U.K. won't take vaccines from COVAX program, says high commissioner

The United Kingdom won't access its share of vaccine doses from the COVAX program, says British High Commissioner to Canada Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-covax-1.5917733?cmp=rss

At least 30 dead, several million still without power in U.S. after days of extreme weather

Utility crews raced Wednesday to restore power to nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. who were still without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm, and another blast of ice and snow threatened to sow more chaos.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-storm-texas-power-winter-1.5917588?cmp=rss

Siberian mammoth molars yield oldest DNA ever recovered

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest DNA on record, extracting it from the molars of mammoths that roamed northeastern Siberia up to 1.2 million years ago in research that broadens the horizons for understanding extinct species.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/science-mammoths-siberia-1.5917377?cmp=rss

Atlantic City's former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino demolished

Crowds cheered Wednesday as the site of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City was demolished by a series of deliberate explosions. Trump opened the tourist attraction in 1984 but lost control of the property in a 2009 bankruptcy.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/atlantic-city-s-former-trump-plaza-hotel-and-casino-demolished-1.5917430?cmp=rss

Facebook to restrict users, publishers from sharing news content in Australia

Facebook will restrict publishers and users in Australia from sharing or viewing news content in response to a proposed law that would require it and Alphabet to pay publishers for content, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/australia-facebook-news-content-1.5917224?cmp=rss

Gunmen attack school in northern Nigeria, killing at least 1 student, abducting dozens

Gunmen have attacked a school in Nigeria's north-central Niger State, killing at least one student and abducting more than 40 people including students and teachers, according to officials.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gunmen-northern-nigeria-abduction-1.5916666?cmp=rss

American radio host Rush Limbaugh dead at 70

Provocative and polarizing U.S. talk radio luminary Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted and was honoured by former U.S. president Donald Trump, has died, his family said Wednesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-1.5916997?cmp=rss

Prince Philip admitted to hospital as 'precautionary measure,' Buckingham Palace says

Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday evening as a precautionary measure, Buckingham Palace said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-philip-hospitalized-february-2021-1.5916671?cmp=rss

Female minister to replace Tokyo Games president who resigned over sexist remarks: report

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee is about to get a new president — and it looks like it will be a woman. According to a report in Japan, the job will be offered to 56-year-old Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics-hashimoto-1.5916623?cmp=rss

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

U.S. President Joe Biden is promising that a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, restating his goal after his administration came under fire when aides said schools would be considered open if they held in-person learning just one day a week.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-february17-2021-1.5916581?cmp=rss

Plea from Princess of Dubai renews global push for answers

A desperate plea from Dubai’s Princess Latifa, who claims her father, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, drugged her and held her hostage, has the world wondering what has happened to her and has renewed a global push for answers.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/plea-from-princess-of-dubai-renews-global-push-for-answers-1.5916539?cmp=rss