Friday, January 13, 2023

Lake in China offers stunning views of frozen azure waters

Lake in China offers stunning views of frozen azure waters

Bosten Lake, in China's Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang, has created breathtaking scenery after freezing over and forming pure white ice crystals, with large cracks running in a network across the surface.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lake-in-china-offers-stunning-views-of-frozen-azure-waters-1.6713988?cmp=rss

Brazilian prosecutors ask Supreme Court to include former president Jair Bolsonaro in riot probe

BRAZIL-ELECTION/BOLSONARO

The Brazilian prosecutor-general's office on Friday asked the Supreme Court to include former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation's capital.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-bolsonaro-riot-probe-1.6713702?cmp=rss

Janet Yellen warns of 'extraordinary measures' as U.S. on track to hit debt ceiling next week

Janet Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to "extraordinary measures" to avoid default.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/yellen-debt-ceiling-1.6713268?cmp=rss

Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of Evel Knievel, dead at 60

Obit Robbie Knievel

Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking father — including at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 1989 and a Grand Canyon chasm a decade later — has died in Nevada, his brother said. He was 60.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/robbie-knievel-obit-1.6713469?cmp=rss

Russia claims to have taken Soledar in Ukraine after pitched battle

Russia Ukraine

Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the salt-mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine overnight after days of relentless fighting, claiming Moscow's first big battlefield gain after half a year of military setbacks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-invasion-day-324-1.6712767?cmp=rss

Man charged with murder in assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

Japan Abe Shooting Suspect

Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe with murder, ordering him to stand trial, a court said Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-yamagami-abe-charges-1.6712729?cmp=rss