Friday, June 11, 2021

Lobster diver survives brief entrapment inside whale's mouth

Humpback whales feed near Gloucester, Mass.

A commercial lobster diver who got caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., on Friday morning said he thought he was going to die.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trapper-lobster-diver-humpback-whale-1.6063136?cmp=rss

Darnella Frazier, teen who recorded George Floyd's arrest, murder, wins Pulitzer citation

A person in Minneapolis, Minn., reacts to verdict in Derek Chauvin's trial

The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd, helping to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice, was awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/darnella-frazier-george-floyd-video-pulitzer-1.6062709?cmp=rss

Pakistan's PM urges governments to fight online hate and extremism after London, Ont. truck attack

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Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is calling on world leaders to crack down on online hate and extremism following the deadly truck attack in London, Ont. — now being investigated by authorities as a possible act of terror.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/imran-khan-rbl-interview-1.6062850?cmp=rss

UN human rights chief warns of military buildup, escalating violence in Myanmar

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Michelle Bachelet said more than 108,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Kayah state in the last three weeks, and her office cited "credible reports" that security forces have shelled civilian homes and churches and blocked access for humanitarian aid.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-human-rights-chief-michelle-bachelet-myanmar-1.6062810?cmp=rss

Dutch princess says she won't accept royal allowance at age 18

Princess Amalia, photographed in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in April 2021

The heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Amalia, has decided for the next few years not to accept the allowance — worth some 1.6 million euros ($2.4 million Cdn) per year — that she is entitled to receive annually once she turns 18 in December.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dutch-princess-royal-allowance-return-1.6062386?cmp=rss

European soccer championships get underway a year later, a test in the pandemic era

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The signature European soccer championships event, postponed last year, kicks off Friday with the first of 51 matches played in 11 cities around the continent, the first tournament of its kind in the pandemic era.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/euro2020-begins-italy-1.6062283?cmp=rss

Some climate change fixes could drive extinctions, UN warns

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To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and not just one, United Nations scientists said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/biodiversity-climate-un-1.6061934?cmp=rss

Outgoing intelligence chief signals Israel targeted Iran's nuclear assets

Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaking in Netanya, Israel in 2017

The outgoing chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran's nuclear program and a military scientist.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-mossad-cohen-interview-iran-nuclear-1.6062199?cmp=rss

Pedro Castillo ready to lead Peru after election count, but Keiko Fujimori not yet conceding

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Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede and has alleged fraud despite scant evidence.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peru-election-castillo-fujimori-1.6061941?cmp=rss

Chinese rover and lander pose for portraits on Mars

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The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the Red Planet.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/chinese-mars-rover-1.6061911?cmp=rss

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

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Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are set to commit at their summit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with struggling countries around the world — half the doses coming from the U.S. and 100 million from the U.K.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-june11-2021-1.6061832?cmp=rss

U.S. lawmakers planning economic battle with China have some questions — about Canada

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A massive bill laying out the long-term U.S. strategy for competing with China is making its way through Congress. There is even a long section in it about Canada. As Alex Panetta explains, the bill presents potential challenges as well as some opportunities for this country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-china-bill-canada-1.6061718?cmp=rss