Tuesday, June 22, 2021

U.S. government to investigate its Indian boarding schools in wake of Kamloops discovery

KAMLOOPS MOURNING

The United States government has announced it will investigate its history of Indian boarding schools and work to identify children who died in the institutions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/us-government-indian-boarding-schools-investigate-1.6075924?cmp=rss

Get a load of this: NASA to test laundry detergent made for space

Laundry In Space

How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don't. Instead, astronauts throw away tons of dirty clothes every year. NASA wants to change that, so they're teaming up with Proctor & Gamble Co. to figure out how to clean clothes in space.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nasa-laundry-detergent-space-1.6075627?cmp=rss

U.S. pushes vaccinations for younger Americans as concerns about delta variant spread

Biden

The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as concerns grow about the spread of a new variant that threatens to set the country back in the months ahead.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-pushes-younger-vaccinations-delta-variant-1.6075848?cmp=rss

New software allows young woman with cerebral palsy to play harp

New software allows young woman with cerebral palsy to play harp

The Eyeharp converts eye movements on a computer screen to notes plucked on an electronic instrument.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-software-allows-young-woman-with-cerebral-palsy-to-play-harp-1.6075847?cmp=rss

How to deal with Russia: U.S. diplomat's take 75 years ago helped launch the Cold War

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In 1946, U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan authored a secret document about Russia that would cool international relations and help launch the Cold War. Seventy five years later, Kennan's Long Telegram still echoes in Washington and in Putin's Russia.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-to-deal-with-russia-u-s-diplomat-s-take-75-years-ago-helped-launch-the-cold-war-1.6073850?cmp=rss

Turkish COVID-19 vaccine starts Phase 3 clinical trials

Virus Outbreak Italy Flu Vaccine

Turkey is developing a domestic vaccine named "Turkovac" by President Tayyip Erdogan. The vaccine entered into phase three clinical trials on Tuesday and should be available for use by the end of the year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/turkish-vaccines-covid19-drugs-coronavirus-pandemic-1.6075326?cmp=rss

Carl Nassib and other openly LGBTQ athletes in professional sports

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Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib revealed in an Instagram post on Monday that he is gay, making him the NFL's only openly gay active player. Nassib, who came out during Pride Month, is among many athletes who are openly LGBTQ.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos/carl-nassib-and-other-openly-lgbtq-athletes-in-professional-sports-1.6075145?cmp=rss

China hits back at Canada, calls for UN investigation into crimes against Indigenous people

Xi and Trudeau

At the UN in Geneva on Tuesday, China and its allied called for a UN investigation into crimes against Indigenous people in Canada, just moments before Canada and its allies called on China to allow UN investigators free access to Xinjiang to probe Uyghur abuses.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canada-un-calls-investigation-crimes-indigenous-uyghurs-1.6075025?cmp=rss

Spanish PM issues controversial pardons of 9 who led Catalonia independence bid

SPAIN-POLITICS/CATALONIA-SANCHEZ

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government will pardon the nine jailed leaders of Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid on Tuesday, saying that seeking reconciliation with the region was in the public interest.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spain-catalonia-pardons-1.6075184?cmp=rss

Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger,' UN says, upsetting Australia

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The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger," a United Nations panel said on Tuesday, drawing an angry response from Australia, which called the recommendation politically motivated.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/great-barrier-reef-united-nations-australia-1.6074961?cmp=rss

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

Dr. Robert Strang

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island on Monday, as the number of new cases reported continued to trend downward nationally.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-june22-2021-1.6074918?cmp=rss