Monday, January 27, 2025

2-year-old Palestinian girl killed in her home by Israeli military

A woman hugs the body of a baby wrapped in a Palestinian flag.

Israeli forces shot a two-year-old girl in the head in her West Bank home on Saturday while she was eating dinner with her family, according to health officials and family members.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/toddler-killed-home-west-bank-1.7443175?cmp=rss

Trump administration fires Justice Dept. lawyers who brought criminal cases against him

A side-facing view of U.S. President Donald Trump's face.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Monday fired more than a dozen Justice Department lawyers who brought two criminal cases against him, an official said, as the Republican moves swiftly to exert greater control over the department.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-fires-justice-department-lawyers-1.7443187?cmp=rss

Alaskans say Trump can change name of Denali but can't make people call it Mount McKinley

A small plane is seen flying over a river with a snowy mountain in the distance.

The U.S. president's move last week to rename North America's tallest peak has introduced 'a jarring note' into Alaska affairs, says one academic.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaskans-say-trump-can-change-name-of-denali-but-can-t-make-people-call-it-mount-mckinley-1.7442721?cmp=rss

Congo hostilities fuelled by longstanding grievances. Your smartphone is also a factor

A helmeted man with a large gun strapped on his fatigues is shown walking down the street surrounded by other dark complected people, civilians which include children.

An insurgency led by M23 rebels in eastern Congo has escalated and reached the city of Goma, worsening a humanitarian crisis in a region that suffered two devastating wars between 1996 and 2003.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/congo-goma-background-1.7442439?cmp=rss

Thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza after hostage deal breakthrough

Two women walk along along a road with a young child. One carries a baby.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians began moving along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday as Israel opened roadblocks after the militant group Hamas agreed to hand over female Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud and two other hostages.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/northern-gaza-palestinians-return-1.7442189?cmp=rss