Woman shot protesting Myanmar military takeover dies

A young woman who was shot in the head by police during a protest last week against the military's takeover of power in Myanmar died Friday morning, her brother said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myanmar-protest-death-1.5919808?cmp=rss

Robinhood CEO among those grilled by U.S. lawmakers over GameStop trading frenzy

Key players in the GameStop saga faced questions Thursday from U.S. House lawmakers concerned that even as investing becomes more democratized the scales are still tilted in favour of the big Wall Street institutions.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/robinhood-gamestop-us-house-committee-1.5919507?cmp=rss

Canada, Britain slap sanctions on Myanmar officials for abuses in military coup

Canada and Britain have joined forces once again, this time to impose new sanctions on Myanmar after its military toppled its elected government in a coup.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-uk-sanctions-myanmar-1.5919204?cmp=rss

Sen. Ted Cruz confirms he travelled to Mexico for family vacation after storm slammed Texas

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz acknowledged on Thursday that he had travelled to Mexico for a family vacation this week, leaving his home state as thousands of constituents struggled without power or safe drinking water after a powerful winter storm.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-storm-cruz-mexico-vacation-1.5919054?cmp=rss

Millions of Texans must boil water, hundreds of thousands still without power due to winter storm

Power outages in Texas dropped below one million on Thursday morning for the first time in four days, but many people remain without electricity or safe drinking water after winter storms wreaked havoc on the state's power grid and utilities.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-boil-water-power-outages-1.5918111?cmp=rss

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

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the first one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for the novel coronavirus are expected to arrive next week for distribution in some 20 countries on the continent.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-february18-2021-1.5918073?cmp=rss

Former Olympian picked as new president of Tokyo 2020 Games

Japan's Seiko Hashimoto, a woman who has competed in seven Olympics, said on Thursday she had been chosen as president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing committee, replacing a man who resigned after setting off a furore with sexist remarks.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/olympics-tokyo-chief-1.5918064?cmp=rss