The violence in Atlanta and the 8 lives lost

What we know so far about the victims who have been publicly identified in the wake of Tuesday's shooting rampage at three Atlanta-area massage spas.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/atlanta-spa-shooting-victims-1.5955883?cmp=rss

China expected to open trial for Canadian Michael Spavor on spying charges

China was expected to open the first trial Friday for one of two Canadians who have been held for more than two years in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spavor-kovrig-michaels-trial-spying-1.5955938?cmp=rss

Swipe right to consent? Australian police commissioner's proposed sexual-consent app met with criticism

A senior Australian police official who suggested an app could be used to document sexual consent in an effort to improve conviction rates in sex crime cases was met with a largely negative response Thursday.  

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-sexual-consent-app-backlash-1.5954814?cmp=rss

States led by Texas, Montana sue Biden in bid to revive Keystone XL pipeline

Attorneys general from 21 states on Wednesday sued the administration of President Joe Biden over his decision to revoke a key permit for the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/states-sue-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline-1.5954908?cmp=rss

U.S. plans to send 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada, says official: Reuters

The United States plans to send roughly 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that it is not using to Mexico and Canada through loan deals with the two countries, an administration official told Reuters today.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/reuters-us-canada-mexico-vaccine-1.5954871?cmp=rss

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

Alberta's top doctor is urging people to follow both the "detail and the spirit" of public health measures as the province deals with community spread of a variant of concern first reported in the U.K.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-march18-2021-1.5954426?cmp=rss

Canadian officials say Iran failed to prove Flight 752 was shot down in error

Canadian safety officials said today that Iran's investigation of the destruction of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 failed to support its claim that the passenger jet was shot down due to human error.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tsb-response-iran-report-ps752-1.5954689?cmp=rss

Canadian mothers in ISIS detention camp fear their children are being judged on the actions of their parents

Canadian women being held in detention with families of ISIS militants in Syria fear that their children are now bound to their own fate and have little hope for life beyond the confines of the camp.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-detention-camps-canadian-women-children-1.5953524?cmp=rss

China says it's upholding the law as 2 Canadians head to trial

China says it has protected the legal rights of two Canadians due to be tried on national security charges starting tomorrow — allegations the Canadian government says Beijing fabricated following the arrest of Huawei telecom executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-spavor-kovrig-china-court-1.5954508?cmp=rss

Europe waits for medicine agency review of AstraZeneca shot after blood clot reports

The world is awaiting the results of an initial European investigation into whether there is any evidence that the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine was behind unusual blood clots reported in some recipients of the shot.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ema-astrazeneca-oxford-vaccine-safety-1.5954427?cmp=rss

Canadian nurse living in U.S. seeks permission to work in small B.C. hospital

A Canadian nurse living in the U.S. says two months is too long to wait for permission to provide care in a short-staffed B.C. hospital. She has been trying to get her a quarantine exemption to work with older patients as soon as possible but so far it hasn't come.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/essential-worker-quarantine-border-1.5952001?cmp=rss

Margarita Gracheva's ex-husband cut off her hands. Now she has a show on Russian TV

Russian domestic abuse survivor Margarita Gracheva is hosting a television show she hopes will help others, but broader efforts to assist women coping with family violence have had little success recently in a country where advocates are frustrated by the indifference they see from authorities.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/margarita-gracheva-s-ex-husband-cut-off-her-hands-now-she-has-a-show-on-russian-tv-1.5949790?cmp=rss

Leave the monarchy? In Barbados, that's just the first step on a long path to healing

Some in Barbados say Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's recent interview should spark a discussion around the historical legacy of colonialism and address the topic of reparations.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/barbados-harry-meghan-1.5952162?cmp=rss

Georgia shootings were hate crimes, some Asian Americans say

Members of the Asian American community are calling the attacks in Georgia on Wednesday a hate crime and are still "in shock" of what happened despite the recent wave of assaults against the community, since the spread of COVID-19.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/georgia-shooting-hate-crime-1.5954300?cmp=rss