No immediate plans to shut border with Canada over omicron variant, U.S. says

The White House says it has no immediate plan to tighten the border with Canada again after new COVID-19 cases involving the omicron variant.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-omicron-border-canada-1.6268396?cmp=rss

CNN suspends news anchor Chris Cuomo citing proof he helped his politician brother

CNN on Tuesday suspended news anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely over his role in defending his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding sexual harassment allegations.

source https://www.cbc.ca/television/chris-cuomo-suspended-cnn-1.6268782?cmp=rss

At least 4 killed as powerful storm hits Turkey

A powerful storm pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey on Monday, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15 million people, reports said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-deadly-storm-1.6268745?cmp=rss

Josephine Baker becomes 1st Black woman honoured at France's Pantheon

Josephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation's highest honour.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/josephine-baker-honoured-pantheon-1.6268312?cmp=rss

Leftist candidate Xiomara Castro set to become Honduras's first female president

The ruling National Party of Honduras is conceding defeat in Sunday's presidential elections, a senior party figure said on Tuesday, leaving leftist candidate Xiomara Castro poised to become Honduras's first female leader.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/xiomara-castro-honduras-first-female-president-1.6268384?cmp=rss

3 killed, 6 wounded in Michigan high school shooting

A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school about 50 kilometres north of Detroit Tuesday, killing three students and wounding six people, including a teacher.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/michigan-school-shooting-1.6268331?cmp=rss

El Chapo's wife sentenced 3 years for helping him run multi-billion dollar drug empire

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multi-billion dollar criminal empire.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/el-chapo-wife-emma-coronel-aispuro-sentence-drug-empire-1.6265410?cmp=rss

Witness at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial describes her as Jeffrey Epstein's 'Number 2'

A longtime pilot for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein resumed his testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial Tuesday, saying that the British socialite charged with helping the financier find teenage girls to sexually abuse was "Number 2" in the hierarchy of Epstein's operations.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-trial-day-2-1.6268051?cmp=rss

Marilyn Manson's home searched in abuse investigation

Authorities searched the home of musician Marilyn Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner, on Monday after allegations of physical and sexual abuse by several women.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/home-of-marilyn-manson-searched-1.6267814?cmp=rss

Tiger Woods says return to the top not 'realistic expectation'

Tiger Woods says he expects to play golf again, just not very often, and he doesn't see himself reaching the top of the sport again because "I don't think that's a realistic expectation of me."

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/golf-tiger-woods-recovery-expecations-for-return-1.6267454?cmp=rss

As Russia masses its troops, Canadian soldiers in Eastern Europe keep watch

Canadian troops in the Baltic state of Latvia are just 300 kilometres from the border with Russia, as tens of thousands of Russian troops mobilize and take a combat-ready stance to the south. On a visit to the base, some told CBC News they're keeping a close eye on developments.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-ukraine-russia-military-1.6267674?cmp=rss

Barbados becomes world's newest republic

Fireworks peppered the sky at midnight as Barbados officially became a republic, and the Caribbean island dropped Queen Elizabeth as its head of state.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/barbados-republic-monarchy-1.6267702?cmp=rss

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

The omicron variant was already in the Netherlands when South Africa alerted the World Health Organization about it last week, Dutch health authorities said Tuesday, adding to fear and confusion over the new version of the coronavirus in a weary world hoping it had left the worst of the pandemic behind.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-nov30-2021-1.6267621?cmp=rss