Wednesday, December 8, 2021

The U.S. just lost to the Taliban. We'll see if it can deter Putin

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The U.S. just lost Afghanistan to the Taliban. Can it really deter Russia's Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine? We're about to find out whether an old superpower, using new sanction threats, can still shape events in eastern Europe.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-ukraine-putin-1.6277435?cmp=rss

Canada's effort to bring in Afghan refugees expected to take up to two years

Nelofar Akbari

With the year nearly over, only about a tenth of the 40,000 Afghan refugees Canada promised to bring into the country have made it here so far — and Ottawa now says it could take up to two years to resettle everyone.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada-afghanistan-afghan-refugees-1.6277246?cmp=rss

Japanese fashion tycoon blasts off for International Space Station

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A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space Wednesday as the first self-paying space tourists in more than a decade.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japanese-billionaire-space-station-1.6277530?cmp=rss

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Cheugy, omicron and dogecoin among this year's most mispronounced words

Jason Kelce and Billie Eilish

This year's list, compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company, identifies the words that proved most challenging for newsreaders and people on television to pronounce.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/2021-most-mispronounced-words-1.6276260?cmp=rss

Too much time scrolling? Instagram now urging teens to 'take a break'

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A day before the head of the company is scheduled to tell U.S. lawmakers about what it is doing to help keep kids safe online, Instagram is launching a new feature that urges teenagers in Canada and other countries to take breaks from the photo and video sharing platform.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/instagram-teens-1.6276190?cmp=rss