Tuesday, October 3, 2023

'Stoneman Willie' mummy to be laid to rest after 128 years at Penn. funeral home

A group of people roll a wooden casket out of a brick building.

The people of Reading, Penn., are finally bidding farewell to a beloved mummy who's been on display at a local funeral home for more than a century.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/stoneman-willie-burial-1.6985317?cmp=rss

At least 21 killed in Italian bus crash near Venice

Firefighters work near an overturned bus.

A bus crashed near the Italian city of Venice after falling from an elevated street, killing at least 21 people, including two children, and injuring several others Tuesday, authorities said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-bus-crash-1.6985622?cmp=rss

Kevin McCarthy ousted as U.S. House Speaker

A person in a suit is seen from the chest up.

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kevin-mccarthy-ousted-house-speaker-1.6985653?cmp=rss

Jury selection begins in trial of disgraced crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried

A man with dark curly hair wears a blue suit and tie as he walks into a courthouse in New York City.

Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial got under way with jury selection on Tuesday, nearly a year after his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange's collapse shocked markets and tattered his reputation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/sam-bankman-fried-trial-crypto-1.6985228?cmp=rss

India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats, report says, as diplomatic fight worsens

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023.

India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by Oct. 10, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-tells-canada-to-withdraw-41-diplomats-report-says-as-diplomatic-fight-worsens-1.6984817?cmp=rss