Friday, July 16, 2021

Hong Kong police raid university student union office

Hong Kong police carry documents from office of student union

Hong Kong's national security police on Friday raided the office of a university student union after student leaders last week commemorated a man who killed himself after stabbing a police officer.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-police-student-union-raid-1.6105625?cmp=rss

Greenland bans all oil exploration

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The left-leaning government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world's largest island, calling it "a natural step" because the Arctic government "takes the climate crisis seriously."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/greenland-oil-1.6105230?cmp=rss

Recovery effort at collapsed Florida condo could end soon

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Miami-Dade police have identified six more victims of last month's Surfside, Fla., condo collapse, meaning 92 of the 97 confirmed dead have been identified, as recovery efforts could be nearing their end.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-surfside-condo-collapse-recovery-ending-1.6105222?cmp=rss

Eiffel Tower reopens after 8-month COVID-19 closure

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The Eiffel Tower reopened on Friday after an eight-month shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, its longest closure since the Second World War.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/eiffel-tower-reopen-pandemic-1.6105209?cmp=rss

At least 90 dead and hundreds missing as floods rage across Western Europe

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The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium rose above 90 on Friday, as the search continued for hundreds of people still unaccounted for.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/flooding-western-europe-1.6105170?cmp=rss