Friday, July 22, 2022

Wildfires in Europe scorch large tracts of land

Wildfires in Europe scorch large tracts of land

Satellite imagery reveals the scale of devastation caused by wildfires across Europe, showing how some affected landscapes looked before the blazes began, and how they looked after.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wildfires-in-europe-scorch-large-tracts-of-land-1.6529397?cmp=rss

Vince McMahon announces retirement from WWE amid hush money scandal

WRESTLING/

World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon announced Friday he is retiring amid an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the flamboyant showman who turned a small wrestling company into a worldwide entertainment business.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wwe-vince-mcmahon-retirement-1.6529781?cmp=rss

Trump ally Steve Bannon guilty of contempt for refusing to appear before committee probing U.S. Capitol attack

Capitol Riot Bannon Trial

Steve Bannon, one of former U.S. president Donald Trump's longtime allies and top advisers, has been found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-steve-bannon-trial-1.6529326?cmp=rss

Russia blamed for airstrikes that killed 7, including 4 children, in Syria

SYRIA-CRISIS/RUSSIA

Russian airstrikes on a rural swath of northwest Syria on Friday killed at least seven people, including four children, a war monitoring group and rescuers said, following months of relative calm in the area.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-syria-airstrikes-children-1.6529634?cmp=rss

Kenya's first female pro gamer is the first Kenyan signed to an esports company

Kenya's first female pro gamer is the first Kenyan signed to an esports company

Sylvia Gathoni is Kenya's first female pro gamer and the first Kenyan to be signed to a top esports company, making Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 list.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kenya-s-first-female-pro-gamer-is-the-first-kenyan-signed-to-an-esports-company-1.6529346?cmp=rss

Trudeau says he has no faith Russia will uphold deal to export Ukrainian grain

Russia Ukraine War Grain Export

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no confidence that Russia will uphold its end of a deal to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports to export millions of tonnes of desperately needed grain.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-no-confidence-russia-grain-deal-1.6528811?cmp=rss

Lee Zeldin, candidate for New York governor, attacked while making speech

Election 2022 New York Governor Zeldin Attacked

Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday, but the congressman escaped serious injury.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-ny-zeldin-attack-1.6528607?cmp=rss

Sri Lankan security forces raid protest camp as new leaders sworn in

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sri-lanka-crisis-1.6528589?cmp=rss

Europe is burning. Is this finally a wake up call?

Spain wildfires

With extreme weather events on the rise, some wonder if Europe's deadly, record-breaking heat wave will finally jolt leaders into action on climate change.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nothing-is-foreign-july-22-1.6526863?cmp=rss