Wednesday, June 15, 2022

'No regrets': A Canadian volunteer wounded in Ukraine is coming home

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After two near-misses in two wars, the odds say JT should be dead. The Ottawa native came close to death a second time while volunteering with a Ukrainian military unit when he drove over an anti-tank mine. Now, he's coming home.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-russia-war-canadian-volunteer-jt-1.6488565?cmp=rss

EU threatens Britain with legal action over changes to Brexit deal on Northern Ireland

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The European Union is launching legal action against the U.K. in response to unilateral moves to rewrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the post-Brexit deal between both sides, the bloc's executive branch said Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/eu-uk-brexit-legal-threat-1.6489110?cmp=rss

BTS label says group's plan to work on solo projects is not a hiatus

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Global superstars BTS said they are taking time to focus on solo projects, but the company behind the groundbreaking K-pop group said they are not taking a hiatus.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bts-not-hiatus-1.6488216?cmp=rss

U.S. Open to allow Russian, Belarusian players to compete after Wimbledon ban

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The U.S. Open will allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete this year despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, which prompted Wimbledon to ban those athletes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/tennis-us-open-allows-russian-belarus-players-compete-after-wimbledon-ban-1.6488678?cmp=rss

How clean do the Saudis expect to get by sportswashing with men's golf?

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I did not imagine that golf would be the centre of heated debate about reckless sportswashing. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/liv-golf-sportswashing-saudi-arabia-opinion-shireen-ahmed-1.6487789?cmp=rss