Monday, December 7, 2020

New York City classrooms reopen to some schoolchildren

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-NEW YORK-SCHOOLS

It's back to school again for some New York City schoolchildren, weeks after the schools were closed to in-person learning because of rising COVID-19 cases.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid-us-nyc-school-reopening-1.5830967?cmp=rss

'Treasure box' with 1st underground samples from an asteroid lands on Earth

SPACE-EXPLORATION/JAPAN-HAYABUSA2

A small capsule from Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully landed in a sparsely populated desert in the Australian Outback with precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hayabusa2-asteroid-sample-1.5830883?cmp=rss

Venezuela's Maduro claims victory in boycotted election

VENEZUELA-ELECTION/MADURO

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's political alliance claimed a sweeping victory Sunday in congressional elections boycotted by the most influential opposition politicians and widely criticized internationally as being fraudulent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/election-venezuela-maduro-1.5830836?cmp=rss

The most powerful voters in the U.S. right now: Trump-loving Georgians

USA-ELECTION/GEORGIA

A pair of Jan. 5 elections in Georgia will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. To hold the chamber, Republicans must win one of these two races. The concern for Republicans: Will these voters show up?



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-georgia-runoff-election-1.5830826?cmp=rss