Sunday, September 24, 2023

Macron says France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger

A person in a suit gestures while walking.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-withdraw-ambassador-military-presence-niger-1.6977038?cmp=rss

NASA spacecraft releases capsule with material plucked from asteroid

A spacecraft approaches an asteroid.

A NASA spacecraft passed by the Earth on Sunday and released its capsule containing rare fragments from the asteroid Bennu, ending a journey that began seven years ago.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-sample-return-1.6976845?cmp=rss

Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa shatters women's marathon world record by more than 2 minutes

A woman wearing running gear drops to her knees with arms outstretched, still wrapped in the finish line of a running race.

Tigist Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon. The Ethiopian runner Assefa ran two hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women's record of 2:14:04 set by Brigid Kosgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/berlin-marathon-recap-tigist-assefa-eliud-kipchoge-1.6976835?cmp=rss

Royal diplomacy hits the world stage on 2 fronts — Charles in France and William in New York

Three people wearing life-jackets and hip waders walk in water almost up to their waists.

On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean this past week, senior members of the Royal Family stepped onto the world stage — and put a prime concern they share front and centre.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/king-charles-france-prince-william-new-york-ethiopian-prince-alemayehu-podcast-tindall-1.6975481?cmp=rss