province to implement a curfew to help curb the spread of COVID-19 — a measure that has already been instituted in many regions across the world. But how effective those measures have been are difficult to determine. Yet France has shown some positive results, according to a study.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/covid-19-curfew-france-california-ohio-1.5866808?cmp=rss

Looking ahead for the Royal Family: Why 2021 could bring comfort, continuity and the potential for controversy

As the Royal Family contemplates the year ahead, some notable milestones lie in the offing, along with the likelihood of continuing new ways of doing royal business that have evolved since the pandemic began. But controversies that have loomed large in the last little while show no signs of fading.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/royal-fascinator-2021-prince-charles-margaret-atwood-camilla-reading-room-1.5866246?cmp=rss