Thursday, November 17, 2022

Brittney Griner begins serving sentence in Russian penal colony

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WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and agent said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/brittney-griner-begins-sentence-russian-penal-colony-1.6655461?cmp=rss

Workers at 100 U.S. Starbucks locations walk off the job in unionization push

Starbucks Strikes

Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labour action since a campaign to unionize the company's stores began late last year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/starbucks-strikes-1.6655316?cmp=rss

Iran sentences 5 anti-government protesters to death

Iran sentences 5 anti-government protesters to death

Three more anti-government protesters have been sentenced to death in Iran, bringing the total to five. It's a toll human rights groups fear the regime will now expand to quell the movement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/iran-sentences-5-anti-government-protesters-to-death-1.6654484?cmp=rss

This 1616 self-portrait was originally a nude. Then a man had it covered up 

Italy Gentileschi Restoration

For the first time in 342 years, art lovers will get to see Artemisia Gentileschi’s The Allegory of Inclination as the artist intended — with full frontal nudity.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/allegory-of-inclination-nude-restoration-1.6652266?cmp=rss

Former U.K. diplomat and Japanese filmmaker among foreign prisoners to be freed in Myanmar

Toru Kubota

Myanmar's military-controlled government announced Thursday it was releasing and deporting an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American as part of a broad prisoner amnesty to mark the country's National Victory Day.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myanmar-prisoner-release-1.6654502?cmp=rss