Friday, May 20, 2022

Nearly 10% of North Korea's population sick amid COVID outbreak

Worker disinfecting a dining room at a Pyongyang factory amid a COVID-19 outbreak

North Korea said Friday that nearly 10 per cent of its 26 million people have fallen ill and 65 people have died amid its first COVID-19 outbreak, as outside experts question the validity of its reported fatalities and worry about a possible humanitarian crisis.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-covid-cases-outbreak-1.6460337?cmp=rss

Tornado rips through Michigan, killing 1 and injuring 23

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A tornado tore through a small northern Michigan community on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring at least 23 others as it flipped vehicles, tore the roofs off of buildings, and downed trees and power lines.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tornado-michigan-gaylord-1.6461944?cmp=rss

Australian election underway, with poll-leading Labor Party hoping for 1st win since 2007

Voters line up outside polling booth at Australia's Bondi Beach

Polling stations opened across Australia on Saturday local time as voters decide whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative government will defy odds and rule for a fourth three-year term.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-election-2022-1.6461813?cmp=rss

Donald Trump pays $110,000 US in fines after being held in contempt of court

Former U.S. president Donald Trump at the Kentucky Derby in May 2022

Former U.S. president Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 US in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York's attorney general.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-contempt-fines-new-york-1.6461277?cmp=rss

Dozens injured as suspected tornado, storms hit western Germany

Damaged solar panel module lying on roadside in Paderborn, Germany, after suspected tornado hit

About 40 people were injured, 10 of them seriously, when a suspected tornado swept through the German town of Paderborn on Friday, as storms buffeted the western part of the country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germany-storms-tornado-friday-1.6461355?cmp=rss

This ancient, stolen ring is back home after a wild ride

Mycenaean-era ring returned to Greece in May 2022

A more than 3,000-year-old gold signet ring that was stolen from an Aegean island in the Second World War, crossed the Atlantic, was bought by a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian scientist and ended up in a Swedish museum has found its way back to Greece.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ring-ancient-greece-returned-1.6460986?cmp=rss

'Great replacement' conspiracy unified white supremacists long before Buffalo, N.Y., shooting

Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Radicalization

Whether it goes by the "great replacement" or another name, the conspiracy theory embraced by the accused Buffalo, N.Y., gunman has inspired several mass shootings in recent years — in Canada and around the world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/great-replacement-theory-canada-1.6459699?cmp=rss

Israeli court decision could pave way for Palestinian evictions in West Bank

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This week on Nothing is Foreign, a look at the Israeli court decision in a 20-year legal battle that could allow the government to expel around 1,200 Palestinians from the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nothing-is-foreign-may-20-1.6459605?cmp=rss