South Africa's president blames climate change for flooding 'catastrophe' that killed at least 259

Flooding in South Africa's Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a "catastrophe of enormous proportions," President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads guilty to forcibly touching woman at nightclub, avoids jail

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018, a plea that will result in counselling and no jail time.

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World's focus on Ukraine over suffering in Africa, Asia shows racial bias: WHO chief

The head of the World Health Organization has slammed the global community for its focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia, are not being given equal consideration, possibly because those suffering are not white.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-ethiopia-bias-black-white-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-1.6418533?cmp=rss

Veterans Affairs minister vows to help find resolution to Juno Beach condo dispute

Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay is vowing to do "everything possible" to resolve a dispute over a proposed condo development at Juno Beach in France, the site of the D-Day landing during which hundreds of Canadian soldiers died.

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Police hunt gunman who wounded 10 in Brooklyn subway attack

Police hunted late into the night for the gunman who opened fire Tuesday on a subway train in Brooklyn, an attack that left 10 people wounded by gunfire and once again interrupted New York City's long journey to post-pandemic normalcy.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/subway-shooting-brooklyn-1.6418022?cmp=rss

Civilians flee from Eastern Ukraine as battle rages for besieged city of Mariupol

Civilians were fleeing from areas of Eastern Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of an anticipated Russian offensive, while Kyiv said it was checking reports that Russian forces had used chemical weapons in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

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