Sunday, June 26, 2022

Pride marked by celebrations, arrests and grief around the world

TORONTO PRIDE PARADE

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pride-celebrations-world-1.6502280?cmp=rss

Days after devastating earthquake, many Afghans still waiting for aid

Afghanistan Earthquake

Days after a 6.0-magnitude quake that devastated a remote southeast region of Afghanistan and killed at least 1,150 people by authorities' estimates, relief efforts remain patchy and limited due to funding and access constraints.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-earthquake-recovery-1.6502186?cmp=rss

How malls and freeways helped segregate America

Mall of America

Freeways, suburbanization and malls were concepts sold as part of the American dream when they were introduced in the 1950s. Some architects and design critics say these innovations were actually vehicles of segregation that destroyed communities of colour and further separated them from white America.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/segregation-by-freeway-1.6499455?cmp=rss

At least 20 people found dead inside South African nightclub

SAFRICA-TAVERN/

South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-african-nightclub-deaths-1.6502093?cmp=rss

Russia attacks Ukrainian capital Kyiv for 1st time in weeks

Russia Ukraine War

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated their gains in the east.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-1.6502066?cmp=rss