Monday, May 2, 2022

Retired police officer who argued self-defence is convicted in Capitol riot case

Capitol Riot Trials

A federal jury on Monday convicted a New York Police Department veteran of assaulting an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot, rejecting his claim that he was defending himself when he tackled the officer and grabbed his gas mask.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/webster-capitol-hill-riot-verdict-1.6438205?cmp=rss

Spanish PM, defence minister targeted in Pegasus phone hack

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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's mobile phone was breached twice in May 2021, and Defence Minister Margarita Robles' device was targeted once the following month.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spain-spyware-pegasus-prime-pedro-sanchez-1.6437959?cmp=rss

Israel lashes out over Russian claim that Hitler was part Jewish

Israel

Israel has lashed out at Russia over "unforgivable" comments by its foreign minister about Nazism and antisemitism — including claims that Adolf Hitler was Jewish.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-says-hitler-was-jewish-1.6437936?cmp=rss

New Zealand welcomes back tourists as COVID-19 border restrictions ease after 2 years

New Zealand Tourists

New Zealand welcomed tourists from Canada, the U.S., Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years Monday after dropping most of its remaining pandemic border restrictions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-zealand-covid-reopen-tourists-1.6437908?cmp=rss

As a special grand jury is chosen in Trump's election fraud case, here's what you need to know

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Jurors will be chosen Monday to examine whether former U.S. president Donald Trump and some of his allies committed criminal offences in trying to deny Georgia's electoral votes to Joe Biden — votes that helped tip the 2020 presidential election. Find out more about the work of this special grand jury.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/georgia-grand-jury-trump-investigation-1.6430045?cmp=rss