Wednesday, October 25, 2023

At least 10 dead in Maine shooting, law enforcement sources say

Police respond to an active shooter situation in Lewiston, Maine.

At least 10 are dead in a Maine shooting, with that number expected to rise, two law enforcement officials tell The Associated Press.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting-1.7008486?cmp=rss

Joly announces more funding for Armenian refugees, stops short of threatening sanctions on Azerbaijan

A minister with a flag.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced another $1 million in humanitarian funding Wednesday to help displaced ethnic Armenian refugees who recently fled a military operation launched by Azerbaijan — but she stopped well short of threatening to sanction Azeri government officials over the attack.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/azerbaijan-armenia-nagorno-karabakh-1.7007939?cmp=rss

Ukraine bracing for another winter of Russian attacks targeting energy grid, Zelenskyy says

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Russia fired almost a dozen Shahed drones against Ukrainian targets and falling debris from an intercepted drone damaged power lines near a nuclear plant in the country's west, knocking out electricity to hundreds of people, officials said Wednesday. Ukraine's air force said it stopped all the drones that were launched.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-nuclear-plant-winter-of-infrastructure-attacks-1.7007723?cmp=rss

Richard Roundtree, iconic Shaft actor, dead at 81

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Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several Shaft films beginning in the early 1970s, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-roundtree-shaft-1.7007182?cmp=rss