Monday, October 11, 2021

British police say they won't charge Prince Andrew over sex assault claim

Prince Andrew

British police have announced they will not take any action against Prince Andrew after a review prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who claims that he sexually assaulted her.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/police-drop-prince-andrew-investigation-1.6207181?cmp=rss

Canadian-born David Card among 3 winners of Nobel in economics

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Economists David Card, who was born in Canada, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens have won the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-economics-1.6207162?cmp=rss

Tiger attacks on the rise in India's coal-rich region

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Chandrapur is home to the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, where rigorous conservation efforts have seen the number of tigers double in the last five years.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tiger-attack-chandarapur-india-1.6205980?cmp=rss

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Americans grapple with legacy of Columbus and newly proclaimed Indigenous Peoples' Day

Columbus Day Parade Pittsburgh

Monday's U.S. holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian Americans' history and those horrified by an annual tribute that ignores the Indigenous people whose lives and culture were forever changed by colonialism.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/columbus-day-indigenous-1.6207026?cmp=rss

'They cannot hold the girls back,' Afghan women's rights activist says of Taliban rule

Mahbouba Seraj

The Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan has precipitated a severe rollback of women's rights, but Mahbouba Seraj believes that the push for gender equality in her home country is an unstoppable force that will eventually triumph over the seemingly immovable resistance of the new government.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mahbouba-seraj-susan-ormistan-interview-taliban-afghanistan-1.6206872?cmp=rss