Independent commission will investigate Jan. 6 siege of U.S. Capitol

The U.S. Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/capitol-attack-jan-6-independent-commission-1.5914761?cmp=rss

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala breaks new ground to lead WTO

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday to head the World Trade Organization, becoming the first woman and first African to take on the role amid disagreement over how the body decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/okonjo-iweala-wto-head-1.5914521?cmp=rss

Power cut across Texas during nasty winter storm

A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions cancelled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the U.S.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-winter-storm-power-outages-1.5914371?cmp=rss

Guinea tracks potential Ebola contacts as vaccination campaign begins in Congo

Guinea is tracking down people who potentially came in contact with Ebola patients after three people died of the disease, Health Minister Remy Lamah said on Monday. Meanwhile, the WHO said an Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in the Congolese city of Butembo.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ebola-guinea-congo-vaccination-1.5914370?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday

People arriving in Britain must quarantine in hotels starting Monday as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccination drive.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-february15-2021-1.5914332?cmp=rss

Myanmar's military extends detention of Suu Kyi as protests against coup continue

Myanmar's military leaders have extended their detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose remand was set to expire Monday and whose freedom is a key demand of the crowds of people continuing to protest this month's military coup.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myarnmar-coup-military-1.5914321?cmp=rss

In Tehran, families of downed Flight PS752 demand arrest of Revolutionary Guard leader

Relatives of the victims of downed Flight PS752, which crashed in Iran last year, held a protest in Tehran over the weekend demanding justice for their loved ones and the arrest of the leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which Iran's leaders have admitted shot down the plane.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/flight-ps752-protest-iran-military-court-1.5914263?cmp=rss

Bill Gates says innovation sparked by COVID-19 pandemic could help eradicate global diseases

The innovation sparked by the COVID-19 virus will better prepare the world for the next pandemic and could help eradicate global diseases in lower-income countries, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told CBC's The Current.

source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/bill-gates-vaccine-global-health-covid-1.5910216?cmp=rss

Why the NHL's Canadian division is controlling COVID-19 better than U.S. teams

About 160 kilometres separates Toronto from Buffalo, N.Y., but when it comes to the NHL and COVID-19, the two cities are even farther apart.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-covid-19-north-canada-us-1.5913621?cmp=rss