Thursday, December 15, 2022

Twitter suspends journalists who wrote about Elon Musk

Tesla-Union Vote

Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/twitter-journalist-suspend-1.6688110?cmp=rss

Dozens missing as landslide buries Malaysian campsite

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At least eight people are dead and dozens are missing after a landslide struck a campsite in Malaysia early on Friday, officials said, as search and rescue personnel scoured the site for survivors



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/landslide-malaysia-campsite-1.6687984?cmp=rss

British nurses stage first walkout in 106 years amid ongoing pay dispute

British nurses stage first walkout in 106 years amid ongoing pay dispute

Thousands of nurses in the U.K. walked off the job on Thursday amid an ongoing pay dispute, making it the largest strike in the country's health service history. The Royal College of Nurses, which organized the nationwide walkout, is demanding a pay raise of roughly 19 per cent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/british-nurses-stage-first-walkout-in-106-years-amid-ongoing-pay-dispute-1.6688009?cmp=rss

Violent protests continue to rock Peru as ousted president faces rebellion charge

Peru Political Crisis

Violent protests disrupting tourism and trade across Peru persisted Thursday as a judge considered whether to keep the country's ex-president in custody while authorities build their case against him for inciting a rebellion.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peru-protests-president-detention-ruling-1.6687517?cmp=rss

Ukrainian police rescue woman from frozen lake

Ukrainian police rescue woman from frozen lake

Video released by the National Police of Ukraine shows a rescuer stripping off to save a woman and her dog after they became trapped in a frozen lake in Kyiv.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukrainian-police-rescue-woman-from-frozen-lake-1.6687398?cmp=rss

Elon Musk loses status as world's richest man, as he sells billions more in slumping Tesla shares

Tesla Pickup

Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion US worth of Tesla stock this week, but it wasn't clear where the proceeds were being spent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-tesla-1.6687041?cmp=rss

Christmas ceasefire 'not on the agenda,' Russia and Ukraine seem to agree

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Ukrainian forces staged their heaviest shelling attack in years in the country's Russian-controlled east on Thursday, Moscow-installed officials said, as both sides ruled out a Christmas truce in the nearly 10-month-old war.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-invasion-day-295-1.6686738?cmp=rss

U.S. Federal Reserve foresees another year of rising interest rates for 2023

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As the U.S. central bank joins Canada in pushing global interest rates even higher, economists wonder if a two percent inflation target is really possible in 2023 without doing serious economic damage.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/powell-rates-canada-column-don-pittis-1.6685344?cmp=rss