Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Trump team says it will call no defence witnesses at civil rape trial

Trump Columnist Lawsuit

The infamous Access Hollywood video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking was played Wednesday for a jury considering columnist E. Jean Carroll's claims that he raped her two decades before he became president.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-e-jean-carroll-rape-civil-case-1.6831421?cmp=rss

More than 20 Ukrainian civilians dead in Kherson area amid Russian shelling

Woman who was wounded in a Russian military strike on a Ukrainian train station

Russian shelling killed 21 civilians in and near the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, including strikes on a hypermarket, a railway station and crossing, a petrol station and residential buildings, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/deadly-shelling-kherson-ukraine-russia-1.6831152?cmp=rss

New York State bans gas stoves, furnaces in many new buildings

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New York has become the first U.S. state to pass legislation banning the use of natural gas for heating and cooking in some new buildings, a plan designed to reduce carbon emissions but opposed by industry groups as excessive and costly.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/gas-ban-new-york-1.6830934?cmp=rss

Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine among 2023 Rock Hall inductees

Music Missy Elliott

The Cleveland-based institution announced Wednesday the artists and groups entering the hall as the class of 2023, a list that includes Missy Elliott, Rage Against the Machine, Kate Bush, DJ Kool Herc and Elton John's longtime co-songwriter Bernie Taupin.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/2023-rock-hall-inductees-1.6830633?cmp=rss

Thai candidate for prime minister gives birth days before election

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A popular candidate for prime minister of Thailand said Wednesday she's eager to get back on the campaign trail, just two days after giving birth.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thailand-shinawatra-pregnancy-1.6830494?cmp=rss

Student arrested as Serbian school shooting leaves 9 dead

Serbia School Shooting

A teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police said. Six more children and a teacher were injured and hospitalized.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/serbia-belgrade-school-shooting-1.6830425?cmp=rss