Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court

Michigan Pipeline

Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. scored a key victory in the Line 5 dispute Tuesday as a judge in Michigan rejected the state attorney general's bid to get the dispute over the cross-border pipeline kicked out of federal court.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/enbridge-line-5-dispute-michigan-1.6251711?cmp=rss

More than 1,000 people, mostly Tigrayans, detained in Ethiopia in week: UN

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Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on Nov. 2, which allows suspects to be detained without trial and for house-to-house searches without a warrant.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tigrayans-detained-ethiopia-1.6251632?cmp=rss

Prosecution rests in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's killing

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The prosecution rested its case on Tuesday against the three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery after presenting evidence it said showed the defendants wrongly assumed the worst about a Black man jogging in a mostly white southern Georgia neighborhood.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prosecution-rests-trial-ahmaud-arbery-killing-1.6251346?cmp=rss

Russia denies endangering ISS astronauts with weapons test

USA-RUSSIA/SPACE

Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations that they endangered astronauts aboard the International Space Station by conducting a weapons test that created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/russia-space-junk-response-1.6250873?cmp=rss

Polish forces use water cannons on stone-throwing migrants at Belarus border

Migration Belarus Poland

Polish border forces on Tuesday said they were attacked with stones by migrants at the border with Belarus and responded by using water cannons against them.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/poland-migrants-belarus-water-cannons-1.6250409?cmp=rss

Ukraine reports record number of daily COVID-19 deaths

Climate COP26 Summit

Ukraine reported record daily COVID-19 deaths Tuesday as authorities struggle to boost the country's vaccination rate amid rising coronavirus infections.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-nov16-2021-1.6250390?cmp=rss

2 explosions hit Uganda's capital, at least 24 injured

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Two loud explosions rocked Uganda's capital, Kampala, early Tuesday, sparking chaos and confusion as people fled what is widely believed to be co-ordinated attacks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kampala-uganda-explosions-1.6250408?cmp=rss