Monday, July 11, 2022

Yosemite Park sequoias under threat from wildfire amid western U.S. heat wave

Western Wildfires

As firefighters battle a wildfire threatening a grove of giant sequoias in the national park, high temperatures were posing a challenge in California and Utah, with Texas regulators warning of potential rolling blackouts on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-yosemite-texas-heatwave-1.6516806?cmp=rss

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice added to new Broncos ownership group

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been added to the new Broncos ownership group. Rob Walton announced the inclusion of Rice in a statement issued Monday on behalf of the Walton-Penner family ownership group.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/condoleezza-cice-added-to-new-broncos-ownership-group-1.6516942?cmp=rss

50 newly identified victims reburied in Bosnia on anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

Bosnia Srebrenica Anniversary

Fifty newly identified victims were honored and reburied Monday in Bosnia as thousands gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bosnia-srebrenica-anniversary-1.6516645?cmp=rss

Amber Heard attorneys seek mistrial, say juror served improperly

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard composite

One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/amber-heard-seeks-mistrial-1.6516779?cmp=rss

Sri Lankan protesters remain at leaders' residences as politicians wrangle over new government

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters angry over the country's deep economic woes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sri-lanka-crisis-1.6516588?cmp=rss

Japan's Shinzo Abe mourned at wake in Tokyo

Japan

With flags at half-mast, Japan mourned the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, with his body taken to Zojoji Temple in Tokyo for a wake, ahead of a funeral on Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-abe-wake-1.6516583?cmp=rss

Japan ruling party wins big in polls in wake of Shinzo Abe's assassination

Fumio Kishida

Japan's governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe amid uncertainty about how his loss may affect party unity.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-election-kishida-1.6516544?cmp=rss