Tuesday, February 23, 2021

After 3 years abandoned at sea without pay, this oil tanker crew is on cusp of going home

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When a shipping company from the United Arab Emirates hit financial trouble in 2017 and abandoned its oil tanker off the coast of Dubai, it left a small crew still aboard, stranded at sea without pay or a way home.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-feb-22-2021-1.5922712/after-3-years-abandoned-at-sea-without-pay-this-oil-tanker-crew-is-on-cusp-of-going-home-1.5923521?cmp=rss

In first public hearing on U.S. Capitol riot, security officials cast blame on bad intelligence

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Testifying publicly for the first time about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former security officials say bad intelligence was to blame for the disastrous failure to anticipate the violent intentions of the mob.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-capitol-security-hearings-first-day-1.5924493?cmp=rss

Tesla, now strongly linked to Bitcoin, drops in value as cryptocurrency plummets

Tesla Store Closings

Shares in Tesla were set to plunge into the red for the year on Tuesday, hit by a broad sell-off of high-flying technology stocks and the fall of bitcoin, in which the electric car maker recently invested $1.5 billion US.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesla-bitcoin-1.5924245?cmp=rss

Hillary Clinton to write novel with Canadian author Louise Penny

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Hillary Clinton is teaming up with her friend, Canadian novelist Louise Penny, to write a fictional political thriller.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hillary-clinton-louise-penny-novel-1.5924199?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BIDEN

Drug maker Johnson & Johnson says it will be able to provide 20 million doses of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. government by the end of March, assuming it gets the green light from federal regulators.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-february23-2021-1.5924102?cmp=rss