Monday, January 20, 2025

Panama Canal 'will continue to be Panamanian,' country's president says in response to Trump

This composite image shows two people delivering speeches.

Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose U.S. control over the canal, Trump, in his inauguration speech Monday, again accused Panama of breaking the promises it made for the final transfer of the strategic waterway in 1999 and of ceding its operation to China — claims that Panama has vehemently denied.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/panama-canal-trump-1.7436264?cmp=rss

He identified his nephew's remains from his shoe, as search underway in Gaza to recover bodies

A man holds up a shoe.

Rescue workers and families are searching for an estimated 10,000 bodies of loved ones believed to still be beneath the rubble in Gaza a day after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-palestinians-rubble-search-bodies-1.7435906?cmp=rss

Donald Trump sworn in as 47th U.S. president, declares national emergency at Mexican border

Donald Trump raises his fist, standing next to vice president J.D. Vance.

Donald Trump completed his stunning political comeback Monday when he was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president, during which he promised tariffs, deportations and a new approach to race and gender.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-inauguration-1.7436181?cmp=rss

Biden grants activist Leonard Peltier clemency to finish life sentence at home

Ralliers march in the streets, some holding a large painting of Leonard Peltier.

As President Biden finishes his term as U.S. president, one of his final acts was to grant executive clemency to Aim activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent over 50 years in jail for the murders of two FBI Agents, during the AIM movement in 1975.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/leonard-peltier-biden-clemency-1.7436142?cmp=rss

Canada to hold unusual inauguration day party in Washington

A young woman with red, white and blue face paint smiles for a photo.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-trump-inauguration-analysis-1.7435765?cmp=rss