Australian court overturns 20-year-old convictions against mother whose 4 children died

An Australian appeals court has overturned all convictions against a woman, 20 years after a jury found her guilty of killing her four children.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-folbigg-convictions-overturned-1.7059662?cmp=rss

'Perfect storm for disease has begun' in Gaza, overwhelmed doctors say

A lack of food, clean water and shelter have worn down hundreds of thousands of traumatized people and, with a health system on its knees, doctors and aid workers say it's inevitable epidemics will rip through the enclave.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-war-disease-epidemic-inevitable-doctors-say-1.7058816?cmp=rss

Artist redraws the world with 1,642 free-roaming animals — and no humans

New Zealander Anton Thomas drew a massive map free of humans and political borders, but packed with 1,642 animals roaming the Earth's lands and seas.

source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/world-map-filled-with-animals-birds-1.7058119?cmp=rss

Greta Gerwig will be jury president at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

Greta Gerwig will be president of the 77th Cannes Film Festival jury in 2024, making her the first female American director — and the youngest person since 1966 — to receive the honour.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/greta-gerwig-jury-president-cannes-1.7058970?cmp=rss

Putin says no peace in Ukraine until his goals are achieved

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed there would be no peace in Ukraine until his goals are achieved and said those objectives remain unchanged at a year-end news conference on Thursday that offered the leader an opportunity to reinforce his grip on power.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/putin-year-end-news-conference-ukraine-1.7058841?cmp=rss