Friday, September 6, 2024

Boeing Starliner capsule departs from space station, leaving its 2 astronauts behind for months

An image of a space capsule, with thruster firing, departing the International Space Station.

After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing's new astronaut capsule departed the International Space Station on Friday without its crew and headed back to Earth.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/boeing-starliner-stranded-astronauts-1.7316539?cmp=rss

Female athletes keep getting killed in Kenya. Advocates blame a domestic violence epidemic

A woman in a yellow striped tank top runs at the head of a crowd

Rebecca Cheptegei is the third elite female athlete killed in a suspected case of domestic violence since 2021. Advocates say Kenya is facing an epidemic of gender-based violence and killings.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/rebecca-cheptegei-gender-based-violence-1.7315700?cmp=rss

Trump's hush money sentencing delayed until after U.S. presidential election

A man in a dark blue suit with a light blue tie stands expressionless outside a courthouse.

A New York judge on Friday delayed former U.S. president Donald Trump's sentencing on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until Nov. 26, nearly a month after the presidential election.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-hush-money-sentencing-delayed-after-election-1.7315729?cmp=rss

Briton sentenced to 9 years in prison for riot fire at hotel housing migrants

Two helmeted and outfitted police officers are shown standing near a low-rise building, where a small fire is shown.

A British man was on Friday jailed for nine years for arson at a hotel housing asylum seekers during anti-Muslim riots last month, as police and prosecutors have responded rapidly to the unrest in northern England, with roughly 1,300 people having been arrested.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-sentence-rotherham-fire-1.7315230?cmp=rss

China makes request to WTO in its dispute over Canadian EV and steel tariffs

Vehicles are shown on an assembly line inside a manufacturing facility.

China has submitted a request to Canada for consultation at the World Trade Organization on additional tariffs it has imposed on Chinese electric vehicles as well as steel and aluminum products, the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-canada-wto-tariffs-1.7315202?cmp=rss

Vladimir Kara-Murza thought he'd die in a Siberian prison. A secretive prisoner swap granted him freedom

Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the west and Russia, spoke to a few hundred from Berlin's Russian community on Sept.3 about life in a maximum security prison, and his hopes for Russia's future.

In his first Canadian interview since being released in a historic prisoner swap, Vladimir Kara-Murza talks about being imprisoned by Russia for criticizing the invasion of Ukraine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vladimir-kara-murza-russian-prison-swap-1.7314003?cmp=rss