Monday, April 12, 2021

Prosecution wraps up case in Chauvin murder trial with tearful testimony from Floyd's brother

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As the prosecution wrapped up its case in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday, the court heard emotional testimony from the younger brother of George Floyd.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-case-prosecutors-defence-1.5984126?cmp=rss

Doctor in Myanmar says he and his colleagues are being targeted for arrest

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As his country is rocked by protests and bloody crackdowns, a doctor says he and his colleagues are being shot at and placed on arrest warrant lists.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.5984047/doctor-in-myanmar-says-he-and-his-colleagues-are-being-targeted-for-arrest-1.5984287?cmp=rss

Canada cancels permits for high-tech arms exports to Turkey

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The federal government has cancelled arms export licences for Turkey’s high-tech drone systems after a review found “credible evidence” that Canadian technology was diverted to Azerbaijan without Ottawa’s consent and was used in fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh last fall, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said today.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/arms-sales-turkey-canada-1.5984453?cmp=rss

Judge refuses to sequester jury in Chauvin trail in wake of unrest over police shooting of Black man

George Floyd Officer Trial

The judge in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin refused a defence request to sequester the jury on Monday, the morning after the death of a Black man shot by police during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just north of Minneapolis.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/george-floyd-chauvin-trial-jury-1.5984002?cmp=rss

Prince William pays tribute to Prince Philip: 'I will miss my grandpa'

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Prince William said on Monday that he would miss "his grandpa" Prince Philip but that the late duke would have wanted the family to get on with the job.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-philip-death-william-statement-1.5983795?cmp=rss

Australia abandons COVID-19 vaccination targets after new advice on AstraZeneca shots

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Australia has abandoned a goal to vaccinate nearly all of its 26 million population by the end of 2021 following advice that people under the age of 50 take Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine rather than AstraZeneca's shot.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/australia-astrazeneca-vaccine-1.5983756?cmp=rss

Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz site as U.S. begins talks to re-enter nuclear deal

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Iran blamed Israel on Monday for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges, an assault that imperils ongoing talks over its tattered nuclear deal and brings a shadow war between the two countries into the light.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-israel-sabotage-natanz-nuclear-1.5983716?cmp=rss

Black man shot by Minnesota police officer in traffic stop crashes, dies

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Crowds of mourners and protesters gathered in a Minnesota city where the family of a 20-year-old Black man says he was shot by police before getting back into his car and driving away, then crashing several blocks away. Daunte Wright's family said he was later pronounced dead.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/daunte-wright-shot-police-traffic-stop-minnesota-1.5983691?cmp=rss

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

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Hospitals across much of Ontario will start ramping down elective surgeries and non-urgent procedures today to ensure they have the capacity to treat more COVID-19 patients.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-april12-2021-1.5983678?cmp=rss