Sunday, February 14, 2021

Prince Harry and Meghan expecting 2nd child

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their second child, a spokesperson for the couple said on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-harry-meghan-second-child-1.5914101?cmp=rss

Canada and allies call on Myanmar military to refrain from violence against protesters

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Western embassies in Myanmar on Sunday called on the country's military to "refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians" after security forces opened fire to disperse a protest and deployed armoured vehicles in cities.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myanmar-protests-military-democracy-1.5914035?cmp=rss

Guinea declares Ebola outbreak after three deaths

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Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday, as tests came back positive for the virus after at least three people died and four fell ill in the southeast — the first resurgence of the disease there since the world's worst outbreak from 2013 to 2016.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ebola-coronavirus-covid-pandemic-1.5913932?cmp=rss

5,000-year-old brewery, possibly world's oldest, uncovered in Egypt

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Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old brewery that could produce thousands of litres of beer in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos that likely dates back to the reign of King Narmer around 3,100 BC.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/egypt-brewery-1.5913913?cmp=rss

Media, protesters caught in Hungary and Poland's slow squeeze

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Poland and Hungary belong to the European Union and profit from it, but their leaders' ideas on democracy and the rule of law, principles their countries agreed to uphold when joining in 2004, are far from those endorsed by EU leaders in Brussels.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-poland-eu-1.5912731?cmp=rss

Families still suffering with separation, despite arrival of vaccines

Ann Hicks being vaccinated against the coronavirus in Halifax

For family members who have been kept apart by the pandemic, the arrival of vaccines seems unlikely to lead to reunions anytime soon.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/vaccines-travel-families-apart-1.5910746?cmp=rss