Earthquake on Indonesia resort island Bali kills at least 3

Three people were killed and another seven were injured when a moderately strong earthquake and an aftershock hit Indonesia's resort island of Bali early Saturday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bali-earthquake-1.6213825?cmp=rss

U.S. offers to compensate families of Afghans killed in botched drone strike

The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a botched U.S. drone attack in Afghanistan in August in the final days before American troops withdrew from the country.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-compensation-family-victims-afghan-drone-strike-1.6213718?cmp=rss

Colleagues, royals and PMs remember David Amess

Condolences and grief-filled messages poured in Friday after British MP David Amess, 69, was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents at a church in England.

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Bill Clinton's health 'trending in the right direction' but will remain in hospital

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton's health is improving but he will remain in a California hospital for at least another night to receive antibiotics intravenously for a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream, his spokesperson said on Friday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bill-clinton-hospitalized-1.6213576?cmp=rss

China pulls Qur'an, Bible apps in crackdown on Apple store

Amazon's audiobook service Audible and phone apps for reading the holy books of Islam and Christianity have disappeared from the Apple store in mainland China, the latest examples of the impact of the country's tightened rules for internet firms.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/china-qur-an-bible-audible-apple-store-crackdown-1.6213251?cmp=rss

U.S. Justice Department to ask top court to halt Texas abortion law

The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-abortion-law-us-justice-department-supreme-court-1.6212586?cmp=rss

'A true lava tsunami' from La Palma volcano following quakes

A second 4.5-magnitude earthquake in two days has rattled the Spanish island of La Palma. The two quakes were the strongest to hit the Canary Island off northwest Africa since the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted Sept. 19. Rivers of molten rock that scientists described on Friday as "a true lava tsunami" forced the evacuation of more than 300 people late Thursday. About 7,000 people in all have had to flee since the eruption.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos/a-true-lava-tsunami-from-la-palma-volcano-following-quakes-1.6212195?cmp=rss

Accused in Parkland high school shooting plans to plead guilty to 17 counts of murder

Nikolas Cruz will plead guilty to the 2018 massacre of 17 people at a suburban Florida high school, an attorney acting on his behalf said on Friday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/parkland-shooting-plea-change-1.6212083?cmp=rss

Suicide attack on Afghan mosque kills at least 32, injures dozens

Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 32 people and wounding 68, according to a Taliban official.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-mosque-suicide-bombers-1.6212310?cmp=rss

U.S. to open border to fully vaccinated travellers starting Nov. 8

The United States is set to reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers starting Nov. 8, and will apply to those travelling by air, land or passenger ferry.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-canada-border-november-8-1.6212093?cmp=rss

U.K. lawmaker dies at scene of stabbing

Police say a man has died in an incident where a British lawmaker was attacked in eastern England.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-k-lawmaker-dies-at-scene-of-stabbing-1.6212078?cmp=rss

Action, not talk, needed on climate, Queen Elizabeth signals to world leaders

Queen Elizabeth said she was irritated by world leaders who talk about climate change but do nothing to address global warming, and said it was still unclear who would turn up at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-elizabeth-climate-change-cop26-1.6212055?cmp=rss

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

Romanian doctors sent an open letter Wednesday titled "a cry of despair" as the country's overwhelmed and deteriorated health-care system copes with a record-setting surge of coronavirus infections and deaths.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct15-2021-1.6211978?cmp=rss

A new 'Buy American' plan is alarming the auto sector — and the federal government

For months now, a legislative proposal inching its way through the U.S. Congress has been stoking consternation across the border. Canadian policy-makers and businesses have been warily eyeing Buy American proposals designed to shift auto production to the U.S.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/buy-american-cars-reconciliation-1.6211659?cmp=rss

Separated from her fiancé by Afghanistan's collapse, a Canadian begs Ottawa for help

The last few weeks should have been among the happiest of Safia's life. Instead, the collapse of Afghanistan and the internment in Tajikistan of her fiancé, a former Afghan Air Force pilot, have turned her dream into an ongoing nightmare.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-tajikistan-taliban-pilots-1.6211253?cmp=rss

What would make the COP26 climate conference a success?

What exactly are world leaders hoping to achieve at the COP26 climate conference in Scotland next month? CBC News takes a closer look.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/cop26-climate-conference-scotland-success-1.6207254?cmp=rss