Sunday, September 4, 2022

Survivor of Holocaust, Munich Olympic attack heads back to Germany

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They call him the ultimate survivor: Shaul Ladany lived through a Nazi concentration camp and escaped the massacre of 11 fellow Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Decades later the 86-year-old is back in Germany to visit the two places where he narrowly avoided death.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/munich-attack-shaul-ladany-1.6572411?cmp=rss

Chileans vote en masse to decide on new progressive constitution

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Chileans voted en masse Sunday to approve or reject a progressive new constitution that would replace its current market-friendly text dating back to Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chile-constitution-vote-referendum-magna-carta-1.6572652?cmp=rss

Pakistan breaches lake to reduce wider impact of historic flooding

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Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan strategically breached the country's largest freshwater lake on Sunday, a minister said, a move that could displace up to 100,000 people from their homes while saving more densely populated areas from gathering floodwater.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-floods-lake-breach-1.6572456?cmp=rss

Diana's legacy: Why it still resonates 25 years after her death

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The open way in which Diana, Princess of Wales, made emotional connections with people who watched her from afar and a resurgence of interest in her in pop culture are helping to maintain her legacy 25 years after her death.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/diana-legacy-william-kate-1.6571122?cmp=rss

Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating Netflix documentary series

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Former U.S. president Barack Obama now has an Emmy Award to go with his two Grammys. He won the best narrator award on Saturday for his work on the Netflix documentary series Our Great National Parks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obama-emmy-best-narrator-1.6572392?cmp=rss