Friday, September 10, 2021

More Canadians evacuated from Afghanistan after Kabul airport reopens for passenger flights

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More Canadians were evacuated from Afghanistan today on a civilian flight bound for Qatar, a government source has told CBC News.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-qatar-flight-sep10-1.6171539?cmp=rss

Queen's representative says royals support Black Lives Matter movement

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family back the Black Lives Matter movement, said one of her senior representatives in a television interview with Channel 4 News to be broadcast Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/royals-support-black-lives-matter-movement-1.6171435?cmp=rss

How NYC and other U.S. cities are preparing to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

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Much of the United States is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in both New York City and Washington.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos/how-nyc-and-other-u-s-cities-are-preparing-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-1.6169779?cmp=rss

Federal judge in U.S. loosens Apple's grip on App Store

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A federal judge in the U.S. ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run App Store, threatening one of the iPhone maker's biggest moneymakers.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/app-store-ruling-1.6171201?cmp=rss

BioNTech to seek global approval to use its COVID-19 vaccine in 5-11 year olds: report

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BioNTech is set to request approval across the globe to use its COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as five over the next few weeks and preparations for a launch are on track, the biotech firm's two top executives told Der Spiegel.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/biontech-to-seek-global-approval-to-use-its-covid-19-vaccine-in-5-11-year-olds-report-1.6171034?cmp=rss

Lebanon forms new government after yearlong deadlock as financial crisis deepens

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Lebanon's new Prime Minister Najib Mikati pledged Friday to do everything in his power to halt the country's dramatic economic collapse, urging fractious politicians to work together after a new government was announced — the first in over a year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-new-government-najib-mikati-1.6170863?cmp=rss

As evacuation flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow

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Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States remain stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-biden-taliban-flights-sept10-1.6170800?cmp=rss

With high vaccination rate, Denmark lifts all domestic COVID-19 restrictions

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Denmark's high vaccination rate has enabled the Scandinavian country to become one of the first European Union nations to lift all domestic COVID-19 restrictions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-sept10-2021-1.6170765?cmp=rss

20 years after 9/11, the American story, as told by veterans

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Twenty years after the nation-rattling attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, some of the American veterans affected reflect on their legacy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/20-years-911-veterans-1.6170087?cmp=rss