Tennessee flooding kills 8, dozens missing as people trapped in homes

Catastrophic flooding in mid-Tennessee has left at least eight dead and dozens missing as rains washed away homes and rural roads.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tennessee-flooding-deaths-missing-1.6149179?cmp=rss

Palestinian teen, Israeli police officer among at least 25 wounded in Gaza border clash

Twenty-four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy, and an Israeli police officer were wounded during clashes Saturday along the Gaza border during a demonstration organized by Hamas, according to officials.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-border-clash-wounded-1.6149060?cmp=rss

Frustrations, violence flare in Haiti as earthquake survivors plead for aid

Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over a lack of aid to remote areas hardest hit by last week's devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in the impoverished Caribbean country.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-earthquake-survivors-aid-tensions-1.6149058?cmp=rss

Russian police detain journalists protesting TV channel's 'foreign agent' designation

The journalists held individual pickets outside the main headquarters of the country's top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Moscow's Lubyanka Square.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-journalists-arrest-press-freedom-1.6149029?cmp=rss

U.S. East Coast braces for 'life-threatening' Hurricane Henri as residents stockpile goods

The U.S. East Coast braces to take a direct hit from Hurricane Henri as it's set to make landfall in Long Island, N.Y., or New England on Sunday evening. Canada's Maritimes are expected to be spared from the worst of Henri.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-henri-us-east-coast-warning-1.6148961?cmp=rss

Hurricane Grace slams into Mexico's Gulf coast before weakening to tropical storm

Hurricane Grace hit Mexico's Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm before weakening on Saturday, drenching coastal and inland areas in its second landfall in the country in two days.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-storm-grace-mexico-flooding-1.6148788?cmp=rss

Violence, poverty and terrorism: Afghanistan fears a bleak, unpredictable future under the Taliban

With the Taliban working to consolidate its victory after seizing Kabul following a rapid advance across Afghanistan, no one knows exactly what the country will look like in coming months and years.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/future-of-afghanistan-under-taliban-1.6147972?cmp=rss

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

More than 250 people who were protesting coronavirus lockdowns in Australia were arrested Saturday and many faced fines for defying health orders, authorities said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-august21-2021-1.6148680?cmp=rss

Fearful wait in Kabul for U.S. to deliver on evacuation vow

Tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan waited nervously on Saturday to see whether the United States would deliver on President Joe Biden's new pledge to evacuate all Americans and all Afghans who aided the war effort.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-kabul-1.6148674?cmp=rss