Monday, May 16, 2022

Accused gunman taunted police online, visited Buffalo, N.Y., ahead of massacre

Buffalo Supermarket Shooting

The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people in a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket taunted law enforcement online last month and visited Buffalo back in March, investigators said Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/buffalo-shooting-racist-hate-crime-1.6455228?cmp=rss

U.S. baby formula maker to restart production at key plant, 1st step toward easing shortages

Baby Formula Shortage

Baby formula maker Abbott says it's reached an agreement with U.S. health officials to restart production at its largest domestic factory, a key step toward easing a nationwide shortage tied to the plant's shutdown earlier this year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/abbott-baby-formula-plant-michigan-reopen-1.6455518?cmp=rss

North Korea tally surpasses 1 million sick amid COVID-19 surge

Virus Outbreak North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain what it's referring to as a "fever" that has reportedly killed dozens and sickened nearly a million others in a span of three days.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-1-million-covid-1.6454922?cmp=rss

Lebanon's Hezbollah appears headed to election losses in early results

Lebanon Elections

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group and its allies appear to have suffered some losses in this weekend's parliamentary elections, with their opponents gaining more seats and some of their traditional partners not making it into the legislature, early results showed Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-elections-1.6454649?cmp=rss