Monday, August 8, 2022

Trump says FBI agents have raided his Florida home

Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaking in Texas in May 2022

Former U.S. president Donald Trump says his estate in Palm Beach, Fla., has been raided by FBI agents.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-raid-florida-fbi-1.6545362?cmp=rss

Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John dead at 73

Britain Newton John

The British-born Australian actress and singer died on Monday, her family confirmed in a post on Instagram. The Grease star was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, and underwent successful treatment before the cancer returned in 2017.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/olivia-newton-john-dead-73-1.6545036?cmp=rss

Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery's killing

Ahmaud Arbery-Hate Crimes

The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's fatal shooting after they chased him through a Georgia neighbourhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ahmaud-arbery-killing-sentence-1.6544912?cmp=rss

Rising fears as Ukraine nuclear plant shelled

Russia Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Monday that each side is shelling Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Nuclear experts have warned that more shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which was captured by Russia early in the war, is fraught with danger.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelled-1.6544727?cmp=rss

New Mexico police probe killings of 4 Muslim men, Biden condemns 'hateful attacks'

APTOPIX Albuquerque Muslim Killings

Police in Albuquerque, N.M. are on high alert after three Muslim men belonging to the same mosque have been gunned down in the past two weeks. Police asked for the public's help in locating a "vehicle of interest" in their probe, which also includes the unsolved slaying of a Muslim man in November 2021.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-biden-albuquerque-homicides-1.6544487?cmp=rss

China extends military drills around Taiwan following Pelosi visit

ASIA-PELOSI/

China said Monday it was extending threatening military exercises surrounding Taiwan that have disrupted shipping and air traffic and substantially raised concerns about the potential for conflict in a region crucial to global trade.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-taiwan-new-military-drills-1.6544480?cmp=rss