Former Canadian chief justice McLachlin says she'll stay on Hong Kong court despite crackdown on human rights

Canada's former top judge says she intends to stay on Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal despite government threats to civil liberties in the region.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mclachlin-hong-kong-court-1.6491498?cmp=rss

Ukraine wants peace, but not capitulation: former president

"We are for peace, but please, the territorial integrity of Ukraine - this is not a point for compromise," said former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko on the prospect of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, as some European leaders have urged.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/powerandpolitics/ukraine-wants-peace-but-not-capitulation-former-president-1.6491642?cmp=rss

Pence pressure campaign from Trump the focus at Jan. 6 committee today

The Jan. 6 congressional committee is set Thursday afternoon to plunge into Donald Trump's last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring his vice-president Mike Pence to reject the electoral count — a highly unusual and potentially illegal strategy that was set in motion in the run-up to the U.S. Capitol riot.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jan-6-commitee-1.6490615?cmp=rss

FDA advisers vote to authorize 2 COVID-19 vaccines for kids 5 and under in U.S.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's outside vaccine advisers have voted unanimously in favour of authorizing both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children between six months and five years of age.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/fda-covid-19-vaccines-young-kids-moderna-pfizer-1.6489885?cmp=rss

French, German, Italian leaders arrive in Kyiv ahead of EU summit

The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in an apparent show of collective European support for Ukraine as it tries to resist Russia's invasion.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-france-germany-leader-kyiv-visit-1.6490604?cmp=rss