Saturday, January 23, 2021

Dutch police arrest Chinese-born Canadian national who allegedly runs multibillion-dollar drug syndicate

Dutch Police Arrest Drug Syndicate Kingpin

Dutch police said on Saturday they had arrested the alleged leader of a multibillion-dollar drug syndicate who is listed as one of the world's most-wanted fugitives and has been compared to Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dutch-police-arrest-alleged-drug-syndicate-kingpin-1.5885643?cmp=rss

Decision to award Margaret Court top Australian honour serves up controversy

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Australia media are reporting that controversial former tennis champion Margaret Court will receive the country's top award in the Australia Day honours list, and the apparent decision is already being criticized.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/margaret-court-australia-day-honours-tennis-1.5885605?cmp=rss

10 years after Tahrir Square protests, Egyptians grapple with lessons of failed revolution

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It's been a decade since Egyptians dared to disrupt the status quo of living in a police state. But 10 years after the protests in Tahrir Square, many Egyptians view them as naive or misguided, writes Nahlah Ayed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/egypt-tahrir-square-10-years-later-1.5883707?cmp=rss

10 years after Tahrir Square protests, Egyptians grapple with lessons of failed revolution

Tahrir protests

It's been a decade since Egyptians dared to disrupt the status quo of living in a police state. But 10 years after the protests in Tahrir Square, many Egyptians view them as naive or misguided, writes Nahlah Ayed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/egypt-tahrir-square-10-years-later-1.5883707?cmp=rss

Cellphone services suffer outages as police disperse anti-Kremlin protesters: monitoring site

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Cellphone and internet services in Russia suffered outages on Saturday as police cracked down on anti-Kremlin protesters, the monitoring site downdetector.ru showed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alexei-navalny-1.5885179?cmp=rss