Rockets hit neighbourhood near Kabul airport as U.S. poised to pull out of Afghanistan

Rockets struck a neighbourhood near Kabul's international airport on Monday amid the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn't immediately clear who launched them.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rocket-attack-kabul-1.6157938?cmp=rss

Toyota halts use of self-driving vehicle at Paralympic village after collision with visually impaired athlete

Toyota has suspended use of all of its self-driving e-Palette transportation pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/toyota-halts-self-driving-vehicles-use-after-olympic-village-accident-1.6157569?cmp=rss

Jacques Rogge, ex-International Olympic Committee president, dies at 79

Jacques Rogge, the Olympic sailor and orthopedic surgeon from Belgium who led the International Olympic Committee as president for 12 years, has died. He was 79.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/jacques-rogge-death-international-olympic-committee-1.6157568?cmp=rss

British scientists may finally be turning the tables on a squirrely invasion

A mix of hazelnut butter and contraceptive gel may be the elusive mixture that finally lets British scientists turn the tables on the invasive grey squirrels that have been driving the country's native red squirrels to "near threatened" status.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/squirrels-britain-1.6155451?cmp=rss

Biden paying respects to 13 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing

U.S. President Joe Biden is embarking on a solemn journey Sunday to honour and mourn the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as their remains return home from Afghanistan.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-kabul-pullout-august29-2021-1.6157384?cmp=rss

Hurricane Ida intensifies to Category 4 strength

Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-ida-sunday-1.6157369?cmp=rss