Saturday, October 30, 2021

Baldwin speaks publicly for 1st time since fatally shooting cinematographer, calling her a friend

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Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the first time on camera about the cinematographer he fatally shot on the movie set of Rust, calling her a friend and saying he is in "constant contact" with her grieving family.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alec-baldwin-halyna-hutchins-mourn-1.6231756?cmp=rss

John Deere reaches tentative labour deal with UAW union

John Deere logo as seen on a sign outside a Texas dealership

Farm equipment manufacturer Deere & Co. reached a tentative labour agreement Saturday with the United Auto Workers union.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/john-deere-tentative-contract-1.6231712?cmp=rss

G20 leaders endorse 15% minimum global corporate tax

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Leaders have expressed "broad support" for a landmark deal to establish a 15 per cent global minimum corporate tax that aims to deter multinational corporations from using clever accounting to elude taxes by using low-rate havens.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/g20-global-minimum-corporate-tax-15-per-cent-1.6231592?cmp=rss

Army shelling in Myanmar blamed for setting 160 homes ablaze

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More than 160 buildings in a town in northwestern Myanmar, including at least two churches, have been destroyed by fires caused by shelling from government troops, local media and activists reported Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/shelling-fire-destroys-mynamar-homes-churches-1.6231551?cmp=rss

Court filing details documents Trump wants kept from committee probing January's Capitol attack

Former U.S. president Donald Trump exits Trump Tower in October 2021

Former U.S. president Donald Trump is trying to block documents — including call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from his chief of staff relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection — from being released to the committee investigating the riot, the U.S. National Archives revealed in a court filing early Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-capitol-attack-documents-court-filing-1.6231486?cmp=rss

Thousands take to streets in Sudan to protest military coup

People protest military coup in Sudan

Thousands of Sudanese poured into the streets Saturday, chanting "revolution, revolution" to the sound of whistles and drums, to protest against a military coup earlier this week that threatened to derail the country's fitful transition to democracy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sudan-protests-military-coup-1.6231463?cmp=rss

Prince Andrew's lawyers call sexual abuse lawsuit 'baseless' in asking court to throw it out

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Lawyers for Prince Andrew asked a New York judge on Friday to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing an American when she was 17, saying the prince "never sexually abused or assaulted" the plaintiff. She alleges she was trafficked as a minor by Jeffrey Epstein.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-new-york-lawsuit-1.6231483?cmp=rss

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

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The city in northern Italy that suffered the brunt of COVID-19's first deadly wave in Europe is dedicating a grove of trees as a memorial to the pandemic dead. It's one of multiple memorials to the victims springing up across the globe.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-canada-world-canada-oct29-2021-1.6231437?cmp=rss

Trudeau in Rome for G20 summit as prospects for a deal on climate emissions remain uncertain

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After a whirlwind one-day trip to the Netherlands to meet a long-time ally and friend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Rome today for a G20 summit that may prove to be a more fractious event.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-g20-summit-rome-climate-1.6231059?cmp=rss

Increasing conflict in Afghanistan related to ongoing climate change, experts say

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Afghanistan has been wracked by decades of war and occupation. But former climate negotiator Samim Hoshmand says you cannot talk about the situation in Afghanistan without talking about the role climate change has played in making a bad situation worse.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/increasing-conflict-in-afghanistan-related-to-ongoing-climate-change-experts-say-1.6229474?cmp=rss