Thousands flee as firefighters battle wildfire in French Riviera

The wildfire started Monday evening, in the height of France's summer vacation season, about 40 kilometres inland from the coastal resort of Saint-Tropez.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/french-riviera-forest-fire-evacuations-1.6144183?cmp=rss

Hope and heartbreak as Canadian Afghan filmmakers monitor developments in Kabul

Exhausted and heartbroken, Canadian filmmakers who've spent years working in Afghanistan are now trying to help friends leave as they reconcile what is happening with the Afghanistan they knew.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-filmmakers-afghanistan-1.6143698?cmp=rss

Earthquake-displaced Haitians endure tropical storm Grace

Tropical storm Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains, just days after a powerful earthquake battered the Caribbean nation, adding to the misery of thousands who lost loved ones, suffered injuries or found themselves homeless.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos/earthquake-displaced-haitians-endure-tropical-storm-grace-1.6143810?cmp=rss

Taliban vow to honour women's rights but within Islamic law

The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women's rights, forgive those who resisted them and ensure a secure Afghanistan as part of a publicity blitz aimed at convincing world powers and a fearful population that they have changed.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taliban-public-statements-1.6143708?cmp=rss

Hiding from the Taliban in Kabul: 'My sin is that I am born in this country, and I am a woman'

As the Taliban takes over the Afghan capital and residents scramble to leave the country, groups are calling on countries offering humanitarian support to relax visa requirements. Radio-Canada spoke with an Afghan woman stranded in Kabul who is trying to leave for the U.K., where she is registered to study.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/kabul-afghanistan-taliban-woman-1.6143562?cmp=rss

Ottawa has 'no plans' to recognize Taliban as legitimate government of Afghanistan: Trudeau

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today that Canada has no plans to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-recognition-taliban-1.6143660?cmp=rss

Former NATO adviser, Winnipegger working tirelessly to get former colleagues out of Afghanistan

As Afghanistan descends into chaos, Winnipeg man Zobair Deen, who spent a decade working in the country, is trying to get hundreds of friends and former colleagues out alive. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/zobair-deen-afghanistan-winnipeg-1.6143110?cmp=rss

The Weeknd's Blinding Lights becomes longest charting Billboard Hot 100 song

The Weeknd's hit song Blinding Lights is the longest charting song in Billboard Hot 100 history, while the Toronto-born artist is the only Canadian among Billboard's longest charters.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-weeknd-billboard-record-1.6143490?cmp=rss

Tropical storm drenches earthquake-stricken Haiti

Tropical storm Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains just two days after a powerful earthquake battered the impoverished Caribbean nation, adding to the misery of thousands who lost loved ones, suffered injuries or found themselves homeless.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-earthquake-tropical-storm-1.6143414?cmp=rss

Pompeii tomb offers new hints about cultural life in ancient city

Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/pompeii-tomb-1.6143412?cmp=rss

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

The World Health Organization is worried about the spread of the coronavirus in Afghanistan as the upheaval caused by the Taliban advance and seizure of power has slowed vaccinations, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-august17-2021-1.6143367?cmp=rss

U.S. declares first western reservoir water shortage, triggering cuts

U.S. officials for the first time on Monday declared an official water shortage for the massive Lake Mead reservoir, triggering supply cuts to parts of the drought-stricken Southwest, as 10 western governors appealed for federal drought disaster aid.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-states-water-shortage-lake-mead-1.6143396?cmp=rss

Bob Dylan sued for alleged sexual abuse of 12-year-old in 1960s

An unnamed woman has sued folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan alleging he sexually abused her after giving her drugs and alcohol in 1965 when she was 12 years old.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bob-dylan-sexual-abuse-accusation-1.6143392?cmp=rss

Taliban announces 'amnesty,' urges women to join government

The Taliban declared an "amnesty" across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government Tuesday, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee their rule.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taliban-amnesty-women-1.6143358?cmp=rss

Afraid for their lives, Afghan women judges desperately seek escape from Taliban

Maryam is busy making sure she will survive until she can find a flight out of Afghanistan. She's hiding and destroying any evidence of her successful, decade-long career as a judge — a job that could seal her fate under Taliban rule. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghan-women-judges-fear-execution-1.6143010?cmp=rss