Saturday, March 20, 2021

'We are not the virus': Hundreds rally against anti-Asian racism in Atlanta

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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday in support of the Asian American community after a shooting at three local day spas this week left eight people dead, six of them Asian women.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stop-asian-hate-racism-rally-atlanta-spa-shooting-1.5958081?cmp=rss

LeBron James leaves game due to right ankle injury

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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James injured his right ankle during the team's game against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, leaving the court in visible frustration after attempting to play through the injury.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/nba-lebron-james-ankle-leaves-games-march-20-1.5958044?cmp=rss

Prince Harry pens message for grieving children who lost parents to COVID-19 pandemic

Prince Harry at a roundtable discussion in Britain

Britain's Prince Harry has written the foreward for a new book aimed at the children of front-line workers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-harry-grieving-children-covid-19-1.5957939?cmp=rss

Turkey exits European treaty designed to protect women from violence

Protesters oppose Turkey's exit from the Istanbul Convention

Turkey withdrew early Saturday from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago and that bears the name of its largest city.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-european-trieaty-exit-violence-1.5957798?cmp=rss

Fans from outside Japan banned from attending Tokyo Olympics

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Officials said the risk was too great to admit ticket holders from overseas during a pandemic, an idea strongly opposed by the Japanese public.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics-announce-ban-on-fans-from-abroad-1.5957713?cmp=rss