Monday, February 22, 2021

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after deal reached to amend proposed law

Australia Digital Platforms

Australia's government announced on Tuesday that Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on Australians sharing news after a deal was struck on legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/facebook-ban-australia-1.5924076?cmp=rss

Wife of drug kingpin El Chapo arrested on U.S. drug charges

El Chapo Wife

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, whom U.S. law enforcement officials accuse of helping plot her husband's daring escape from a Mexico prison in 2015, was arrested Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug-trafficking charges, the U.S. Justice Department said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/el-chapo-wife-arrested-drug-charges-1.5923856?cmp=rss

Microsoft, European publishers side with Australia in fight with Facebook over news

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Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make big tech platforms pay for news, raising the stakes in the brewing battle led by Australia to get Google and Facebook to pay for journalism.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/microsoft-europe-australia-facebook-1.5923174?cmp=rss

Some good news from across the universe

Some good news from across the universe

With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/some-good-news-from-across-the-universe-1.5923162?cmp=rss

Artemi Panarin denies Russian report of abuse, takes time away from Rangers

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New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the team after a Russian tabloid printed allegations from a former coach he attacked a woman in Latvia almost a decade ago, which he denies.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/panarin-leave-of-absence-rangers-nhl-1.5923043?cmp=rss

Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight

Private Spaceflight

Bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux will become the youngest American in space this fall when she rockets into orbit on SpaceX's first private flight.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bone-cancer-survivor-spacex-1.5922763?cmp=rss

Bitcoin down sharply after hitting record highs this weekend

CRYPTO-CURRENCY/MICROSTRATEGY

Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday after the price for a single unit of the digital currency surged to a record $58,354 US a day earlier, as a selloff in global equities curbed risk appetite.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/bitcoin-highs-down-1.5922877?cmp=rss

Grammy-winning duo Daft Punk break up after 28 years

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Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/daft-punk-break-up-1.5923006?cmp=rss

Angry Spanish youth take to streets in support of jailed rap artist

Spain Rapper

The imprisonment of a rap artist for his music praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage in the southern European country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spain-protests-jailed-rapper-monarchy-1.5922745?cmp=rss

Who said The Scream could have only been painted by a madman? The artist himself

ART-MUNCH/THESCREAM

A Norwegian museum says a small, barely visible sentence written on Edvard Munch's 1893 masterpiece The Scream was penned by the Norwegian painter himself.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/munch-scream-madman-1.5922732?cmp=rss

COVID-19 vaccination linked to lower hospitalization risk in real-world data from Scotland

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BRITAIN-ROLLOUT

Both the Pfizer-BioNtech and Oxford-AstraZeneca shots associated with markedly reducing the risk of hospitalization for COVID-19, preliminary findings from Scotland suggest.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-vaccination-scotland-hospitalization-1.5922714?cmp=rss

Cross-border workers worry COVID 'politics' could complicate their commutes

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The thousands of Ontario workers who commute across the U.S. border have been some of the only ones on the international bridges for the past year and they worry that new restrictions are about to make the quiet drive more complicated.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ontario-cross-border-commuters-covid-1.5916692?cmp=rss

Boeing recommends grounding 777 aircraft after plane makes emergency landing in Denver

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Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all of its 777s with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on the weekend.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/boeing-777-grounding-recommendation-1.5922635?cmp=rss

U.S. nears 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 as hospitalizations decline

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President Joe Biden is expected to mark 500,000 U.S. lives lost from COVID-19 with a moment of silence and candle-lighting ceremony at the White House. The nation is expected to pass the grim milestone on Monday, just over a year after the first confirmed U.S. fatality of the pandemic.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-february22-2021-1.5922615?cmp=rss

The hunt for herd immunity: Suddenly, the U.S. seems in better shape on COVID-19

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For the last year, stories about hard-hit American communities clobbered by COVID-19 served as a cautionary tale. But things are improving in many parts of the country, with herd immunity inching closer.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-seeing-herd-immunity-over-the-horizon-1.5921179?cmp=rss

Italy ponders economic recovery a year after 1st COVID-19 casualty

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A year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit Italy, the county's new prime minister says he will use billions of euros provided by the European Union to invest in education and close the employment gender gap, which could help those hit hard by the pandemic's economic effects — young people and women.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/northern-itlay-covid-anniversary-1.5920157?cmp=rss