Friday, June 11, 2021

Pedro Castillo ready to lead Peru after election count, but Keiko Fujimori not yet conceding

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Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede and has alleged fraud despite scant evidence.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peru-election-castillo-fujimori-1.6061941?cmp=rss

Chinese rover and lander pose for portraits on Mars

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The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the Red Planet.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/chinese-mars-rover-1.6061911?cmp=rss

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

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Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are set to commit at their summit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with struggling countries around the world — half the doses coming from the U.S. and 100 million from the U.K.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-june11-2021-1.6061832?cmp=rss

U.S. lawmakers planning economic battle with China have some questions — about Canada

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A massive bill laying out the long-term U.S. strategy for competing with China is making its way through Congress. There is even a long section in it about Canada. As Alex Panetta explains, the bill presents potential challenges as well as some opportunities for this country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-china-bill-canada-1.6061718?cmp=rss

Thursday, June 10, 2021

India blocks Canadian bhangra-rap star Jazzy B's Twitter account after he supports farm protests

Jazzy B

Jaswinder Singh Bains — known internationally as bhangra-rap star Jazzy B — says he was shocked when messages began coming in over the weekend from fans who couldn't see his Twitter account in India.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/india-jazzy-b-twitter-block-censorship-1.6060665?cmp=rss