Venezuela opposition candidate names substitute following campaign ban, arrests

Maria Corina Machado on Friday named a substitute to her presidential bid while she fights a government ban on her running for office.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-opposition-candidate-substitute-ban-arrest-1.7153102?cmp=rss

KateGate took the internet by storm. Now the tone has changed to sympathy and regret

Putting an end to weeks of frenzied speculation and wild rumours, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, revealed Friday that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. And very quickly, the tone online changed from cracking jokes about Catherine's so-called disappearance, to sympathy and regret.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/catherine-cancer-rumours-reaction-1.7152689?cmp=rss

Multiple gunmen open fire at Moscow concert hall, building on fire after attack

Several gunmen in combat fatigues burst into a big concert hall in Moscow on Friday and fired automatic weapons at the crowd, injuring an unspecified number of people, Russian media said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-moscow-concert-hall-attack-1.7152498?cmp=rss

UN set to vote on U.S.-led Gaza ceasefire resolution

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv on Friday on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war, as the U.S. planned to put a resolution calling for an immediate truce in Gaza to a vote of the UN Security Council, intensifying pressure on its ally.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-war-day-168-1.7151983?cmp=rss