Monday, October 3, 2022

Activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Brando's Oscar on his behalf, dead at 75

Obit Sacheen Littlefeather

Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando's 1973 Academy Award for The Godfather on his behalf in an indelible protest of how Indigenous people in the U.S. had been portrayed on screen, has died.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sacheen-littlefeather-dead-oscar-1.6604026?cmp=rss

Iran's supreme leader blames U.S., Israel for Mahsa Amini protests

IRAN-WOMEN/KHAMENEI

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called "rioting" and accuse the United States and Israel of planning the protests.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-mahsa-amini-protest-1.6603871?cmp=rss

Kim Kardashian hit with $1.26M fine by SEC for crypto promotion

1395824152

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged reality television star Kim Kardashian on Monday for unlawfully touting crypto security, the agency said in a statement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sec-kardashian-fine-1.6603852?cmp=rss

17 children among the dead in Indonesian soccer stampede

Stadium deaths

Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia on the weekend, officials said, as pressure grew on the Southeast Asian nation to explain how one of the world's worst stadium disasters unfolded.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stampede-indonesia-children-soccer-1.6603802?cmp=rss

Swedish geneticist wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Paabo

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo for his discoveries on human evolution.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nobel-physiologoy-medicine-paabo-1.6603814?cmp=rss