Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Australians to vote on whether to recognize Indigenous people in constitution

Australia Indigenous Disadvantage

Australians will vote on Oct. 14 on a proposed law to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the nation's first referendum in a generation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-indigenous-referendum-constitution-1.6951509?cmp=rss

Idalia officially a hurricane with Florida landfall expected Wednesday

STORM-IDALIA/CUBA

Idalia became a hurricane on Tuesday as it intensified on a path toward Florida's Gulf coast, with the National Hurricane Center warning of an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and dangerous hurricane-force winds in Florida in the next two days.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-idalia-path-tuesda-1.6950354?cmp=rss