Authorities hope to reach survivors trapped in Canadian-owned mine in Burkina Faso

The race to reach eight workers trapped in a flooded, Canadian-owned zinc mine in West Africa is making progress. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burkina-faso-trapped-miners-1.6448457?cmp=rss

Haitian gang leader charged in 2021 kidnapping of 17 missionaries, including Canadian

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged the leader of a notoriously violent Haitian gang with conspiracy to commit hostage taking for his alleged role in the kidnapping of 16 Americans last year.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-missionaires-kidnapped-canadian-haitian-charged-1.6448555?cmp=rss

Fugitive Alabama inmate, jail official had multiple guns and were prepared for shootout: sheriff

Investigators will examine whether prison official Vicky White's fatal gunshot wound was self-inflicted, as prisoner Casey White claimed, after the pair were finally tracked down after 11 days on the run.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fugitive-alabama-inmate-jail-official-had-multiple-guns-and-were-prepared-for-shootout-sheriff-1.6448200?cmp=rss

Mike Tyson not facing criminal charges for punching passenger on plane

Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/mike-tyson-investigation-plane-incident-no-charges-1.6448131?cmp=rss

U.S. Senator: Canada's a freeloader on defence and it's getting tiring

A U.S. senator derided Canada as a freeloader on defence during a high-profile congressional hearing and he suggested he's getting fed up with it. As American politicians prepare to send billions more to Ukraine, this one says the U.S. is shouldering too much of the burden.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-senator-canada-freeloader-1.6448053?cmp=rss

If Twitter sale goes through, Elon Musk says he will reverse its ban on Donald Trump

Elon Musk said he will reverse Twitter's permanent ban of former U.S. president Donald Trump if the Tesla CEO follows through with his plan to buy the social media company. To date, Trump has maintained he will not rejoin Twitter.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/musk-trump-twitter-ban-reversal-1.6448129?cmp=rss

South Korea's new leader offers 'audacious plan' if North abandons nukes

Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative political neophyte, took office as South Korea's new president Tuesday with a vow to pursue a negotiated settlement of North Korea's threatening nuclear program and an offer of "an audacious plan" to improve Pyongyang's economy if it abandons its nuclear weapons.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/koreas-new-president-1.6447541?cmp=rss