Sunday, October 2, 2022

Riot police in Tehran clash with university students protesting Mahsa Amini's death

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Iranian security forces clashed with students at a prominent university in Tehran on Sunday, social and state media reported, in the latest sign of a deadly clampdown on nationwide protests that were ignited by the death of a young woman after her arrest.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/riot-police-students-clash-protest-mahsa-amini-death-1.6603712?cmp=rss

Cardinals D-lineman J.J. Watt says he's playing 4 days after irregular heart rhythm

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Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt says he had his heart shocked into rhythm after going into atrial fibrillation this week, and he still plans to play Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/jj-watt-atrial-fibrillation-cardinals-nfl-1.6603508?cmp=rss

Chinese billionaire Richard Liu settles U.S. rape allegation, 2 days before civil trial

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Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he sexually assaulted her in her Minneapolis apartment in 2018, lawyers for both sides announced late Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/richard-liu-jddotcom-settlement-1.6603397?cmp=rss

American democracy is at a precipice, experts say. And time is ticking

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As the U.S. increasingly grapples with political polarization ahead of the midterm elections, there are growing fears that American democracy is headed toward a crisis point.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/american-democracy-in-crisis-ideas-1.6599061?cmp=rss

Brazil votes in most polarized election in decades

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Brazilians are voting in the first round of their country's most polarized election in decades, with leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva favoured to beat right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-election-bolsonaro-lula-1.6603351?cmp=rss

Hurricane Ian death toll hits 54 as nearly 1 million customers still without power

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Rescuers evacuated stunned survivors on a large barrier island cut off by Hurricane Ian and Florida's death toll climbed sharply, as hundreds of thousands of people were still sweltering without power, days after the monster storm rampaged from the state's southwestern coast up to the Carolinas.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-ian-1.6603347?cmp=rss