Thursday, April 20, 2023

Neighbours allege U.S. man shot 6-year-old after basketball rolled into his yard

North Carolina girl shows gunshot injury to reporters

A North Carolina man allegedly shot and wounded a six-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard, according to neighbours and the girl's family.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-carolina-girl-shot-basketball-1.6817157?cmp=rss

Trump sexual assault allegations could be aired in court next week in civil trial

NRA Convention Trump

Donald Trump is already the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Jurors are expected to soon decide in an unrelated civil case whether he lied about committing rape.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-carroll-trial-1.6816374?cmp=rss

South Korean pop singer Moon Bin dead at 25

South Korea Singer Death

Moon Bin, a singer from South Korean boyband Astro, was found dead at his home in Seoul, his management agency said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/south-korea-singer-moon-bin-astro-dead-1.6816429?cmp=rss

Rare hybrid solar eclipse delights sky watchers

SOLAR-ECLIPSE/AUSTRALIA

The remote Australian tourist town of Exmouth was one of the best vantage points to see a once-in-a-decade eclipse on Thursday that plunged part of Australia's northwest coast into brief midday darkness, an eclipse that also crossed parts of Indonesia and East Timor.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/australia-indonesia-eclipse-1.6816361?cmp=rss