Saturday, September 28, 2024

Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town

Children playing on the tundra in front of a yurt.

In the next few weeks, the last 71 residents of Newtok, Alaska, will load their possessions onto boats to move to Mertarvik, rejoining 230 residents who began moving away in 2019.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/newtok-alaska-destroyed-climate-change-relocation-1.7337088?cmp=rss

Major explosions rattle civilian area of Beirut as Israel says it struck Hezbollah HQ

Smoke rises early Saturday in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.

The Israeli military says it struck Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that levelled multiple highrise apartment buildings.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hezbollah-headquarters-beirut-lebanon-strike-1.7336237?cmp=rss

Chinese students in Canada say they've been targeted by Beijing's campaign of fear

A Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protester holds up a sign in front of pro-China counter-protesters during opposing rallies in Vancouver on Saturday August 17, 2019.

Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing of targeting them and their families back in China with online threats and harassment — part of a campaign to crack down on anti-government dissent abroad.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-students-canada-intimidation-threats-1.7332268?cmp=rss