Monday, April 24, 2023

Russian, Chinese propaganda surging on Twitter amid platform changes

Twitter Foreign Disinformation

Twitter accounts operated by authoritarian governments in Russia, China and Iran are benefiting from recent changes at the social media company, making it easier for them to attract new followers and broadcast propaganda and disinformation to a larger audience.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/twitter-changes-russian-chinese-propaganda-1.6820779?cmp=rss

Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, network says

Voting Machines Defamation Lawsuit

Fox News said in a statement on Monday that it had parted ways with controversial host Tucker Carlson.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fox-news-carlson-exit-1.6820379?cmp=rss

Death penalty trial begins for accused in Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

Jury selection will begin Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting 11 Jewish worshippers to death at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-trial-bowers-synagogue-1.6820150?cmp=rss

Len Goodman, judge on Dancing With the Stars, Strictly Come Dancing, dead at 78

PEOPLE-LEN GOODMAN/

Len Goodman, a long-serving judge on Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing who helped revive interest in ballroom dancing on both sides of the Atlantic, has died, his agent said Monday. He was 78.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-goodman-len-1.6820146?cmp=rss

Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy after failed turnaround plans

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday after the home goods retailer failed to secure funds to stay afloat, and has begun a liquidation sale.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bed-bath-and-beyond-bankruptcy-protection-filing-1.6819863?cmp=rss

The swift and messy demise of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto empire

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If there’s something distinctive about the world of crypto, it’s how fast big companies and big fortunes can be spun out of nothing — and just as quickly collapse. Nowhere has that been more apparent than the meteoric rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its CEO and founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ftx-cryptocurrency-demise-sam-bankman-fried-1.6815674?cmp=rss

Poll finds most Canadians don't want Charles as King

BRITAIN-ROYALS/

With the formal coronation of King Charles less than two weeks away, a new survey suggests Canada's new monarch could have a tough road ahead when it comes to winning over Canadians — with support for his wife, Camilla, even weaker.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/king-charles-coronation-canadian-weak-support-interest-1.6816980?cmp=rss