Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Chinese Canadian pop star, Kris Wu, dumped by brands over sexual assault allegations

Kris Wu

The former member of Korean boy band EXO has lost endorsement and other deals with at least 10 brands including Porsche and Bulgari after a teenager accused him of sexually assaulting her while she was drunk.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/chinese-canadian-pop-star-kris-wu-dumped-by-brands-1.6109416?cmp=rss

Haiti installs Ariel Henry as new leader while mourning slain president

Haiti President Killed

Haiti's government installed a new prime minister on Tuesday, while officials mourned assassinated President Jovenel Moïse and arrested at least three police officers implicated in his killing.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-ariel-henry-prime-minister-1.6110528?cmp=rss

Belgium holds day of mourning for flood victims as death toll, including Germany, rises to 201

Europe Floods Belgium

Belgium's king and queen visited the flood-stricken town of Verviers to lead the nation in a minute of silence Tuesday to remember those who died. German Chancellor Angela Merkel meanwhile made a second tour of the disaster zone in her country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/belgium-flood-mourning-germany-1.6110259?cmp=rss

Heavy flooding in central China inundates subway system, closes historic sites

China Flooding

Heavy rain pounded the central Chinese province of Henan on Tuesday, bursting the banks of major rivers, flooding the streets of a dozen cities and trapping subway passengers waist-high in floodwaters.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-henan-flooding-1.6110092?cmp=rss

Politics the reason Canada has surpassed U.S. on COVID vaccines, Fauci says

Virus Outbreak Congress

How did the U.S. squander a months-long lead to fall behind Canada on COVID-19 vaccinations, leaving it short of herd immunity while a deadly variant wallops unvaccinated pockets of the country? U.S. official Anthony Fauci blames his country's politics.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fauci-us-canada-vaccines-1.6109362?cmp=rss

Businesses in U.S. border communities nervously await easing of travel restrictions

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CANADA-BORDERS

U.S. businesses are waiting nervously for an expected announcement on when the American border will reopen to Canadian tourists.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/us-border-businesses-calgary-canada-1.6110046?cmp=rss

India's COVID-19 death toll could be 10X the official count, research suggests

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India's excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic were a staggering 10 times the official death toll, according to the most comprehensive research done to date.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-s-covid-19-death-toll-could-be-10x-the-official-count-research-suggests-1.6109639?cmp=rss

Jeff Bezos blasts off on space travel company's first flight

New shepard blue origin

Jeff Bezos blasted off Tuesday on the first flight of his space travel company with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own rocket. Watch LIVE now.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-flight-1.6109314?cmp=rss

Muslims mark Eid al-Adha holiday in pandemic's shadow

Nigeria Eid Al-Adha

Muslims around the world were observing Tuesday yet another major Islamic holiday in the shadow of the pandemic and amid growing concerns about the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/eid-al-adha-coronavirus-pandemic-1.6109381?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Tuesday

Virus Outbreak Missouri

Mississippi's top public health official says the state is seeing a rapid increase in coronavirus infections, noting on Twitter that the "4th wave is here."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-world-july20-2021-1.6109276?cmp=rss

Verdict awaited as first Hong Kong security law trial ends

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The trial of the first person to be charged under Hong Kong's sweeping national security law ended Tuesday after nearly a month, and now observers will wait for a verdict in the landmark case to see how similar cases might be dealt with.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-china-national-security-law-trial-1.6109301?cmp=rss

These 2 young Montreal friends died in the Florida condo collapse. But only 1 has been found

Michelle Pazos Anastasia Gromova Florida condo 2

Montreal friends Anastasia Gromova and Michelle Pazos were together in the Surfside, Fla., condominium that collapsed. While Pazos's remains were found, Gromova's family is still waiting for rescue teams to recover her body.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-victims-florida-condo-collapse-1.6108941?cmp=rss