Thursday, June 17, 2021

Provocative author, journalist Janet Malcolm dies at 86

Obit Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm, the inquisitive and boldly subjective author and reporter known for her challenging critiques of everything from murder cases and art to journalism itself, has died. She was 86.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/janet-malcolm-dies-1.6069477?cmp=rss

Agency set up to oversee East Germany secret police files wraps up work

File photo of picture and paper fragments of Stasi records

An agency set up to oversee the voluminous files of communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, has wrapped up its work after nearly three decades.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stasi-files-agency-germany-1.6069549?cmp=rss

Nepal in desperate need of COVID-19 vaccines, health official warns

Nepalese Health Minister Sher Bahadur Tamang

Nepal has significantly reduced coronavirus infections after its worst outbreak, which overwhelmed the country's medical system, but is in desperate need of vaccines, its health minister said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nepal-covid19-cases-vaccines-1.6069389?cmp=rss

Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired Oscar-nominated film, facing prospect of life in Rwandan prison

Rwanda Hotel Rwanda Arrest

Rwandan prosecutors on Thursday requested a life sentence for the man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, as he faces terrorism charges while his family asserts that he faces mistreatment and an unfair trial.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rwanda-rusesabagina-trial-1.6069146?cmp=rss

U.S. Supreme Court rejects latest challenge to Obamacare

ELEC US COUR SUPREME OBAMACARE 20201110

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former president Donald Trump's administration to invalidate the Obamacare health-care law, ruling that Texas and other challengers had no legal standing to file their lawsuit.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-supreme-court-opinion-obamacare-1.6069073?cmp=rss