Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Woman testifies at rape trial that Donald Trump molested her on a plane in 1970s

Trump Columnist Lawsuit

Jessica Leeds joined other witnesses who supported the testimony of E. Jean Carroll, a longtime advice columnist who publicly aired her claims that Trump raped her in 1996 when she published her memoir in 2019. Trump has repeatedly denied the claims, saying Carroll lied to sell books and disparage him.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jessica-leeds-testifies-trump-rape-trial-1.6829645?cmp=rss

Australia to ban recreational vaping in e-cigarette crackdown

Australia Tobacco

Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to try to stop an alarming rise in teenage vaping.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/australia-vaping-restrictions-1.6829541?cmp=rss

Canada has military forces on the ground in Port Sudan, says foreign affairs minister

Sudan

Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital are flooding an already-overwhelmed port city on the Red Sea and their country's northern borders with Egypt.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sudan-port-fighting-1.6829142?cmp=rss

Hollywood writers, citing 'existential crisis,' are officially on strike

TELEVISION-WRITERS/

Television and movie writers declared late Monday that they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hollywood-writers-strike-1.6829085?cmp=rss

Amid the pomp and pageantry, coronations court controversy, too

BRITAIN QUEEN

While Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation became an iconic representation of royal pageanty, other efforts to put British sovereigns on their thrones have had their own controversial or unseemly moments.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronation-controversies-1.6827612?cmp=rss

Pope's 'secret' peace plan underscores NATO's lack of a political strategy on Ukraine

Vatican Pope Ukraine

The Pope is getting involved in widespread efforts to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table. People on all sides of the conflict want peace. But many Ukrainians, and some of their supporters in the West, regard the timing of such pleas for negotiations with deep suspicion.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nato-ukraine-russia-pope-francis-canada-1.6828666?cmp=rss