Friday, December 8, 2023

Palestinians mourn Refaat Alareer, poet reportedly killed during airstrike on Gaza

Photo of Refaat Alareer, which appeared as his profile photo on the social media platform known as X, the former Twitter.

Palestinians on Friday paid tribute to Refaat Alareer, a prominent poet and scholar who sought to tell the stories behind the headlines in the blockaded enclave of Gaza. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike, his friends said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/refaat-alareer-killed-airstrike-1.7054274?cmp=rss

French juvenile court convicts 6 over roles in teacher's beheading

A person holding flowers also holds up a sign featuring a person's picture.

A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist extremist that shocked the country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-teacher-beheading-convictions-teens-1.7053693?cmp=rss

Hundreds of thousands wounded and dead in Ukraine as war grinds on, intelligence suggests

A woman stands in cemetery with many Ukrainian flags flying in the breeze.

With no end in sight after more than 21 months of war, the number of people killed or wounded in the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in the hundreds of thousands, intelligence estimates suggest.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-1.7053035?cmp=rss

Canadians win gold, silver medals at World Cup ski cross event in France

A women's ski cross racer skis down a hill with her hands in front of her hips.

Canadians Jared Schmidt and Britt Phelan captured gold and silver, respectively, from the World Cup ski cross stop in Val Thorens, France, on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/ski-cross-world-cup-val-thorens-dec-8-1.7052975?cmp=rss