Thursday, February 17, 2022

Trump and 2 of his children must testify under oath in civil probe

Former U.S. president Donald Trump at rally held in Conroe, Tex., in January 2022

A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. president Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general's civil probe into their family company.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-former-president-family-members-questions-1.6355793?cmp=rss

Grand jury indicts Florida man accused in human smuggling near Manitoba-U.S. border

Steve Shand

A grand jury in Minneapolis has indicted a man who was arrested near the Manitoba-U.S. border last month, accused of involvement in a human smuggling operation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/steve-shand-human-smuggling-indictment-1.6355547?cmp=rss

French troops to leave Mali after 9 years fighting Islamist insurgents

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France and military allies said on Thursday they would leave Mali after almost a decade based there fighting Islamist insurgents around West Africa, moving instead to Niger despite public disenchantment with Paris' role in the region.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/french-army-leaves-mali-feb-17-2022-1.6355642?cmp=rss

In Russia's southwest, some protest Putin's warmongering while others prepare to join fight in Ukraine

Lidiya Olshanskaya and Tatiana Sporisheva

As NATO countries warn that the Russian military is poised to strike Ukraine at any time, there are mixed feelings in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Some residents are horrified while others are recruiting volunteers to fight.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-rostov-on-don-ukraine-invasion-1.6355120?cmp=rss

China's high-tech repression of Uyghurs is more sinister – and lucrative – than it seems, anthropologist says

Checkpoint in Xinjiang

Anthropologist Darren Byler sees a confluence in Xinjiang province in China of constant surveillance, state data harvesting and private companies driven by profit. How does this apply to the global race for supremacy in artificial intelligence?



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/china-s-high-tech-repression-of-uyghurs-is-more-sinister-and-lucrative-than-it-seems-anthropologist-says-1.6352535?cmp=rss