Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Rishi Sunak is the 1st British PM richer than the monarch. Does it matter?

Britain Politics

Though it's not clear exactly how much Rishi Sunak and his wife are worth — their combined wealth is estimated at $1.2 billion Cdn — for the first time in modern history, Britain's political leader and his wife are richer than the monarch. Sunak says his values are more important than his value.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rishi-sunak-analysis-1.6630240?cmp=rss

Former Trump chief of staff ordered to testify in Georgia election results investigation

USA-ELECTION/MEADOWS

A judge on Wednesday ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a special grand jury that's investigating whether former U.S. president Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to sway Georgia's results in the 2020 election.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-meadows-georgia-votes-investigation-1.6630356?cmp=rss

Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as outbreak grows

HEALTH-EBOLA/UGANDA

Six schoolchildren in Uganda's capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ebola-uganda-school-kids-1.6630120?cmp=rss

3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Michigan's governor

Whitmer

Three men accused of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor were convicted of all charges Wednesday, a triumph for state prosecutors after months of mixed results in the main case in federal court.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/3-men-covicted-kidnap-plot-1.6630302?cmp=rss

Iran protesters rally to mark 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death

IRAN-WOMEN/TIMELINE

Hundreds of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city on Wednesday to mark 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran's biggest anti-government movement in more than a decade.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-1.6629900?cmp=rss

Canadian Kimberly Polman arrested after repatriated from Syrian detention camp for ISIS fighters' families

life after isis

Canadian Kimberly Polman has been arrested after arriving in Canada following her repatriation from a detention camp in Syria, according to her lawyer.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/two-women-two-children-repatriated-syrian-detention-camps-1.6629838?cmp=rss