Wednesday, May 11, 2022

North Korea confirms a COVID-19 case for 1st time during pandemic

Employees cleaning a store in Pyongyang, as part of COVID-19 prevention measures

North Korea announced its first coronavirus infection more than two years into the pandemic Thursday as leader Kim Jong-un called for raising COVID-19 preventive measures to maximum levels.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-covid-infection-1.6450111?cmp=rss

Tentative settlement in deadly Florida condo collapse lawsuit totals nearly $1B US

May 2022 view of cleared lot, as seen from above, where Champlain Towers South once stood

A nearly $1-billion US tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., an attorney said Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/surfside-condo-collapse-tenative-settlement-1.6449934?cmp=rss

Jesse Williams' Broadway nude scene posted online, prompting outrage

Tony Awards Nominations

Video of a naked Jesse Williams, captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play, has been posted online — prompting an outcry from the producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jesse-williams-nude-scene-1.6449589?cmp=rss

Study sheds light on dark history of U.S. Indigenous residential schools

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, seen in Washington, D.C., in November 2021

A first-of-its-kind U.S. federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools that were supported by the U.S. government and more than 50 associated burial sites.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-indigenous-boarding-schools-study-department-interior-1.6449330?cmp=rss