Friday, March 12, 2021

Barbados expected to cut ties with British royals

Barbados expected to cut ties with British royals

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey revived allegations of racism against the Royal Family — allegations that weren't a surprise in Barbados. In November, the Commonwealth country is expected to become the latest to cut ties with Buckingham Palace.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/barbados-expected-to-cut-ties-with-british-royals-1.5948722?cmp=rss

After the Harry and Meghan interview, how does the monarchy keep calm and carry on?

BRITAIN-ROYALS/HARRY

The monarchy is no stranger to scandal. So when another crisis shakes the Royal Family to its core, how does a 1,200-year old institution adapt and stay relevant?



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/after-the-harry-and-meghan-interview-how-does-the-monarchy-keep-calm-and-carry-on-1.5947897?cmp=rss

Minneapolis to pay George Floyd's family $27M US to settle civil suit

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The city of Minneapolis on Friday agree to pay $27 million US to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer's murder trial.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/george-floyd-family-minneapolis-settlement-1.5947716?cmp=rss

U.K. police confirm body in woods is of missing woman in case that's sparking countrywide anger

Britain missing woman Sarah Everard

Police confirmed Friday that a body found hidden in woodland southeast of London is that of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive who went missing on a walk home. Her suspected abduction and murder has dismayed Britain and revived a painful question: Why are women too often not safe on the streets?



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-missing-woman-found-dead-1.5947402?cmp=rss

New York, D.C. Democrats call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down

Virus Outbreak Cuomo

Multiple members of New York's congressional delegation called Friday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual harassment and an allegation of groping, as well as scrutiny over his administration's reporting of COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ny-cuomo-allegations-1.5947380?cmp=rss

Biden wants COVID-19 vaccine available to all American adults by May 1, life 'closer to normal' by July 4

Biden Virus Outbreak

One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, U.S. President Joe Biden used his first prime-time address to outline his plan Thursday night to make all adults vaccine-eligible by May 1 and get the country "closer to normal" by the Fourth of July.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-covid-prime-time-address-1.5946750?cmp=rss

More students kidnapped in Nigeria as gunmen attack forestry college

Nigeria School Attacked

Gunmen in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna state kidnapped a number of students from a college late on Thursday, a police spokesman and a state government official said on Friday, in the fourth mass school abduction since December.Gunmen in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna state kidnapped a number of students from a college late on Thursday, a police spokesman and a state government official said on Friday, in the fourth mass school abduction since December.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kidnap-nigeria-students-1.5946978?cmp=rss