Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Stolen Picasso, Mondrian found in dry riverbed near Athens

Greece Stolen Paintings

Newly recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, which were stolen in a 2012 heist, are set to go back on display at the recently renovated National Gallery in Athens.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/picasso-mondrian-recovered-greece-1.6085366?cmp=rss

Sterling, Kane score as England beats Germany to move into Euro quarter-finals

Britain England Germany Euro 2020 Soccer

Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane struck as England reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship with a 2-0 win over rivals Germany at Wembley on Tuesday. England will play either Sweden or Ukraine in the last eight.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/sterling-kane-score-as-england-beats-germany-to-move-into-euro-last-eight-1.6084678?cmp=rss

Eritrean forces withdraw from key towns in Ethiopia's Tigray 1 day after declaration of ceasefire

Ethiopia Tigray Crisis

The withdrawal comes one day after Tigray fighters took control of the regional capital from retreating Ethiopian forces and Ethiopia's government declared a unilateral ceasefire.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ethiopia-tigray-ceasefire-1.6084930?cmp=rss

This couple endured 5 years of homophobic mail — until a local sleuth tracked down a suspect

LeeMichael McLean & Bryan Furze

Five years after LeeMichael McLean and Bryan Furze first became targets of homophobic harassment by mail, the alleged culprit has been caught and their neighbours have rallied around them in solidarity.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/homophobic-mail-friendly-stranger-1.6084783?cmp=rss

China blocks effort to send canola dispute with Canada to WTO panel

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Canada's farmers are dealing with more frustration after China blocked an effort to raise the two countries' dispute over canola to a formal complaint requiring dispute settlement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canola-canada-1.6084860?cmp=rss

Black hole swallows neutron star before astronomers' eyes

Image of neutron-black hole merger

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe — all in a split-second gulp.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/black-hole-neutron-star-1.6084275?cmp=rss

Florida condo collapse search stretches to 6th day

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The slow work of sifting through the remnants of a collapsed Florida condo building stretched into a sixth day Tuesday, as families desperate for progress endured a wrenching wait for answers.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-condo-collapse-search-1.6084025?cmp=rss

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

Virus Outbreak Indonesia

The Red Cross says Indonesia needs to urgently increase medical care, testing and vaccinations as the number of new infections in the country has rapidly increased and left it "on the edge of a COVID-19 catastrophe."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-june29-2021-1.6084003?cmp=rss

Unsealed documents show RCMP intends to charge captured ISIS fighter

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Court documents unsealed last week reveal that the RCMP intends to charge a Canadian ISIS foreign fighter with a string of terrorism offences.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/mohammed-khalifa-isis-rcmp-1.6077311?cmp=rss

New Israeli foreign minister lands in UAE on 1st state visit

US Israel Blinken

Israel's new foreign minister has touched down in the United Arab Emirates, starting the first high-level trip by an Israeli official to the Gulf Arab state since the two countries normalized relations last year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-israeli-foreign-minister-lands-in-uae-on-1st-state-visit-1.6083996?cmp=rss