At least 8 dead at Astroworld music festival in Houston

Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others have been injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/astroworld-deaths-1.6239810?cmp=rss

Democrats pass $1 trillion US infrastructure bill, giving Biden much-needed win

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a $1 trillion US package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-democrats-infrastructure-1.6239767?cmp=rss

Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer and Latin Grammy winner, dies in plane crash

Marilia Mendonca, one of Brazil's most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/marilia-mendonca-obituary-1.6239802?cmp=rss

Tigray, other groups join forces against Ethiopia PM as UN calls for humanitarian ceasefire

The opposition alliance was announced hours before the UN Security Council for the first time called for an end to the intensifying and expanding conflict in Ethiopia and for unhindered access for humanitarian aid to tackle the world's worst hunger crisis in a decade in the war-torn Tigray region.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tigray-ethiopia-un-1.6239640?cmp=rss

Russian diplomat found dead near Berlin embassy in what Moscow calls a 'tragic accident'

German media reported that a 35-year-old man had apparently fallen from an upper floor of the embassy building in central Berlin and said police found his body but were unable to revive him.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russian-diplomat-found-dead-embassy-berlin-germany-1.6238961?cmp=rss