Thursday, October 21, 2021

Actor Alec Baldwin fired prop gun that killed woman on movie set, police say

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A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is starring and producing a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside Santa Fe, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/actor-alec-baldwin-fired-prop-gun-that-killed-woman-on-movie-set-police-say-1.6220681?cmp=rss

Melbourne residents flock to bars, salons after enduring 262 days of COVID-19 restrictions

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Residents of Melbourne, Australia, flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world's most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of COVID-19 restrictions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/melbourne-lockdown-ends-covid-19-1.6220474?cmp=rss

Queen Elizabeth spent the night in hospital, Buckingham Palace says

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Queen Elizabeth spent the night in hospital "for some preliminary investigations," and returned to Windsor Castle Thursday, according to Buckingham Palace.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-hospital-preliminary-investigations-1.6220248?cmp=rss

Human remains found at Florida park confirmed to be boyfriend of Gabby Petito

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Dental records confirm that human remains found at a Florida wilderness park belong to Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was found dead after he returned home alone from their cross-country road trip earlier this year, the FBI says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brian-laundrie-found-1.6220305?cmp=rss

U.S. House finds Steve Bannon in contempt for refusing to testify about Jan. 6 siege

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The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former U.S. president Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bannon-contempt-january-6-trump-1.6220014?cmp=rss

Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries if ransom not met

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The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police in Haiti say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn't get what he's demanding.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-kidnapping-demands-missionaries-400-mawozo-1.6219861?cmp=rss

U.S. House debate and vote on Bannon contempt charge

U.S. House debate and vote on Bannon contempt charge

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on whether to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol siege.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-house-debate-and-vote-on-bannon-contempt-charge-1.6219902?cmp=rss

Trump, barred from Twitter and Facebook, says he's launching his own social media site

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Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, former president Donald Trump says he's launching a new media company with its own social media platform.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-social-media-1.6219491?cmp=rss

Fatal Tesla crash in Texas had a driver behind the wheel, probe finds

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A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver's seat. The National Transportation Safety Board has not yet determined whether autopilot was engaged during the fatal trip.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesla-texas-crash-1.6219703?cmp=rss

Pornhub settles California lawsuit that included Canadian women

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Pornhub and several affiliated companies have settled a lawsuit brought by 50 women who alleged it profited from pornographic videos published without their full consent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pornhub-lawsuit-settlement-1.6219664?cmp=rss

Leaked documents show countries tried to water down UN climate report, Greenpeace says

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The head of environmental group Greenpeace warns countries and corporations may try to "greenwash" their ongoing pollution of the Earth at upcoming UN climate talks. That's after leaked documents showed countries such as Australia and Saudi Arabia tried to water down a recent UN science panel report.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/greenpeace-un-science-report-1.6219171?cmp=rss

U.K. police charge 25-year-old man with murder of MP David Amess

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British police charged Ali Harbi Ali, 25, with the murder of lawmaker David Amess, who was stabbed to death on Friday at a meeting in his constituency, saying it was an act of terrorism.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/david-amess-charge-murder-1.6219168?cmp=rss

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

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Moscow will reintroduce lockdown measures from Oct. 28 to combat surging COVID-19 cases, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday, with all shops, bars and restaurants due to close, except those selling essential goods, such as supermarkets and pharmacies.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-oct21-2021-1.6219141?cmp=rss

India delivers 1B COVID-19 vaccine doses as health officials hope worst of pandemic has passed

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India has administered 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Thursday, passing a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fuelled its first crushing surge earlier this year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-vaccine-pandemic-billion-1.6218332?cmp=rss