Friday, February 14, 2025

U.S. Justice Department asks judge to toss corruption case against NYC mayor

A bald man in a blue suit is seen in New York City.

The U.S. Justice Department asked a court Friday to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, with a top official from Washington intervening after federal prosecutors in Manhattan rebuffed his demands to drop the case and some quit in protest.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/eric-adams-nyc-corruption-case-news-1.7460344?cmp=rss

Trump says auto tariffs coming around April 2

President Donald Trump is seen speaking to reporters in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to impose tariffs on imported cars around April 2. Trump made the remark in the Oval Office Friday when asked by reporters about his tariff comments earlier in the week. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/trump-auto-tariffs-coming-1.7460037?cmp=rss

Trump says Russia and Ukraine can reach a peace deal. Will Ukrainians buy what he's selling?

A partial view of a damaged building in Makiivka, Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump may be saying he believes a peace deal is possible between Russia and Ukraine, but he's got a long way to go to selling Ukrainians that what he's doing will be in any way acceptable to them.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-reacts-trump-putin-talks-1.7458739?cmp=rss

What NATO patrols are watching in the Baltic Sea after undersea cables were severed

Estonia, along with NATO, has ramped up patrols of the Baltic Sea after 3 separate incidents of undersea cables being damaged.

At a time when the eight NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea are on high alert after a string of undersea power and internet cables were suspiciously severed, Russia's shadow fleet is getting extra attention. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/undersea-cables-baltic-sea-patrol-nato-1.7458802?cmp=rss

This professor once taught at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. He returned to a campus in ruins

A man stands on the street with a walking stick

For the first time since the war began, Muhammad Juma Khattab returned to the campus to see what's left of it. In the piles of rubble, the professor finds burnt books, old transcripts and office furniture as he walks the spaces he used to teach in.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-war-university-rubble-1.7457664?cmp=rss