Friday, May 6, 2022

Georgia judge says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can seek re-election

Marjorie Taylor Greene attends J.D. Vance campaign rally event in Newark, Ohio, on April 30, 2022

A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can run for re-election, rejecting arguments from a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility over allegations that she engaged in insurrection. But the decision will ultimately be up to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/marjorie-taylor-greene-reelection-georgia-court-1.6444566?cmp=rss

Marble bust bought at Texas Goodwill store turns out to be centuries-old sculpture

Centuries-old statue bought at Texas Goodwill store

A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 US from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since the Second World War.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germany-bust-statue-missing-texas-goodwill-discovery-1.6444315?cmp=rss

What happens in India doesn't stay in India. Why this deadly heat wave has a wide reach

India heat wave

The persistent heat wave that has struck India over the past few weeks is leading to deaths, electricity shortages and uncertainty about crops and those impacts will likely not remain within its borders.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/india-heat-wave-climate-change-1.6442517?cmp=rss

Why the U.K. is outsourcing its refugees

Boris Johnson

This week on Nothing is Foreign, we explain the controversial deal that will send refugees arriving in the U.K. for resettlement in Rwanda.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nothing-is-foreign-may-6-1.6442769?cmp=rss