Thursday, January 26, 2023

Israelis and Palestinians trade fire after deadly West Bank raid

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Israeli forces on Thursday killed nine Palestinians — including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman — in the deadliest single incident in the occupied West Bank in two decades, Palestinian officials said. Two rockets were fired from Gaza early Friday and Israel responded with airstrikes on the territory, further escalating tensions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israelis-palestinians-raid-west-bank-1.6727682?cmp=rss

U.S. National Archives wants all past presidents, vice-presidents to look again for classified documents

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The U.S. National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice-presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former vice-president Mike Pence had such documents in their possession.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/national-archives-classified-documents-presidents-vice-presidents-1.6727690?cmp=rss

Court orders Detroit museum to hold onto disputed van Gogh

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A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered a Detroit museum to hold onto an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh amid a Brazilian collector’s dispute with the museum over the painting.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/detroit-court-vincent-van-gogh-1.6727396?cmp=rss

Why this woman left a career in architecture to catalogue bird feathers

 Esha Munshi

Instead of designing buildings, Esha Munshi puts her aesthetic skills to use by collecting, photographing, measuring and cataloguing the wings and feathers of India's more than 1,300 bird species. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/indian-architect-launches-feather-library-1.6726106?cmp=rss

Russia, Belarus invited to Asian Games despite fierce objections from Ukraine

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Russia's path to sending a team to the Paris Olympics next year became clearer on Thursday amid fierce objections from Ukraine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/olympics-asian-games-russia-invited-1.6726890?cmp=rss

Israeli troops kill 9 in clashes in West Bank raid, Palestinians say

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Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, in the deadliest day in years in the territory.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/west-bank-raid-palestinians-killed-1.6726580?cmp=rss