Tuesday, November 24, 2020

China blasts off on mission to collect moon rocks

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China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon's surface for the first time in more than 40 years — an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/china-moon-mission-1.5813803?cmp=rss

What an Australian-style push against Chinese interference might look like

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A motion brought by CPC foreign affairs critic Michael Chong, which passed Parliament last week, gives the government 30 days to come up with a plan — like Australia's — to fight foreign (Chinese) interference and influence campaigns. What might that look like and will it come to pass?



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canada-australia-espionage-1.5813364?cmp=rss

NATO holds its breath as Trump plans for January withdrawal from Afghanistan

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The NATO principle of one-for-all and all-for-one was the reason it — and by extension Canada — went into Afghanistan, but that assumption is being sorely tested by a U.S. administration that is in a hurry to wind things up.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nato-afghanistan-mission-us-1.5813583?cmp=rss

Canada has turned back 4,400 asylum seekers in 5 years

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Canada has turned away more than 4,400 asylum seekers at the U.S. border since 2016, including some who were hoping to find refuge here at the height of this year’s global pandemic, according to newly released government figures.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/asylum-seekers-canada-us-trump-pandemic-1.5813211?cmp=rss

David Dinkins, New York City's 1st Black mayor, dies at 93

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David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a race riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dinkins-nyc-deatd-1.5813749?cmp=rss