Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Passenger train slams into freight train in deadly rail crash in northern Greece

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A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring some 85, Fire Service officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/greece-train-crash-larissa-1.6763709?cmp=rss

Winter heatwaves, lack of precipitation compound effects of devastating summer droughts in Europe

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Parts of Europe are in the midst of a winter drought, hot on the heels of last summer’s record-breaking dry weather.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/europe-winter-drought-1.6763123?cmp=rss

Iranian schoolgirls believed to be target of deliberate poisonings

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Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted by religious groups opposed to girls' education.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-schoolgirls-poisoning-fumes-1.6763224?cmp=rss

TikTok bans in the West an abuse of state power, China says

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U.S. government bans on TikTok reveal Washington's own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, while Canada announced a similar ban on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-reaction-tiktok-govt-bans-1.6762560?cmp=rss

How U.S. officials solved the mystery of eyedrops infecting dozens with drug-resistant bacteria

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The patients' eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost nothing else. A doctor called one case the worst eye infection he'd ever seen. Here's how U.S. officials cracked the case of eyedrops infecting dozens of Americans with drug-resistant bacteria.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/eyedrops-us-bacteria-1.6762792?cmp=rss

Actor Tom Sizemore's family 'deciding end-of-life matters' after brain aneurysm

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More than a week after Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneurysm, a representative says the actor's family is "now deciding end-of-life matters."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tom-sizemore-aneurysm-end-of-life-1.6762819?cmp=rss

High-ranking Canadian UN official presses Ottawa for security funding

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High-ranking UN official Gilles Michaud wants to convince UN donor countries — Canada included — to boost the amount of money they spend to protect UN humanitarian assistance programs.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michaud-un-united-nations-humanitarian-relief-1.6761825?cmp=rss