Saturday, May 28, 2022

'Enough is enough': U.S. VP Kamala Harris attends funeral of Buffalo, N.Y., attack victim

Harris Buffalo Supermarket Shooting

Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket with a service on Saturday that became a call to action and an emotional plea to end the hate and violence that has wracked the United States.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/enough-is-enough-u-s-vp-kamala-harris-attends-funeral-of-buffalo-n-y-attack-victim-1.6469888?cmp=rss

Real Madrid defeats Liverpool to win Champions League title

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Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final that started 37 minutes late because of disturbing crowd issues outside the Stade de France on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/champions-league-final-real-madrid-liverpool-1.6469912?cmp=rss

Judge backs $1B US settlement over deadly Florida condo collapse

Search-and-rescue personnel at site of Surfside, Fla., condo collapse

A Florida judge on Saturday gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion US to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people, including four Canadians, died.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/judge-settlement-florida-condo-collapse-1.6469716?cmp=rss

Ukrainians living through daily stresses, deadly threats of a months-long war

Ukrainian soldier speaking on a mobile radio, near frontline of fighting in Donetsk region

Ukraine's war is now in its fourth month, as Russia focuses its efforts on targets in the eastern part of Ukraine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukrainians-living-through-daily-stresses-deadly-threats-of-a-months-long-war-1.6469660?cmp=rss

At least 15 dead amid torrential rains in southern China

People working in a flooded area in China's Qiubei County

At least 15 people have died in torrential rains across southern China, state media reported Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-deadly-weather-torrential-rains-1.6469560?cmp=rss

Ukraine looks to West for more heavy weapons, as Russia squeezes eastern strongholds

Industrial building burning in Bakhmut, Ukraine, after Russian military strike

Moscow-backed separatists pounded eastern Ukraine's industrial Donbas region Friday, claiming to capture a railway hub, as Ukrainian officials pleaded for the sophisticated Western weapons they say they need to stop the onslaught.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-invasion-day-93-1.6467853?cmp=rss

Scientists warn future temperatures will test humans' ability to survive

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The world is getting hotter and heat waves will become more common, testing the limits of how much our bodies can handle. Experts say we need to rethink the way we live and work.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/human-body-survive-heat-adaptation-1.6467410?cmp=rss

Giants manager Kapler refusing to take field for anthem in wake of Texas school shooting

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San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler said Friday he will refuse to take the field for the national anthem in a protest over the nation's political direction following this week's school shooting in Texas.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/texas-shooting-opinion-shireen-ahmed-1.6469368?cmp=rss