Owner of Woke Breakfast & Coffee had no idea the name would be so fraught

When Carmen Quiroga opened Woke Breakfast & Coffee in Connecticut, she had no idea the word was politically charged.

source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/woke-breakfast-backlash-1.6732407?cmp=rss

'We won't give up': French strikers vow to up ante in pension-reform demonstrations

Striking workers disrupted French refinery deliveries, public transport and schools on Tuesday in a second day of nationwide protests over President Emmanuel Macron's plan to make people work longer before retirement.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-pension-reform-strikes-1.6731659?cmp=rss

Prosecutors set to file charges against Alec Baldwin in connection with Rust shooting

Prosecutors are scheduled to file involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of a western movie in 2021.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/alec-baldwin-charges-filing-tuesday-1.6731688?cmp=rss

Death toll in Pakistan mosque suicide bombing soars

The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 88 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault, on a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-mosque-death-toll-1.6731583?cmp=rss