Friday, February 3, 2023

Zelenskyy vows to defend 'fortress' Bakhmut

UKRAINE-CRISIS/BAKHMUT

Ukrainians will fight "for as long as we can" to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Friday, as he hosted European Union (EU) leaders to discuss further sanctions on Russia and Kyiv's prospects for joining the EU.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-bakhmut-military-aid-1.6736374?cmp=rss

Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike

Film-Imprisoned Iranian Director

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-protests-jafar-panahi-1.6736269?cmp=rss

Winter freezes over Texas

Winter freezes over Texas

A winter storm has gripped Texas with freezing rain and sleet, creating power outages and chaos on the roadways.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/winter-freezes-over-texas-1.6735258?cmp=rss

Elon Musk's Tesla stock trial nears end

TWITTER-MUSK/TRIAL

A lawyer for Tesla shareholders who claim Elon Musk deceived them when he tweeted that he had secured funding to take his electric car company private is expected to make closing arguments to a San Francisco jury on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-tesla-securities-trial-closing-arguments-1.6735784?cmp=rss

U.S. added 517,000 jobs last month, pushing unemployment rate to lowest since 1969

job hiring sign

The U.S. economy added more than half a million jobs in January, an astonishing number that pushed the jobless rate down to its lowest level in half a century.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/us-jobs-january-1.6735707?cmp=rss

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios pleads guilty to assaulting former girlfriend, has no conviction recorded

TENNIS-KYRGIOS/CHARGE

Nick Kyrgios had suffered severe depression, suicidal ideation and insomnia in the past, a psychologist told a court on Friday when the Australian tennis star pleaded guilty to pushing a former girlfriend to the ground two years ago.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/nick-kyrgios-pleads-guilty-assault-no-conviction-recorded-1.6735642?cmp=rss

He chose to fight for Russia in Ukraine. So why did this mercenary defect?

Andrei Medvedev

Andrei Medvedev, a former mercenary in Russia’s infamous Wagner Group, signed up to fight in Ukraine. Now, he's fled to Norway and is vocally criticizing both the leader of the Wagner Group and his country's invasion of Ukraine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/andrei-medvedev-wagner-group-interview-1.6735008?cmp=rss