Friday, September 4, 2020

Beirut search team resumes effort in debris after possibly detecting heartbeat

Lebanon Explosion

Rescue workers used cranes, a bulldozer and their bare hands in search operations that resumed early Friday in the rubble of a building that collapsed last month in Beirut's catastrophic explosion, hoping to find a survivor after a pulsing signal was detected.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-beirut-search-1.5712055?cmp=rss

Jamaica's ruling party stays in power with resounding election win

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Jamaica's ruling party was re-elected in a landslide win on Thursday marked by low turnout, prompting Prime Minister Andrew Holness to vow to work on restoring voters' trust in politics and continue fighting the country's coronavirus outbreak.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jamaica-election-jlp-holness-1.5712045?cmp=rss

Temperature checks and no masks: School is back in Russia, but classes are much the same

Back to school in Russia

Russian schoolchildren returned to class this week, with COVID-19 safety measures such as mass testing of school employees marking a different approach from what we see in Canada, where there is a focus on priorities such as wearing masks and physical distancing.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-school-resumes-precautions-covid-19-1.5710499?cmp=rss

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Suspect in Portland death killed by U.S. investigators in Washington state

Portland Suspect Killed

Man suspected of fatally shooting right-wing supporter in Oregon killed during scuffle with law enforcement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/portland-shot-suspect-1.5711970?cmp=rss

Trump disparaged U.S. war dead as 'losers' and 'suckers,' says report

Trump Memorial Day

A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the U.S. military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as "losers" and "suckers."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-disparaged-u-s-war-dead-as-losers-and-suckers-says-report-1.5711945?cmp=rss