Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Now-fired Texas police officer charged in shooting of teen who was eating in McDonald's parking lot

Teen Shot Officer Fired Texas

A former San Antonio, Texas, police officer was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer in last week's shooting of a teen who was eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald's parking lot.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-police-shooting-teen-1.6613319?cmp=rss

Spanish baby in 'perfect condition' after pioneering intestine transplant, hospital says

SPAIN-HEALTH/TRANSPLANT

A Spanish baby has become the world's first recipient of a successful intestine transplant from a donor who died of heart failure, hospital officials say.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/intestine-transplant-spain-1.6613060?cmp=rss

'The worst is yet to come': IMF downgrades 2023 global outlook

ARGENTINA-ECONOMY/IMF

Citing Russia’s war in Ukraine, chronic inflation pressures, punishing interest rates and the lingering consequences of the global pandemic, the 190-country lending group said economies around the world will see worse economic growth next year than predicted in the summer.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/imf-global-economy-downgrade-1.6612599?cmp=rss

Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed, subject of Serial podcast

Maryland Serial Podcast

Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, a case that was chronicled in the first season of the hit podcast Serial.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/adnan-syed-charges-dropped-1.6612578?cmp=rss

When does art transform rather than copy? U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on Warhol painting of Prince

USA-COURT/WARHOL

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday will hear arguments in a copyright dispute between Andy Warhol's estate and photographer Lynn Goldsmith over his paintings of Prince, based on a photograph she took.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/supreme-court-warhol-goldsmith-1.6612368?cmp=rss

Japan welcomes foreign tourists after lifting pandemic border restrictions

Virus Outbreak Japan

Droves of tourists from abroad began arriving in Japan on Tuesday, with the end of pandemic-fighting border restrictions that had been in place for more than two years.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-tourists-covid-pandemic-1.6612357?cmp=rss

Iran intensifies crackdown on protests in Kurdish region

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Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country's west as protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police rage on, activists said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-crackdown-mahsa-amini-kurdish-1.6612347?cmp=rss

New Zealand's plan to tax cow burps condemned by farmers

New Zealand Farm Emissions Tax

New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-zealand-proposes-taxing-cow-burps-1.6612302?cmp=rss