Sunday, October 30, 2022
Canadian man who allegedly attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband to face charges Monday
Paul Pelosi is recovering in hospital after surgery for a skull fracture and arm injuries after an intruder broke into the U.S. Speaker's California home and attacked her husband with a hammer.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/paul-pelosi-alleged-assailant-monday-charges-1.6634705?cmp=rss
Voting begins in Brazil presidential runoff after bitterly divisive campaign
Brazilians began voting Sunday morning in a polarizing presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/bolsonaro-lula-brazil-election-runoff-1.6634638?cmp=rss
Battling Haiti's gangs — the mission no nation seems to want
Events on the ground in Haiti — and the reluctance of both the U.S. and Canada to wade into a quagmire there — may finally be forcing Haiti's two most powerful donor nations to accept the Haitian opposition's argument that the current government must go.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/haiti-canada-gangs-1.6633461?cmp=rss
Meet Iran's dissident rapper helping youth circumvent regime internet crackdown
As one of Iran's most popular rappers, Toomaj Salehi has been in hiding since protests against the clerical establishment erupted last month, leveraging a network of supporters and technical tools to circumvent internet censorship and distribute his dissident music.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meet-iran-s-dissident-rapper-helping-youth-circumvent-regime-internet-crackdown-1.6625351?cmp=rss
2 car bombings in Somalia kill at least 100
Somalia's president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday's two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country's deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot five years ago killed more than 500.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somalia-car-bomb-attack-1.6634617?cmp=rss
Concerned relatives in South Korea rush to hospitals after 151 die in Halloween crowd surge
Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of at least 151 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, who got trapped and crushed after a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in Seoul.
source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korea-crowd-surge-1.6634610?cmp=rss