40 killed in India as bus plunges off bridge into canal

An official says an overcrowded bus has driven off a bridge and into a canal in central India, killing at least 40 people.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bus-accident-india-fatal-1.5915093?cmp=rss

Independent commission will investigate Jan. 6 siege of U.S. Capitol

The U.S. Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/capitol-attack-jan-6-independent-commission-1.5914761?cmp=rss

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala breaks new ground to lead WTO

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday to head the World Trade Organization, becoming the first woman and first African to take on the role amid disagreement over how the body decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/okonjo-iweala-wto-head-1.5914521?cmp=rss

Power cut across Texas during nasty winter storm

A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions cancelled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the U.S.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-winter-storm-power-outages-1.5914371?cmp=rss

Guinea tracks potential Ebola contacts as vaccination campaign begins in Congo

Guinea is tracking down people who potentially came in contact with Ebola patients after three people died of the disease, Health Minister Remy Lamah said on Monday. Meanwhile, the WHO said an Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in the Congolese city of Butembo.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ebola-guinea-congo-vaccination-1.5914370?cmp=rss