Friday, October 27, 2023

76 arrested at party in Nigeria in what rights groups call an LGBTQ 'witch hunt'

Two young Black men pictured from behind walking along a train track.

Dozens of young people in Nigeria were paraded in front of news cameras after they were arrested during a party on Saturday and accused of “holding homosexual birthdays" and having “the intention to hold a same-sex marriage.”



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/nigeria-lgbtq-arrests-birthday-1.7010943?cmp=rss

This Finnish postman does more than deliver mail in his archipelago route

Off the southwest coast of Finland, residents of the remote Turku archipelago have their post delivered by Peter Mustelin who makes a 40-kilometre run by boat once every Friday, occasionally bringing his son along for the ride. Mustelin says his job is more than just delivering letters, and that he feels a responsibility to check in on people. He even delivers food if people request it, despite not being paid by the postal service to do so. The waters get tricky to navigate in the winter but Mustelin pushes through, drawn by the charm and beauty of the area and his unique role in it.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/this-finnish-postman-does-more-than-deliver-mail-in-his-archipelago-route-1.7011401?cmp=rss

Heavy shelling reported in central Kherson in southern Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier observes a colleague sailing along the Dnipro river near Kherson, Ukraine.

Russian forces heavily shelled the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Friday, injuring a number of people and damaging at least 10 buildings, a senior local official and emergency workers said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-kherson-shelling-1.7010654?cmp=rss

Maine residents remain at home as search for gunman continues

Law enforcement officers and FBI agents stand out together near parked vehicles.

Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes Friday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched for Robert Card, an Army reservist who authorities say fatally shot 18 people in the worst mass killing in state history.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/maine-shooting-search-1.7010113?cmp=rss