Saturday, August 20, 2022

Emergency workers among 32 killed in Turkey in separate crashes at accident sites

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At least 32 people were killed in southeast Turkey on Saturday when vehicles crashed into first respondents who were attending earlier accidents, authorities said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-first-responders-crash-1.6557581?cmp=rss

12 wounded in Russian missile strike near Ukraine's 2nd largest nuclear plant: Ukraine officials

View of Russian rockets being launched toward Ukraine, as seen from Kharkiv, Ukraine

A Russian missile hit a residential area of a southern Ukrainian town not far from a nuclear power station on Saturday, wounding 12 civilians, Ukrainian officials say. Russia didn't immediately respond to the accusation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-missile-1.6557453?cmp=rss

At least 10 killed as gunmen storm hotel in Somalia

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At least 10 people were killed in an attack by Islamic militants who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital late Friday, police and witnesses said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somalia-hotel-attack-1.6557427?cmp=rss

Jared Kushner memoir chronicles frustrations of negotiating trade deal with Canada

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A memoir by Jared Kushner chronicles U.S. frustrations in negotiating a trade deal with Canada. It offers a peek into historic talks and insists there was method to the madness of his father-in-law, Donald Trump. But it sidesteps more disturbing questions about Trump's presidency.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kushner-book-usmca-cusma-1.6556647?cmp=rss