Saturday, September 17, 2022

'Never this severe': Alaska residents flee from flooding as powerful storm slams state

Alaska Coastal Storm

A powerful storm travelling north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alaska-storm-flooding-1.6586945?cmp=rss

Riot police clash with hooligans during Pride march in Serbian capital

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Riot police clashed Saturday with soccer hooligans in downtown Belgrade, where a pan-European Pride march was held despite threats from anti-gay groups and an official earlier ban on the march in the traditionally conservative Balkan state.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/serbia-pride-march-clashes-1.6586900?cmp=rss

Ukraine's push against Russian troops in northeast puts pressure on Putin's war

Woman using a mobile phone in Kyiv, standing near a sign that reads: 'Be brave like Ukraine'

Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin mounted both on the battlefield and in the halls of global power as Ukrainian troops waging a counteroffensive pushed Saturday to advance farther into the country's partly recaptured northeast.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-northeast-pressure-1.6586737?cmp=rss

South Korean president to visit Canada to talk trade, energy and security

South Korea Election

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will travel to Canada next week to talk about energy, security and trade with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/south-korea-canada-visit-1.6586740?cmp=rss

British government urges people to avoid line for Queen's lying-in-state

APTOPIX Britain Royals

The British government urged people on Saturday not to join the queue to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth as thousands waited to see the late monarch lying in state in London's Westminster Hall.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lying-in-state-queen-elizabeth-1.6586661?cmp=rss