Friday, July 19, 2024

Wall Street Journal reporter says she was fired over press freedom advocacy in Hong Kong

A woman with short black hair looks over her shoulder towards the camera. Behind her, a group of video journalists point their cameras in her direction.

When Selina Cheng was elected as the head of a Hong Kong press freedom association, she didn’t expect her very first press conference would be about getting fired from her own job. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/selina-cheng-wall-street-journal-1.7269561?cmp=rss

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met Chinese counterpart in Beijing in effort to ease tensions

Mélanie Joly, wearing a white suit, shakes hands with Wang Yi, who is wearing a blue suit.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday as both countries appear to be taking steps to ease ongoing tensions that have strained bilateral relations.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/joly-meets-wang-beijing-1.7269380?cmp=rss

Airlines, banks, health care have operations disrupted in global IT outage

An overhead shot shows hundreds of people inside an airport terminal.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/worldwide-tech-issues-1.7268863?cmp=rss

Houthis claim responsibility for deadly Tel Aviv drone strike

Damaged windows are shown in a closeup of a high-rise building.

An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in a neighbourhood near the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tel-aviv-drone-strike-1.7268882?cmp=rss

Paris's Olympic legacy — cool climate solutions or dangerously hot competition?

An athlete lights an Olympic flame while people clap.

Paris is striving for an Olympic legacy of sustainability, but organizers have faced criticism for some of their strategies before the Games even begin.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-paris-olympics-climate-change-1.7266525?cmp=rss