Thursday, March 31, 2022

L.A. police were willing to arrest Will Smith, Oscars producer says

Image of Will Smith walking off stage at Oscars, with award in his hand

Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/will-smith-oscars-police-arrest-1.6404750?cmp=rss

Cherry blossoms return to Japan, put the party's not the same this year

Visitor takes a picture under shower of cherry blossoms in Tokyo

People are celebrating Japan's peak cherry blossom viewing season without COVID-19 restrictions for the first time in two years. But many are strolling under the trees rather than drinking and eating in traditional party style.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-cherry-blossoms-return-2022-1.6404800?cmp=rss

Washington OK's statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a bill that creates the country's statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/washington-statewide-alert-indigenous-1.6404250?cmp=rss

Some Shanghai residents to face longer period of COVID lockdown

Woman selling goods from behind physical barrier amid Shanghai COVID lockdown

Residents of eastern Shanghai hoping to emerge from a four-day lockdown got some bad news Thursday night: Some will be confined to their homes for at least 10 more days.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-covid-shanghai-lockdown-1.6403993?cmp=rss

7 months after Kabul's fall, Canada has yet to bring in 30,000 Afghans

Afghan interpreters

Multiple Afghan interpreters and their families have told CBC News about being stuck in Islamabad, Pakistan, while the Canadian government has just brought over a 10,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghans-stranded-canada-1.6403399?cmp=rss

South Korea just upheld a law that makes tattooing a crime

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The Constitutional Court in Seoul upheld a ban on tattooing on Thursday, confirming South Korea as the only developed country that permits no one but medical professionals to perform the procedure.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korea-court-tattoo-ruling-1.6403665?cmp=rss

Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank clash, Palestinian stabs bus passenger

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Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, setting off a gun battle in which two Palestinians were killed and 15 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-west-bank-jenin-palestinian-1.6403467?cmp=rss

USA Basketball teammates break silence on Brittney Griner's imprisonment in Russia

Paul Newberry Brittney Griner Basketball

Two of Brittney Griner's USA Basketball teammates have broken their silence on the star player's imprisonment in Russia.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/usa-basketball-teammates-break-silence-on-brittney-griner-1.6403294?cmp=rss

First Nations delegates to call on Pope Francis to revoke church doctrine used to justify colonialism

Vatican Pope Canada Indigenous

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/assembly-of-first-nations-meets-pope-francis-vatican-1.6402798?cmp=rss