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source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/expo-dubai-1.6195443?cmp=rss
Thursday, September 30, 2021
U.S. senators grill Facebook exec about Instagram's potential harm to teen girls
Senators fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over the company's handling of internal research — leaked by a whistleblower and reported by The Wall Street Journal — suggesting its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/facebook-instagram-harms-teens-senate-hearings-1.6195604?cmp=rss
PHOTOS | Lava fountains and volcanic gas as Hawaii volcano erupts
One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting again, for the first time since May 2021. Experts say the eruption is expected to stay within the crater, and there are no indications of lava moving toward homes.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos-lava-fountains-and-volcanic-gas-as-hawaii-volcano-erupts-1.6195728?cmp=rss
Afghan girls' soccer team settles in Portugal, welcomed by national women's captain
Farkhunda Muhtaj, captain of Afghanistan's senior national team, visited the girls soccer team in Portugal that she helped escape the country under Taliban rule.
source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/afghanistan-girls-soccer-1.6195353?cmp=rss
Ethiopia kicks out 7 UN officials amid pressure over Tigray blockade
Ethiopia said Thursday it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accused of "meddling" in the country's internal affairs, as pressure grows on the government over its deadly blockade of its Tigray region.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ethiopia-kick-out-un-officials-tigray-1.6195211?cmp=rss
Olympic swimmer who stormed U.S. Capitol pleads guilty to felony
Five-time Olympic swimming medallist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison.
source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/us-olympic-capitol-storm-felony-1.6194534?cmp=rss
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts — but no sign lava will flow near homes
One of the most active volcanoes on Earth is erupting on Hawaii's Big Island. Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Wednesday that an eruption has begun in Kilauea volcano's Halema'uma'u crater, but said it was unlikely lava would move to the zone where people live.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-eruption-1.6194883?cmp=rss
Boxing bouts at Rio 2016 Olympics were fixed, independent investigation says
Boxing bouts for medals at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by "complicit and compliant" referees and judges, an investigation reported on Thursday.
source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/boxing/olympics-boxing-investigation-1.6194998?cmp=rss
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says it's a "tragedy" that people in the province are facing cancelled surgeries and a deeply strained health-care system even as vaccines against COVID-19 are widely available.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-sept30-2021-1.6194879?cmp=rss
U.K. police officer gets whole life sentence for murder of Sarah Everard
A British police officer was on Thursday given a whole life sentence for the murder of Sarah Everard after abducting her as she was walking home, Sky News said, a case which shocked the country and sparked protests over male violence toward women.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens-life-sentenc-1.6194896?cmp=rss
French ex-president Sarkozy gets 1-year sentence after latest guilty verdict
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court on Thursday after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid. But the 66-year-old is expected to appeal and is unlikely to go to jail.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sarkozy-sentence-1.6194881?cmp=rss
COP26's success rests partly on global climate fund promised in 2015 — and it's short billions
Canada's environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson is in Milan this week to try to cajole, wrangle or otherwise arm-twist richer nations into paying into a climate mitigation fund for developing countries.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-climate-fund-uk-cop26-1.6193340?cmp=rss
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